Manufacturing Data & AI Enablement Leader

Corning Incorporated; Wilmington (NC); Hybrid; USD 111,000 - 152,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company bonuses

Pension plan

401k matching

Health benefits

Parental leave

Employee assistance

Job summary

Corning Incorporated is seeking a seasoned IT leader to drive manufacturing data analytics and AI/ML initiatives in a global, cost-conscious environment. You will oversee data strategy, architecture, and governance across distributed facilities, enabling secure access and measurable business value.

The role requires strong leadership, deep data platform experience, and excellent stakeholder collaboration to deliver scalable, trustworthy analytics and optimized operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelors or Master’s in computer science or engineering (or related field).
• 10+ years’ work experience in IT, manufacturing, engineering or related Industry.
• Data engineering pipeline lifecycle management, such as ingestion, transformation, orchestration, testing, deployment, and monitoring.
• Proven leadership of large teams and business-critical commitments, such as production support, platform delivery, transformation programs, and operating reviews.
• Strong communication, influencing, and relationship-building skills, such as executive updates, stakeholder workshops, vendor engagement, and cross-functional alignment.

Responsibilities

• Lead manufacturing data acquisition for scalable analytics and AI.
• Drive AI and analytics adoption with measurable business value
• Govern data assets across distributed manufacturing environments.
• Manage data ingestion priorities, resources, and service metrics.
• Align pipeline priorities with Division Engineering and business goals.
• Promote enterprise data engineering standards, tools, and best practices.
• Scale Databricks data engineering capabilities for agility and efficiency.
• Evolve Databricks architecture for future business and technology needs.
• Govern secure, appropriate enterprise data access.
• Oversee access reviews, audits, and compliance controls.
• Oversee software asset inventory and version governance.
• Manage sustainable operations for deployed AI/ML solutions.

Skills

Data engineering

Leadership

Communication

Engineering degree

Education

Bachelors or Masters in computer science or engineering

Tools

Databricks

Azure

ML platforms

Job description

Corning Incorporated is seeking a seasoned IT leader to drive manufacturing data analytics and AI/ML initiatives in a global, cost-conscious environment. You will oversee data strategy, architecture, and governance across distributed facilities, enabling secure access and measurable business value.

The role requires strong leadership, deep data platform experience, and excellent stakeholder collaboration to deliver scalable, trustworthy analytics and optimized operations.