Senior Manager, Solar Data & AI Strategy

Corning Incorporated; Glendale (AZ); Hybrid; USD 139,000 - 191,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonuses & incentives

401(k) matching

Pension plan

Health benefits

Parental leave

Employee Assistance Program

Recognition program

Job summary

Corning Incorporated is seeking a Senior Manager for Solar Data and AI Strategy in a hybrid role with in-office work three days per week. The role drives the Solar MAP data and AI strategy, building trusted data foundations and scalable AI products across multiple functions.

Location flexibility includes in-office sites in Phoenix, AZ, Hemlock, MI, or Corning, NY. The successful candidate will lead cross-functional programs, shape AI opportunities, and partner with enterprise teams to ensure

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in IT, CS, engineering, data science, business, or related field.
• 10+ years in data, analytics, AI, or technology leadership with measurable impacto.
• Experience building enterprise data strategies, architectures, governance, and roadmaps.
• Hands-on experience prototyping or delivering AI solutions.
• Knowledge of generative AI, ML, AI agents, prompt engineering, RAG, model eval, and AI architecture.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute Solar data and AI strategy, architecture, governance, and multi-year roadmap.
• Set data ownership, quality, metadata, lineage, security, and lifecycle standards.
• Lead high-value AI opportunities across business functions and deliver production solutions.
• Provide hands-on guidance in prompt engineering, agent design, workflow orchestration, RAG, and evaluation.
• Own the Solar data and AI portfolio from ideation to adoption and value realization.
• Collaborate with enterprise data, security, privacy, and IT to align with standards and policies.
• Build organizational capability by coaching leaders and managing partners.

Skills

Data strategy

AI strategy

Stakeholder leadership

Cross-functional programs

Prompt engineering

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT/CS/Engineering

Tools

SAP

MES

Vector databases

APIs

Job description

The company built on breakthroughs. Join us. Corning is one of the world’s leading innovators in glass, ceramic, and materials science. From the depths of the ocean to the farthest reaches of space, our technologies push the boundaries of what’s possible.

How do we do this? With our people. They break through limitations and expectations- not once in a career, but every day. They help move our company, and the world, forward.

At Corning, there are endless possibilities for making an impact. You can help connect the unconnected, drive the future of automobiles, transform at-home entertainment, and ensure the delivery of lifesaving medicines. And so much more.

Come break through with us.

Corning’s Businesses Are Ever-evolving To Best Serve Our Customers, Industries, And Consumers. Today, We Accelerate And Transform Life Sciences, Mobile Consumer Electronics, Optical Communications, Display, Automotive, And Solar Markets. We Are Changing The World With

• Trusted products that accelerate drug discovery, development, and delivery to save lives


• Damage-resistant cover glass to enhance the devices that keep us connected


• Optical fiber, wireless technologies, and connectivity solutions to carry information and ideas at the speed of light


• Precision glass for advanced displays to deliver richer experiences


• Auto glass and ceramics to drive cleaner, safer, and smarter transportation


• Solar polysilicon, wafers, and innovative photovoltaic modules, enabling low-cost solar energy solutions

Role Purpose

The Senior Manager, Solar Data & AI Strategy leads the Solar MAP data and artificial intelligence strategy. This role establishes trusted data foundations, advances responsible AI adoption, and delivers scalable data and AI products that create measurable business value. The leader partners across business, manufacturing, engineering, commercial, operations, and IT teams and works at both strategic and hands‑on technical levels. The role has a dotted-line relationship to the Hemlock Semiconductor CIO for data and AI strategy and execution.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the Solar enterprise data and AI strategy, architecture, governance model, and multi-year roadmap.


• Establish standards for data ownership, quality, metadata, lineage, security, access, master data, and lifecycle management.


• Identify and prioritize high-value AI opportunities across business functions, then lead discovery, prototyping, evaluation, and production delivery of solutions such as copilots, agents, predictive models, intelligent search, and decision-support tools.


• Provide hands-on guidance in prompt engineering, agent design, workflow orchestration, retrieval-augmented generation, model evaluation, and solution architecture.


• Own the Solar data and AI portfolio from ideation through deployment, adoption, support, and value realization, defining success measures and monitoring product performance and risk.


• Partner with enterprise data, architecture, security, privacy, and technology teams to align solutions with company standards and responsible AI policies, while communicating progress, priorities, dependencies, and investment needs to leadership.


• Build organizational capability by coaching data and AI leaders and practitioners, managing strategic partners and vendors, and establishing a sustainable internal operating model.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, Business, or a related field.


• 10+ years of progressive experience in data, analytics, digital, AI, technology, or related transformation roles, including significant leadership responsibility.


• Experience developing enterprise data strategies, data architectures, governance operating models, and data or AI product roadmaps.


• Hands‑on experience shaping, prototyping, or delivering AI solutions.


• Working knowledge of generative AI, machine learning, AI agents, prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation, model evaluation, and AI solution architecture.


• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional programs, influence senior stakeholders, build business cases, prioritize investments, and realize measurable value.


• Ability to communicate complex technical topics clearly to executive, operational, and technical audiences.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in manufacturing, solar, semiconductor, or industrial operations.


• Experience integrating data and AI solutions with SAP, MES, manufacturing, quality, engineering, or supply-chain environments.


• Experience with enterprise AI platforms, copilots, agent frameworks, cloud data platforms, vector databases, APIs, and modern data engineering patterns.


• Experience establishing responsible AI governance, model monitoring, production support, change management, and capability-building programs.

Work Location

• This is a hybrid role requiring in-office work three days per week.


• Will need to be in one of these 3 locations or be open to relocation: Phoenix, AZ, Hemlock, MI, or Corning, NY.

Success Profile

The successful candidate is a pragmatic builder who combines strategic perspective, technical credibility, product discipline, and strong business partnership. Success includes establishing trusted data foundations, delivering adopted and supportable AI products, improving responsible AI capability, and achieving measurable gains in productivity, quality, forecasting, asset performance, or customer responsiveness.

This position does not support immigration sponsorship.

The range for this position is $138,838.00 - $190,902.00 assuming full time status. Starting pay for the successful applicant is dependent on a variety of job-related factors, including but not limited to geographic location, market demands, experience, training, and education.

A job that shapes a life.

Corning offers you the total package.

Your well-being is our priority. Our compensation and benefits package supports your health and wellness, financial aspirations, and career from day one.

• Company-wide bonuses and long-term incentives align with key business results and ensure you are rewarded when the company performs well. When Corning wins, we all win.


• As part of our commitment to your financial well-being, we provide a 100% company-paid pension benefit with fixed contributions that grow throughout your career. Combined with matching contributions to your 401(k) savings plan, Corning’s total contributions to your retirement accounts can reach between 7% and 12% of your pay, depending on your age and years of service.


• Our health and well-being benefits include medical, dental, vision, paid parental leave, family building support, fitness, company-paid life insurance, disability, disease management programs, paid time off, and an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) to support you and your family.


• Getting paid for our work is important, but feeling appreciated and recognized for those contributions motivates us much more. That’s why Corning offers a recognition program to celebrate successes and reward colleagues who make exceptional contributions.

We prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, gender, age, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, veteran status or any other legally protected status.

Corning is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and considers requests for reasonable accommodations in accordance with applicable laws. Individuals with disabilities or sincerely held religious beliefs may request reasonable accommodations to participate in the application or interview process, perform essential job functions, or access other benefits and privileges of employment. To submit a request for reasonable accommodation related to disability or religion, please contact us at [e-mail].