Director, Data Platform & AI Product Strategy

RWE; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental & Vision

401(k) match

Paid time off

Disability coverage

Education assistance

Parental leave

Job summary

RWE Americas, LLC seeks a Director of Data Platform and Products to own the enterprise data platform and product portfolio, delivering self-service analytics and AI-enabled data assets across the organization. You will design, build, and operate scalable, secure, and governed data products to empower analytics, reporting, and AI initiatives.

The role requires 11+ years in data product management and 3+ years in leadership, with strong governance, cloud, and AI experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, data engineering, statistics, or related quantitative field required.
• Master’s or Advanced degree preferred.
• Product management training or certification a plus.
• Minimum 11 years of experience in data product management, data platforms, analytics, or related roles.
• Minimum 3 years in a leadership position.
• Proven track record of building and scaling data products and the platforms that support them in complex environments.
• Experience owning a budget or cost base and demonstrating measurable business value or ROI from data investments.
• Experience in the energy sector or with time-series/sensor/IoT data is strongly preferred.
• Strong working knowledge of modern data architectures (lakes, warehouses, pipelines, ETL/ELT), cloud platforms, and data management tools, sufficient to partner credibly with engineering teams.
• Strong knowledge of data governance, quality frameworks, metadata, and compliance practices.
• Expertise in enterprise-scale AI development, with the ability to set engineering standards that other engineers follow within an established platform architecture.
• Production experience with major cloud platforms, CI/CD for Data and AI services, and modern LLM orchestration and agent frameworks.
• Excellent leadership and team development skills with the ability to attract and retain top data and product talent.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills, especially when partnering with AI/ML teams and business stakeholders.
• Product mindset with proven ability to translate business needs into data products that deliver measurable value.
• Financial acumen across both cost management (FinOps) and value attribution, with experience in stakeholder discovery, roadmap prioritization, and adoption metrics.

Responsibilities

• Own the data platform and product strategy and multi-year roadmap, including the underlying data platform and the self-service analytics and data products built on top of it.
• Lead the design, delivery, and continuous improvement of enterprise data products and the platforms that power them, ensuring scalability, reliability, performance, and security.
• Establish and enforce enterprise data governance frameworks, including data quality standards, metadata management, stewardship, access controls, and compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Build and lead a high-performing team of product managers, data engineers, data architects, governance specialists and platform operations professionals.
• Collaborate closely with the Head of AI to define clear handoffs, SLAs, and data products that enable efficient model development and AI use cases.
• Collaborate closely with the Head of Product to determine data products and infrastructure requirements for deployment of internal software products within RWE Americas.
• Own the economics of the data function: drive FinOps practices to manage and optimize cost, and own the framework that measures, attributes, and reports the business value the data products deliver.
• Define and monitor product KPIs (adoption, data quality, and business impact) and report both cost and value outcomes to senior leadership.
• Partner with business stakeholders, IT/OT, and operations teams through continuous discovery to identify data needs, prioritize the product roadmap, and promote data literacy and adoption across the organization.

Skills

Leadership

Data product management

Strategic planning

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

Cloud platforms

CI/CD for Data/AI

Data governance tools

Metadata management tools

Job description

RWE Americas, LLC seeks a Director of Data Platform and Products to own the enterprise data platform and product portfolio, delivering self-service analytics and AI-enabled data assets across the organization. You will design, build, and operate scalable, secure, and governed data products to empower analytics, reporting, and AI initiatives.

The role requires 11+ years in data product management and 3+ years in leadership, with strong governance, cloud, and AI experience.