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Western Digital

We create data storage solutions that power the technology of today and inspire the innovations of tomorrow.

Director, Consumer Data Platform – Analytics Enablement

Data EngineerData EngineerFull TimeRemoteLeadTeam 10,001+Since 1970H1B SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn

Location

California

Posted

6 days ago

Salary

$179.7K - $297.8K / year

Seniority

Lead

Bachelor Degree10 yrs expEnglish

Job Description

Director, Consumer Data Platform – Analytics Enablement

Western Digital

• Work with the corporate Enterprise Data & AI and Consumer Data Teams to own the Consumer division’s curated (“silver” and “gold”) data layers, including harmonization of external market data with corporate sources, in alignment with enterprise lakehouse and governance standards • Drive data “AI-readiness” to help future-proof the data ecosystem, inclusive of metadata curation and documentation of business logic • Develop and operate the Consumer BI ecosystem on the corporate lakehouse platform (e.g., PowerBI, Databricks), enabling scalable self-service by analysts and business users • Enable integration of AI into business reporting and underlying analysis, in order to build early warning systems and to identify underlying business trends worthy of future study • Partner with Consumer division leadership to ensure downstream analysis applications and BI stack are delivering reliable, efficient, and valuable service

Job Requirements

  • 10+ years relevant experience (consumer tech, consumer electronics, or CPG industries preferred)
  • Demonstrated history of business impact through data ecosystem development, data engineering, or Development/Operations (DevOps) organization leadership
  • Data modeling & harmonization experience, including with vendors with varying product/timing hierarchies
  • Ability to deliver strong data transformation results inside corporate guardrails (e.g., security and access, governance, intake, and prioritization)
  • Experience designing AI-ready data platforms, including semantic modeling, metadata management, and governed self-service analytics.
  • Direct AI implementation experience is a plus but not required for the role.

Benefits

  • Health insurance
  • 401(k) matching
  • Paid vacation time
  • Paid sick leave
  • Life, accident and disability insurance
  • Tax-advantaged flexible spending accounts
  • Health savings accounts
  • Employee assistance program
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Employee stock purchase plan
  • Sandisk's Savings 401(k) Plan

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