Global Head of Data & Analytics & AI Strategy

Perkins Coie LLP; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 190,000 - 379,000; Full time

Job summary

Ashurst Perkins Coie US LLP seeks a Senior Director of Data & Analytics to lead the global data organization, owning the enterprise data strategy and investment roadmap. You will drive data architecture, engineering, governance, analytics, data science, and ML engineering as a connected function with responsibility for security, reliability, and cost efficiency of data platforms.

You will direct ML engineering, establish enterprise standards, and enable trusted data products and AI capabilities

Qualifications

• 10+ years in data eng/analytics with cloud data solutions.
• 5+ years leading multidisciplinary data teams.
• Expertise in data architecture, lakehouse platforms, ETL/ELT, and data warehousing.
• Deep experience with Databricks, Azure, SQL, Python, PySpark.
• Knowledge of ML, MLOps, generative AI, feature stores, model deployment.
• Proven track record delivering business value from data/AI initiatives.
• Strong governance, security, metadata, lineage, and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise data strategy, roadmap, and investment priorities.
• Oversee data architecture, engineering, governance, analytics, ML.
• Own Databricks and Azure lakehouse architecture and security.
• Set standards for data integration, modeling, quality, metadata, lineage.
• Direct ML engineering and MLOps for production data products.
• Enable analytics and AI through trusted data products.
• Manage vendor decisions, budget, and tech debt reduction.
• Partner with business leaders to translate priorities into value.
• Lead global data org across regions and time zones.
• Report to executives; foster innovation and collaboration.

Skills

Data strategy

Leadership

Executive communication

Data governance

Analytics & AI

Project management

Problem solving

Strategic thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/Stats

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

Databricks

Microsoft Azure

Power BI

SQL

Python

PySpark

MLOps

Unity Catalog

Denodo

Job description

Ashurst Perkins Coie US LLP seeks a Senior Director of Data & Analytics to lead the global data organization, owning the enterprise data strategy and investment roadmap. You will drive data architecture, engineering, governance, analytics, data science, and ML engineering as a connected function with responsibility for security, reliability, and cost efficiency of data platforms.

You will direct ML engineering, establish enterprise standards, and enable trusted data products and AI capabilities