Director, Data, AI & Automation Strategy

Bird Construction; Calgary; On-site; CAD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Bird Construction seeks a Director of Data, AI, & Automation Services to lead enterprise data, analytics, AI, automation, and information governance. You will translate business strategy into a practical roadmap, improve decision-making, and drive measurable business value across Bird’s programs.

You will modernize the data platform, establish scalable AI capabilities, and ensure governance, security, and adoption across the organization.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of progressive experience in Data, Analytics, AI, Automation, or Digital Transformation with director-level exposure.
• Proven ability to lead enterprise data/AI strategies and partner with executive leadership.
• Experience building and governing scalable data platforms and analytics ecosystems.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute Bird’s enterprise Data, AI, Analytics, and Automation strategy.
• Establish multi-year roadmap for data modernization, AI adoption, analytics, automation, and governance.
• Lead the modernization and operation of Bird’s enterprise data platform and analytics architecture.
• Set enterprise standards for analytics, reporting, data engineering, AI solution development, and governance.
• Lead data governance, master data management, data quality, metadata, and privacy/compliance.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Executive communication

Stakeholder management

Change management

Data literacy

Analytics storytelling

Data governance

AI/ML awareness

Education

Post-secondary degree in CS/Engineering/Data Science

Master’s degree (asset)

Tools

Azure Databricks

Semarchy MDM

Power BI

lakehouse / data platform tooling

Job description

Bird Construction seeks a Director of Data, AI, & Automation Services to lead enterprise data, analytics, AI, automation, and information governance. You will translate business strategy into a practical roadmap, improve decision-making, and drive measurable business value across Bird’s programs.

You will modernize the data platform, establish scalable AI capabilities, and ensure governance, security, and adoption across the organization.