Xylem is looking to solve the problem of advancing sustainable impact and empowering the people who make water work every day by defining and executing an enterprise data strategy, overseeing data products and platforms, and ensuring alignment with the organization’s AI initiatives.
Requirements
- Strong understanding of data governance, architecture frameworks, and emerging AI technologies.
- Experience with data architecture, enterprise analytics, or AI-related leadership roles.
- Experience managing external strategic partnerships (e.g., Databricks).
- Strong understanding of data architecture, AI integration, and enterprise data governance.
- Experience with Databricks
- Experience with AI agents, co-pilots, and LLMs
- Experience with data lake platforms
Responsibilities
- Define and execute Xylem’s enterprise data strategy, architecture, and data model to support AI and advanced analytics across the organization.
- Lead the integration of data platforms with AI initiatives, ensuring cohesive deployment of AI agents, co-pilots, and LLMs across enterprise and operational systems.
- Manage the enterprise Data Lake platform (Databricks), ensuring secure, governed, scalable, and policy-compliant access to structured and unstructured data.
- Drive data governance by sponsoring and leading the Data Governance & Analytics Council (DGAC), aligning data use cases and roadmaps across enterprise process areas.
- Oversee the development of enterprise analytics tools and dashboards to support centralized reporting and enable self-service data access.
- Manage strategic vendor relationships (e.g., Databricks) to align platform capabilities with Xylem’s evolving AI and data strategy.
Other
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, or a related field.
- 10+ years in data architecture, enterprise analytics, or AI-related leadership roles.
- Demonstrated success in driving AI and data transformation in a large, global enterprise.
- Proven ability to align technology with business strategy, influence cross-functional teams, and communicate at the executive level.
- Ability to work in an inclusive environment free from discrimination or harassment.
