Manager Data Integration Architect

Bridgestone Americas, Inc.; Brook Park (OH); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Onboarding program

Learning and mentorship

CSR initiatives

Global work environment

Work-life balance

Inclusive team

Job summary

Bridgestone Americas seeks a principal advisor to bring AWS Databricks expertise and drive enterprise data governance.

The role leads strategic plans for new data products and develops standards and tools for enterprise data capture, modeling, storage, and delivery.

Qualifications

• Typically requires 12+ years of related experience with a bachelor’s degree; or 8+ years and a master’s degree; or a PhD with 5 years of experience; or equivalent work experience.
• Experience leading data strategy and governance initiatives.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience with AWS and Databricks data platforms.

Responsibilities

• Recommend strategic/operational plans for developing and implementing new products and processes.
• Serve as principal advisor and thought leader for organization within family/sub-family.
• Coordinate and oversee execution of complex projects across multiple business units.
• Support relationships with internal and external stakeholders through strong communication and negotiation skills.
• Identify data-related business requirements and service standards; design high-level enterprise data model.

Skills

Data governance

Enterprise data modeling

Data security

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher in a related field

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

AWS

Databricks

SQL

Job description

Company Overview

Credit First National Association is a private label credit card bank and the consumer credit division of Bridgestone Americas. The Bridgestone Americas family of enterprises, including CFNA, is comprised of more than 50 production facilities and 55K employees throughout the Americas. We provide the consumer credit solution for the Firestone Complete Auto Care, Tires Plus, and Wheel Works brands, in addition to customized retail credit services for more than 8,000 other tire and automotive retailers nationwide. At our office in Cleveland, OH, more than 300 professionals gather each day to run a successful private label credit card program. We invest in our community and strongly believe that meaningful commitment to a wide variety of philanthropic organizations builds a better world and a brand that makes us proud.

Job Category

Information Technology

Position Summary

We are looking for a strong principal advisor and thought leader to bring technical expertise with AWS Databricks experience to our team along with the ability to lead and guide the team strategically. This teammate will be responsible for recommending strategic and operational plans for developing and implementing new products. They will also have technical responsibilities to develop standards, tools, and governance for capturing, modeling, storing, and delivering data for the enterprise.

Local candidates are highly desired but relocation may be offered for the right candidate but this is not a remote role. This person must be located within a commutable distance to our office in Brook Park, OH. We are unable to offer sponsorship for this role. This position allows teammates to work in the office Tuesdays through Thursdays and work from home on Mondays and Fridays!

Typical duties might include:

• Identifying data-related business requirements and service standards such as transaction processing speed, data mining and reporting capabilities, data security, & scalability.
• Developing a high level enterprise data model and conceptual views of related data sub-architectures (e.g. , database, data integration, data warehouse/business intelligence, reporting, metadata, and content management architectures).
• Optimizing overall data/information flow by reducing redundancy and enabling accessibility within security boundaries.

Responsibilities

• Recommends strategic/operational plans for developing and implementing new products and processes that will impact achievements of functional results
• Serves as principle advisor and thought leader for organization within family/sub-family/specialization
• Recommends and implements continuous improvement/automation activities
• Coordinates and oversees the execution of complex projects across multiple business units
• Supports relationships through strong communication and negotiation skills with internal and external stakeholders
• Other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications

Typically requires a minimum of 12 years of related experience with a bachelor’s degree; or 8 years and a master’s degree; or a PhD with 5 years of experience; or equivalent work experience.

At Bridgestone, you are Free to Be

We believe people can only provide superior service and quality to others when they feel safe bringing their chosen version of themselves to work. We believe in championing all perspectives, individuals and teams because we understand the importance of seeing the world and our business through many different lenses. So, show us what you are made of, because who you are is what we need.

What We Offer

At Bridgestone, what really matters is to foster co-creation opportunities and empowering you to be creative and curious to make mobility safer, more efficient, and more sustainable for future generations. Whatever role you fill, when you represent Bridgestone, you are a valued teammate, and part of our larger mission to “Serve Society with Superior Quality”, for that, we offer you more than just a competitive compensation; we will provide you:

• A supportive and engaging onboarding experience to ensure a smooth transition into our team.
• The opportunity to develop and grow, through training and regular mentorship.
• Corporate Social Responsibility activities.
• A truly global, dynamic and challenging work environment.
• Agility and work/life effectiveness and your long-term well-being.
• An effective and inclusive team.

Bridgestone is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. It is our policy to consider all individuals for employment based on their unique merit and without regard to age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

Employment Eligibility

If hired, a Form I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification must be completed at the start of employment. Temporary work authorization or the need for sponsorship may disqualify you from employment.