Senior IT Director Data and Analytics

Valmont Industries, Inc. • Carrollton, TX

17h • Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Director, Data & Analytics is the enterprise leader accountable for Valmont’s end-to-end Data and Analytics function. Reporting to the CIO, this role defines and executes the company’s data and analytics strategy, governance, platforms, operating model, and business enablement approach to ensure analytics capabilities drive measurable business outcomes. This role owns the enterprise data and analytics vision with Databricks as Valmont’s core lakehouse platform, partnering closely with business stakeholders and peer IT leaders across Infrastructure & Operations, Software Engineering, Applications, and IT Business Partners to deliver scalable, secure, and reliable analytics solutions while enabling self-service, data literacy, and insight-driven decision making across the enterprise.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (e.g., Analytics, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or related discipline) with 9+ years experience or Associates with 11+ years experience or 13+ years experience.
• Significant progressive leadership experience in enterprise data, analytics, or modern analytics platforms.
• Demonstrated experience defining and executing a Data & Analytics strategy aligned to business priorities.
• Experience leading analytics teams or functions spanning business intelligence, analytics engineering, or data enablement.
• Strong understanding of modern analytics architectures, including lakehouse platforms (Databricks preferred), BI, and semantic modeling concepts.
• Proven ability to partner with senior business leaders and peer IT leaders to deliver analytics outcomes.

Nice To Haves

• Hands‑on leadership experience implementing or scaling a Databricks lakehouse platform in a complex enterprise environment.
• Demonstrated success driving enterprise‑wide analytics adoption, self‑service analytics, and data literacy initiatives.
• Experience designing or maturing Data & Analytics operating models, including Centers of Excellence or federated analytics approaches.
• Advanced degree and/or relevant professional certifications related to analytics, data platforms, cloud technologies, or leadership.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute Valmont’s enterprise Data & Analytics strategy aligned to business and technology priorities, with Databricks as the foundational analytics platform.
• Serve as the sole point of accountability for data and analytics outcomes across the organization.
• Establish and govern enterprise data governance, data quality, metadata, and lifecycle management frameworks in partnership with business leaders.
• Act as a trusted advisor to the CIO, executive leadership, and business stakeholders on data-driven decision making and analytics investment decisions.
• Design, implement, and continuously mature the enterprise Data & Analytics operating model, including Centers of Excellence, domain enablement, and federated analytics capabilities.
• Establish enterprise standards for analytics development, self-service enablement, and reuse leveraging Databricks, BI, and semantic-layer capabilities.
• Drive adoption of self-service analytics, standardized information marts, and reusable data products built on the Databricks lakehouse.
• Own enterprise data literacy, AI enablement, and analytics capability-building initiatives, including training, enablement, and change management for Databricks-based analytics.
• Define and track analytics adoption, value realization, and business impact metrics across domains.
• Own the enterprise data and analytics platform vision, roadmap, and standards, with Databricks as the core lakehouse platform for data integration, analytics, and advanced insights.
• Define standards and guardrails for data modeling, analytics workloads, and consumption patterns on Databricks to ensure scalability, reliability, and cost effectiveness.
• Partner with Infrastructure & Operations and Software Engineering leaders to ensure Databricks and supporting cloud services are secure, performant, and operationally sound.
• Partner with Applications leadership to ensure ERP, operational systems, and business applications are effectively integrated into the Databricks lakehouse.
• Oversee onboarding of domains, data sources, and analytics use cases onto Databricks to support enterprise reporting, advanced analytics, and future AI/ML capabilities.
• Collaborate with IT Business Partners and business leaders to translate enterprise and functional strategies into analytics roadmaps delivered via the Databricks platform.
• Enable insight-driven decision-making across operations, supply chain, finance, sales, and corporate functions using trusted data and standardized metrics.
• Build, lead, and develop high-performing Data & Analytics teams spanning analytics engineering, BI, platform enablement, and governance.
• Establish clear role definitions, career paths, and capability development plans, including Databricks skills and analytics engineering best practices.
• Own vendor strategy and relationships for analytics platforms and tools, including Databricks, ensuring value realization from investments.
• Partner with the CIO on budgeting, forecasting, and investment planning for Data & Analytics platforms and capabilities.
• Ensure analytics initiatives are delivered within approved budgets and resource plans

Benefits

• Healthcare (medical, prescription drugs, dental and vision)
• 401k retirement plan with company match
• Paid time off
• Employer paid life insurance
• Employer paid short-term and long-term disability including maternity leave
• Work Life Support
• Tuition Reimbursement up to $5,250 per year
• Voluntary programs like tobacco cessation, Type 2 diabetes reversal, one-on-one health coaching, mortgage services and more

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree