Head of Data Engineering & Analytics

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.; Piemonte; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care coverage

Career growth paths

Open and collaborative culture

Global and local opportunities

Job summary

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. is seeking a Head of Data Engineering & Analytics in Italy to lead the enterprise data architecture and governance for SAP‑centric platforms.

You will guide MDM strategy, data standards, and cross‑system data integration while steering a small team of data engineers. You’ll define data domains, quality KPIs, and governance forums, ensuring consistency across SAP, Salesforce, MES, and finance platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field.
• Demonstrated experience in SAP‑centric enterprise landscapes integrated with multiple non‑SAP platforms.
• Proven experience designing and governing Master Data Management solutions
• Strong background in enterprise integration concepts and data exchange patterns.
• Experience operating in complex, global, and regulated environments.
• Enterprise data modeling (conceptual, logical, canonical)
• Data governance frameworks and stewardship models
• Master data and reference data management
• Data quality frameworks, metrics, and lifecycle management
• Integration data semantics (API‑led, event‑driven, batch, EDI)
• Solid understanding of SAP data concepts (Business Partner, Material, Finance, Pricing, BOMs, Routings)
• Strong stakeholder management, facilitation, and decision‑making skills
• Clear and structured documentation and communication
• Manufacturing and MES data architecture
• Quote‑to‑Cash and pricing data domains
• Trade compliance and regulatory master data
• Analytics and planning data architecture
• Experience leading small technical or architecture teams
• Delivery focused with previous experience on at least one major data lake transition
• Enterprise data ownership and governance model formally established and adopted
• Measurable improvement in master data quality and reduction in duplicates
• Successful MDM/MDG rollout for prioritized domains
• Stable, reusable, and well‑governed data integration patterns
• Improved auditability, compliance, and reporting consistency

Responsibilities

• Define, maintain, and evolve the Enterprise Data Architecture blueprint, including core data domains, models, and canonical definitions.
• Act as Design Authority for data initiatives, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture principles.
• Define and enforce enterprise data standards (modeling, naming, semantics, integration).
• Collaborate with Enterprise, Solution, and Integration Architects.
• Own the enterprise Master Data Management (MDM) strategy and execution roadmap.
• Define domain prioritization and rollout phases; establish golden records and survivorship rules.
• Lead design and governance of the selected MDM platform; oversee data migration, cleansing, and harmonization.
• Establish and run the Enterprise Data Governance operating model with ownership, stewardship, and KPIs.
• Define data quality rules and governance forums; ensure lineage, traceability, and auditability.
• Define system‑of‑record and system‑of‑engagement principles across SAP, Salesforce, MES, and other platforms.
• Resolve data ownership conflicts and ensure data synchronization patterns across systems.
• Define enterprise canonical data models and data contracts for cross‑system integrations.
• Govern data flows via SAP BTP, MuleSoft, and EDI; define integration patterns and versioning.
• Translate architectural decisions into executable backlogs and coordinate delivery.
• Align analytics and planning with conformed dimensions and KPI usage; prevent duplicate truths.
• Lead small technical teams; drive implementation backlogs and governance.

Skills

Data architecture

Data governance

Master Data Management

Data modeling

SAP‑centric environments

Data quality

Stakeholder management

Architecture leadership

Analytics & reporting alignment

Data integration concepts

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering/Information Systems

Tools

SAP

SAP BW

GTS

Concur

Salesforce CRM

MES systems

Promis

Critical Manufacturing

EDI

MuleSoft

SAP BTP

Job description

We are seeking great talent to help us build The DNA of tech.®

Vishay manufactures one of the world’s largest portfolios of discrete semiconductors and passive electronic components that are essential to innovative designs in the automotive, industrial, computing, consumer, telecommunications, military, aerospace, and medical markets. We help the world’s most in-demand technologies come to life. Every day our products touch your life and the lives of people across the world, though you likely do not know it. Come join us and help us build The DNA of tech.™

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. is a Fortune 1,000 Company listed on the NYSE (VSH). Learn more at www.Vishay.com. Do you want to help us build the DNA of tech.? Vishay Italy is currently seeking applicants for Head of Data Engineering & Analytics. In this position, you will be accountable for defining, governing, and evolving the enterprise‑wide data architecture across a complex, SAP‑centric application andscape. This role ensures that master, transactional, and analytical data are consistently defined, governed, integrated, and consumed across core platforms including SAP (ERP, BW, GTS, Concur), Salesforce CRM, MES systems, Quoting and Pricing platforms, Finance, Treasury, Trade Compliance, and Analytics.The role operates as the enterprise design authority for data, leads the data governance and MDM operating model, and manages a small team of data engineers to translate architectural decisions into sustainable execution.

Job Location:

Vishay Semiconductor Italiana spa is site focused on the design, development and production of power diodes and power modules. There are around 300 employees currently work in Borgaro Torinese Italy. This number is constantly growing due to our expansion plans.

What you will be doing:

Define, maintain, and evolve the Enterprise Data Architecture blueprint, including:

• Core enterprise data domains (Customer, Product/Material, Vendor, Pricing, Finance, Trade Compliance)
• Conceptual and logical enterprise data models
• Canonical data definitions and semantic
• Act as Design Authority for all data‑related initiatives, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture principles.
• Define and enforce enterprise data standards (modeling, naming, semantics, integration).
• Collaborate closely with Enterprise, Solution, and Integration Architects.

Master Data & MDM Strategy Ownership:

• Own the enterprise Master Data Management (MDM) strategy and execution roadmap.
• Define domain prioritization (e.g. Customer, Product/Material) and rollout phases.
• Establish golden record, survivorship, hierarchy, and relationship‑management rules.
• Lead the design and implementation governance of the selected MDM platform
• Oversee data migration, cleansing, and harmonization activities linked to MDM adoption.

Data Governance & Data Quality:

• Establish and run the Enterprise Data Governance operating model, including:
• Data ownership and stewardship framework
• Governance forums, decision bodies, and escalation mechanisms
• Define and monitor enterprise data quality rules and KPIs (completeness, accuracy, uniqueness, timeliness).
• Implement structured data issue management and remediation processes.
• Ensure data lineage, traceability, and auditability for critical business and regulatory data.

Cross‑Platform Data Consistency & System‑of‑Record Definition

Define and maintain System‑of‑Record (SoR) / System‑of‑Engagement (SoE) principles across

• SAP (ERP, BW, GTS, Concur)
• Salesforce CRM
• MES systems (e.g. Promis, Critical Manufacturing)
• Quoting and pricing platforms
• Finance, Treasury, AP automation, and EDI solutions
• Resolve data ownership conflicts and duplication at enterprise level.
• Ensure consistent and governed data synchronization patterns across systems.

Integration & Data Semantics Governance:

• Define enterprise canonical data models and data contracts for cross‑system integrations.
• Govern data flows implemented via SAP BTP, MuleSoft, and EDI platforms.
• Define integration patterns (API, event‑driven, batch, EDI) from a data semantics, integrity, and lifecycle standpoint.
• Ensure interface versioning discipline and backward compatibility.

Analytics & Reporting Alignment:

• Ensure conformed dimensions and consistent master data usage across analytics and planning platforms (e.g. SAP BW).
• Align enterprise data definitions with KPIs, reporting, and planning use cases.
• Prevent multiple and conflicting versions of enterprise truth.

Execution Oversight

• Translate architectural and governance decisions into executable implementation backlogs.
• Review technical designs and ensure adherence to enterprise standards.
• Coordinate delivery with internal teams and external partners.

What you will bring along:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in Enterprise Data Architecture, Data Governance, or related roles.
• Demonstrated experience in SAP‑centric enterprise landscapes integrated with multiple non‑SAP platforms.
• Proven experience designing and governing Master Data Management solutions
• Strong background in enterprise integration concepts and data exchange patterns.
• Experience operating in complex, global, and regulated environments.
• Enterprise data modeling (conceptual, logical, canonical)
• Data governance frameworks and stewardship models
• Master data and reference data management
• Data quality frameworks, metrics, and lifecycle management
• Integration data semantics (API‑led, event‑driven, batch, EDI)
• Solid understanding of SAP data concepts (Business Partner, Material, Finance, Pricing, BOMs, Routings )
• Strong stakeholder management, facilitation, and decision‑making skills
• Clear and structured documentation and communication
• Manufacturing and MES data architecture
• Quote‑to‑Cash and pricing data domains
• Trade compliance and regulatory master data (e.g. export control, classification)
• Analytics and planning data architecture
• Experience leading small technical or architecture teams
• Delivery focused with previous experience on at least one major data lake transition
• Enterprise data ownership and governance model formally established and adopted
• Measurable improvement in master data quality and reduction in duplicates
• Successful MDM/MDG rollout for prioritized domains
• Stable, reusable, and well‑governed data integration patterns
• Improved auditability, compliance, and reporting consistency

What can we offer you for your talent:

Vishay offers a comprehensive suite of benefit programs including health care coverage, financial support programs and other resources designed to help you achieve your personal and professional goals. With us, you’ll experience unique career paths, an open and collaborative culture, a stable business that will be there for you, and opportunities to work globally and locally.

Vishay committed to a workplace free of harassment and unlawful discrimination. We do not engage in discrimination or harassment based on race, color, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, ethnicity or national origin, disability, pregnancy, religion, political affiliation, union membership, covered veteran status, protected genetic information or marital status in hiring and employment practices.