Head of Enterprise Data, AI & Analytics

Cisco; Milpitas (CA); On-site; USD 235,000 - 402,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) plan with Cisco matching

Paid parental leave

Paid time off and holidays

Stock grants (RSUs)

Job summary

Cisco Silicon One seeks an experienced leader to guide Enterprise Data, Analytics & AI initiatives within Silicon One Business Operations. You will shape data architecture, governance, and AI-enabled capabilities across product lifecycles, forecasting, and financial performance.

You will lead a multi-disciplinary team of 5+ contributors, delivering trusted data, predictive insights, and self-serve BI, while mentoring engineers and driving impactful, measurable outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with extensive experience in scalable data pipelines and operational execution.
• 4+ years leading technical teams and coaching.
• 4+ years SQL and Python for data engineering and analytics.
• 4+ years leading data science and AI/ML initiatives from problem definition to deployment and impact.
• 4+ years defining enterprise data architecture and data governance standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional Leaders to translate business needs into scalable data/AI solutions.
• Define secure, governed, AI-ready data architecture and reusable data products.
• Drive predictive models, anomaly detection, and forecasting for product planning, capacity, and risk management.
• Identify and deploy production-ready AI agents and automation with robust AI standards.
• Lead development of intuitive self-service BI and executive dashboards as a single source of truth.
• Hire, coach, and develop a high-performing technical team with hands-on guidance.

Skills

Data pipelines

SQL

Python

AI/ML initiatives

Data governance

Data architecture

Leadership

Education

Masters or PhD in a relevant field

Tools

Metadata management

Data cataloging

Semantic layer design

Job description

Cisco Silicon One seeks an experienced leader to guide Enterprise Data, Analytics & AI initiatives within Silicon One Business Operations. You will shape data architecture, governance, and AI-enabled capabilities across product lifecycles, forecasting, and financial performance.

You will lead a multi-disciplinary team of 5+ contributors, delivering trusted data, predictive insights, and self-serve BI, while mentoring engineers and driving impactful, measurable outcomes.