SonicWall
Data Director
Job Description
SonicWall is a cybersecurity forerunner with more than 30 years of expertise and is recognized as a leading partner-first company, ensuring our partners and their customers are never alone in the fight against cybercrime. With the ability to build, scale and manage security across the cloud, hybrid and traditional environments in real-time, SonicWall provides relentless security against the most evasive cyberattacks across endless exposure points for increasingly remote, mobile and cloud-enabled users. With its own threat research center, SonicWall can quickly and economically provide purpose-built security solutions to enable any organization—enterprise, government agencies and SMBs—around the world. For more information, visit www.sonicwall.com or follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram.
As our Director of Data, reporting to our AVP of Information Systems, this role provides senior leadership to drive the strategic vision for SonicWall's data and product lifecycle management (PLM) strategy and foster a culture of data-drive decision-making. The Director will oversee the data and PLM teams, collaborate frequently with the business leaders throughout the company and drive initiatives to improve data and process governance, transformation, and management. The Director performs hands-on operations based on the team’s workload.
Key Responsibilities:
- Create and execute a strategic data and product lifecycle management vision.
- Oversee the governance of data processes and coordinate cross-functional data.
- Direct and manage data changes with thorough control, oversight, approval, communication, and documentation.
- Relay the implications of data changes and work alongside functional and IT leaders to identify the best solutions.
- Implement and follow industry standards and best practices in data governance and management.
- Maintain the integrity and quality of data by conducting regular audits and quality reports.
- Organize and implement innovations to the Product Lifecycle Management process to deliver faster time to market.
- Facilitate product processes and technologies from conception to disposal.
- Manage product release process.
- Excellent communication (written and oral) and people skills.
- Engage in the organization’s formal SDLC Process team.
- Partner with senior leadership to establish business and system requirements for projects and proactively advise executives on information technology trends, benefits, and risks.
- Build vendor partnerships and oversee multiple vendor relationships to ensure the best performance and financial return.
- Gives timely and constructive feedback, leading to improved performance and accountability.
- Creates and promotes an environment that fosters learning and innovation.
- Actively coaches and mentors IT personnel to develop effective IT leaders and teams to reach their potential and deliver business results.
Required Technical Skills:
- 10+ years’ experience in progressive with proven ability to develop and drive long-term data and PLM strategies.
- 5+ years of leadership responsibilities, including strategy, budgeting, and people leadership.
- Expertise in data engineering and infrastructure, including experience SnowFlake, Hadoop, MS SQL and SSIS, Apache Spark
- Expertise in reporting tools such as PowerBI and Qlikview
- Knowledge of Oracle AgilePLM
- Ability to work in pressure situations to meet required deadlines, flexibility in work schedule.
- Must be able to manage and schedule multiple projects on an ongoing basis with the ability to prioritize and work independently and as a team member.
- Demonstrated ability to build trust and effectively advise business leaders in technology solutions within a complex business.
- Has a passion for people development, innovation, process improvement, and technology
- Excellent communication (written and oral) and people skills.
- Provide 24x7 support as needed.
Preferred Skills:
- Strong DevOps and DevSecOps skills.
- Experience with implementing ITIL Framework
- Ability to solve complex business processes.
- Ability to work independently with minimal direction.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
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SonicWall is an equal opportunity employer.
We are committed to creating a diverse environment and are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.
At SonicWall, we pride ourselves on recruiting a diverse mix of talented people and providing active security solutions in 100+ countries.
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