Global IT Data & Analytics Director

WD-40 Company; California; Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental and vision insurance

401K match

Annual cash incentive rewards

Short-day Fridays

4 Weeks Vacation

Paid holidays

Job summary

WD-40 Company in San Diego, CA is seeking a proven Data & Analytics leader to define the multi-year enterprise data strategy and drive cloud data platforms and AI-enabled decision making across the business.

You will govern the COE portfolio, negotiate strategic partnerships, and manage the budget while collaborating with business leaders globally. This role reports to the CIO and leads a data team located in the US and UK.

Qualifications

• Experience leading data and analytics, BI or data engineering teams, including architects and engineers.
• 7+ years in data leadership within 12+ years IT leadership.
• Proven ability to align data governance with business strategy.

Responsibilities

• Lead a global data and analytics team.
• Define a 3–5 year data and analytics roadmap.
• Govern a Microsoft Fabric-based platform with security and guardrails.

Skills

Data leadership

Analytics leadership

Budget ownership

Vendor negotiation

AI fluency

Cloud data platforms

Microsoft Fabric

Global/regulatory experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in business or IT

Master's or MBA (a plus)

Tools

Microsoft Fabric

D365

Cloud platforms

BI tools

Job description

Overview

Our blue-and-yellow can is sold in more than 176 countries. Our data hasn't caught up with our reach. Today our data lives across global regions and systems. We’re hiring the leader who will bring it together into one trusted architecture.

• Category: I.T.
• Country: United States
• Location: San Diego (Hybrid)

Our name stands for Water Displacement, 40th formula. Our chemist got it right on the 40th try. That kind of patience is exactly what this work needs to build a stronger data foundation.

Why this role exists

We recently centralized our IT functions and now is the right time to formulate our enterprise data and analytics strategy and establish the vision and operating model required to transform data into a strategic asset. The role defines the multi-year roadmap, driving the adoption of cloud data platforms, advanced analytics, and data-as-a-service to empower both human decision-making and the secure deployment of Agentic AI and autonomous enterprise workflows.

The role bridges business strategy and technology execution, governs the COE portfolio, negotiates strategic enterprise vendor partnerships, and serves as the primary liaison to business stakeholders. This role ensures that architectural vision seamlessly translates into scalable, reliable, and high-value business outcomes across all trading blocs and corporate functions.

Now we want to treat data the same way: as one company-wide asset that people across the business, and the AI agents they build, can trust.

In this new role, you'll be the leader of our global data team and analytics strategy.

San Diego, CA (Hybrid) reporting to the CIO.

Must be able to work in the US without current or future sponsorship.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Be the data champion. Bring finance, sales, marketing and operations leaders together to agree on what our data means and who owns it. This is the heart of the job.
• Lead. Coach the Architect and the Manager of this team who leads the engineers and partners behind them. Help the team move from mostly tickets to mostly projects.
• Build for AI now, not later. Shape a governed Microsoft Fabric platform with definitions, security and guardrails built in, so people outside IT can safely build reports and AI agents.
• Set the roadmap. Write a 3-5 year data and analytics strategy tied to what matters most to the business.
• Lead the business side. Manage the budget, negotiate with platform vendors, keep cloud costs in check. Build relationships with key business stakeholders and collaborate to drive value through solutions.
• Keep it safe. Lead governance and compliance across GDPR, CCPA and changing data sovereignty rules.

Your first year, if it goes well

You’ll know our people, processes and technology. Business leaders will seek you out. Data governance will be running, with a few quick wins people can point to. There’ll be a roadmap everyone has agreed to, and colleagues will be building on the platform.

About The Team

You’ll report to our Vice President of Global Information & Technology, who leads by enablement: lots of autonomy, advice when you want it, and regular check-ins. You’ll lead a small, capable team based in the US and UK.

What You’ll Bring To The Role

• Experience leading data and analytics, BI or data engineering teams, including architects and engineers. Ideally 7+ years of that within 12+ years of progressive IT and business leadership.
• A background in data: you've worked hands‑on with data and analytics before moving into leadership.
• A track record of getting business leaders to agree on data governance: definitions, owners, stewards.
• Experience with modern cloud data platforms. Microsoft Fabric is strongly preferred.
• Global experience across countries and regulations (GDPR, data sovereignty). Ideally 5+ years.
• AI fluency to guide a team building for AI agents and to explain it to business leaders.
• Experience owning a budget and negotiating with vendors.
• Public company experience is a strong plus. D365 experience is a plus.
• A bachelor's degree in business, computer science, information systems, data science or a related field. A master's or MBA is a plus.

Total Rewards

$170000 – $195000 / year base salary + 10% - 15% profit-sharing contribution to your retirement account. Salary is determined by multiple factors including but not limited to relevant experience, knowledge, skills, other job-related qualifications, and alignment with market data.

• Medical insurance, 80-95% company-paid premium
• Dental and vision insurance
• 401K match
• Annual cash incentive rewards
• Short-day Fridays
• 4 Weeks Vacation
• Paid holidays, including winter shut down

Our “Why”

At WD-40 Company, we believe that purpose-driven, passionate people guided by our values create amazing outcomes. Our "why" is refreshingly simple - we exist to create positive lasting memories in everything we do.

Why You Should Apply

• A strong values-aligned organization where contributions are acknowledged and rewarded, and where 91% of our employees experience a sense of belonging.
• A learning-based culture where 77% of our team believe they can achieve their career objectives.
• Over 95% employee engagement as of our most recent global employee survey.
• 91% of our people actively recommend WD-40 Company as a great place to work.

Do You Align With Our Values?

Please, only consider employment with WD-40 Company if you feel as strongly about our values as we do: We live, breathe, and play by our values every day.

Thank you for considering WD-40 Company in your career search! #PositiveLastingMemories

At WD-40 Company we foster a culture of inclusion where all individuals are recognized, valued, respected, and experience a sense of belonging. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to individual characteristics that make us unique such as our backgrounds, experiences, qualities, talents, traits, beliefs, and preferences.