Job Details

Caltech is a world-renowned science and engineering institute that marshals some of the world's brightest minds and most innovative tools to address fundamental scientific questions. We thrive on finding and cultivating talented people who are passionate about what they do. Join us and be a part of the diverse Caltech community.

Caltech is seeking a visionary leader to establish and execute a strategic plan for Caltech's data technology. The ideal candidate will have deep technical expertise with the latest technologies and strong organization management skills along with a proven track record of leading organizations for the data transformation journey. The ideal candidate will oversee the organization's overall data strategy, ensuring seamless data integration, robust business intelligence solutions, and enterprise data warehousing. This role involves leading a team of data professionals and collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders to enable a data-informed decision-making process.

This is an Organizational Critical position. In the event of an emergency on campus, an employee designated as organizational critical is expected to report to Campus as soon as possible to assist in division/department response and recovery efforts.

Key Responsibilities

Team Leadership and Management

• Build, mentor, and manage a high-performing data solutions team and establish an effective data organization structure.
• Assign tasks, set objectives, and evaluate performance against defined goals and KPIs.
• Foster an environment of continuous learning, innovation, and collaboration.

Strategic Responsibilities

• Develop a comprehensive data management strategy that encompasses the full data needs of Caltech and includes infrastructure, data governance, resources, delivery capabilities, and data products.
• Establish data governance and integration strategies for upcoming ERP projects ensuring robust design and scalability.
• Stay current with emerging technologies and data trends, evaluating their applicability to the organization.
• Continue to evolve data infrastructure, ensuring scalability and performance.

Design and Implementation Responsibilities

• Maintenance and Support – provide necessary guidance to ensure successful execution and maintenance of production processes that include data integration, data warehouse, analytics, and other data tools and infrastructure.
• Oversee the implementation of the comprehensive data management and governance strategy.
• Establish and maintain data governance best practices to ensure data integrity, consistency, and security.
• Oversee compliance with relevant data regulations and enterprise data governance policies.
• Direct the design, development, and maintenance of the enterprise data infrastructure including data warehouse and data lake.
• Lead the creation and optimization of ETL processes for efficient data extraction, transformation, and loading.
• Continue to evolve data integration and dashboard reporting tools to enable insightful data analysis and visualizations.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Collaborate with functional area and technical stakeholders to understand data needs, translating those needs into actionable data solutions.
• Promote data-driven decision-making across the organization.
• Establish overall change management and training to enable broader usage and adoption.

Qualifications and Experience

• A proven track record with a minimum of 10+ years in data management, data lakes/warehousing, and business intelligence.
• Experience in modern data management platforms.
• Significant leadership experience with a minimum of 5+ years managing data solution teams.
• Hands-on experience in implementing and managing multiple data integration projects including ERP transformation.

Required Documents

• Resume.

Hiring Range

$220,000 to $260,000 Per Year

The salary of the finalist(s) selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, internal equity, experience, education, specialty and training.

As one of the largest employers in Pasadena, CA, Caltech is committed to providing comprehensive benefits to eligible employees and their eligible dependents. Our benefits package includes competitive compensation, health, dental, and vision insurance, retirement savings plans, generous paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick time, parental leave, bereavement, etc.), tuition reimbursement, and more. Non-benefit eligible employees will have access to some benefits such as onsite counseling and sick time.

EEO Statement

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Caltech is a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.

If you would like to request an accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to Caltech Recruiting at ...@caltech.edu.

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