Senior Director, Data, Analytics and Reporting

Infoblox • Santa Clara, CA

13d • $234,700 - $310,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

At Infoblox, every breakthrough begins with a bold “what if.” What if your ideas could ignite global innovation? What if your curiosity could redefine the future? We invite you to step into the next exciting chapter of your career journey. Bring your creativity, drive, your daring spirit, and feel what it’s like to thrive on a team big enough to make an impact, yet small enough to make a difference. Our cloud-first networking and security solutions already protect 70% of the Fortune 500 , and we’re looking for creative thinkers ready to push that influence even further. Join us and discover how far your bold “what if” can take the world, your community, and your career. How we empower our people is extraordinary: we’re recognized as a Glassdoor Best Place to Work 2025, Great Place to Work-Certified in five countries, and honored by Cigna as a Healthy Workforce honors for three consecutive years ; And what we build is world class: named CybersecAsia’s Best in Critical Infrastructure 2024 — clear evidence that when first-class technology meets empowered talent, remarkable careers take shape. So, what if the next big idea, and the next great career story, comes from you? Become the force that turns every “what if” into “what’s next”. In a world where you can be anything, Be Infoblox . Senior Director, Data, Analytics and Reporting We have an opportunity for a Senior Director, Data, Analytics and Reporting to join our IT team in Santa Clara HQ reporting to the CIO. In this mission critical leadership position, you will be responsible for defining and executing a data strategy that fuels Infoblox’s growth, customer success, and operational excellence.  Collaborating closely with executive leaders across the organization, including Finance, Operations, Product and Engineering, Business Applications, AI Engineering and Security teams ensuring our data assets are leveraged to their full potential. This role requires a leader who can build and mentor a world-class team while personally driving strategic initiatives and ensuring the integrity of our data foundation. A core part of your responsibility will be to champion and enable our AI strategy and technical foundations, ensuring that clean, trusted, and well-governed data is the foundation for all AI initiatives. You will also be a champion for the data user, focused on building a self-service data platform that empowers all Infoblox employees to make data-driven decisions with confidence.

Requirements

• Experience: 12+ years of progressive experience in data analytics, data science, and data engineering, with at least 5+ years in a senior leadership role
• Strategic Leadership: Proven ability to define, communicate, and execute a data vision that drives measurable business outcomes
• AI Acumen: Demonstrated experience in building data foundations and pipelines specifically to support and accelerate AI and machine learning initiatives
• Technical Expertise: Deep knowledge of modern data stacks, including data warehousing, ETL/ELT pipelines, data modeling, and Tableau. Experience with cloud-based data environments that enable AI use-cases (e.g., Snowflake, Databricks, AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Exceptional ability to translate business needs into technical requirements and communicate complex data concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Strong Data governance and master data management background to build governance organizations and frameworks ground up
• Team Development: A track record of successfully hiring, mentoring, and leading high-performing data teams

Responsibilities

• Lead and Inspire a High-Performing Team: Build, mentor, and scale a diverse, high-performing team of data analysts, data scientists, data & analytics, and Business Intelligence engineers, fostering a culture of excellence, collaboration, and continuous learning
• Define and Execute the Data Strategy: Architect a clear, scalable data strategy that aligns with Infoblox’s business goals and product roadmap. Ensure the right data architecture, tools, and processes are in place to deliver trusted, high-quality data at scale
• Champion AI Enablement: Act as a critical partner to the Business Applications and AI Engineering teams. Ensure that our data and data infrastructure and practices are optimized to support and accelerate AI development and deployment. This includes defining data governance standards, building high-quality training datasets, and developing scalable data pipelines for AI/ML models, and building AI data products for all Infoblox employees
• Drive Data-Driven Decision-Making: Partner with senior leaders across Finance, Operations, Product & Engineering to identify and deliver actionable insights that inform key business decisions, optimize performance, and unlock new opportunities
• Advance the Data Foundation: Own the end-to-end data lifecycle for critical business domains, from data ingestion and ETL/ELT pipelines to data modeling, quality assurance, and governance. Ensure a single source of truth for key metrics across the organization
• Develop and maintain Master data management by establishing standards, data quality rules, matching/merging criteria, survivorship rules, and hierarchy management
• Enhance Data Security and Governance: Partner with Security leaders to define and implement policies and systems to safeguard data privacy, ensure regulatory compliance, and protect sensitive information. This includes establishing robust data access controls, audit trails, and data retention policies
• Enable Self-Service and User Experience: Drive the development of a self-service data platform that empowers business users with easy-to-use tools and intuitive dashboards Focus on the end-to-end user experience, from data discovery to insight generation, to ensure our data is not just available but also accessible and understandable to all
• Lead Enterprise Data Governance Council and establish data governance and quality frameworks to ensure trustworthy, compliant data usage. Implement policies and controls for secure, auditable, and ethical data management

Benefits

• Comprehensive health coverage, generous PTO, and flexible work options
• Learning opportunities, career-mobility programs, and leadership workshops
• Sixteen paid volunteer hours each year, global employee resource groups, and a “No Jerks” policy that keeps collaboration healthy
• Modern offices with EV charging, healthy snacks (and the occasional cupcake), plus hackathons, game nights, and culture celebrations
• Charitable Giving Program supported by Company Match
• We practice pay transparency and reward performance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees