Lead Data & Analytics – AI & Advanced Analytics

Description

The North America Information Management team is hiring a lead for data and analytics with a focus on AI and advanced analytics.

You will help build AI, machine learning and enterprise data architecture, with a focus on data engineering and Palantir Skywise integration. The goal is better operational decisions, more efficient assembly lines and higher productivity across the North American divisions.

You will report directly to the Head of AI and Advanced Analytics on a regional team that supports the company Americas with data and digital systems. The team works between technical delivery, data architecture and practical AI applications. You will work with shop-floor managers, digital specialists and executives across commercial aviation and helicopters, turning assembly, supply chain and manufacturing problems into reusable technical assets.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain scalable end-to-end data pipelines and analytical workflows in Palantir Skywise, using Code Repository, Pipeline Builder, Ontology, Slate, AIP Assist and Workshop, to turn aviation manufacturing and flight data into operational insights.
• Manage the administration, scalability and user enablement of enterprise analytics platforms, including Alteryx and Tableau.
• Serve as the main technical authority for data engineering and Palantir Skywise across North America Digital. Set development standards, enforce data governance and security, and keep improving data assets.
• Work with operational leaders at regional sites, such as Mobile, AL and Grand Prairie, TX, to turn assembly, logistics and supply chain problems into technical data requirements and data products.
• Hands-on work to build and deploy advanced analytics and AI applications, including Generative AI, machine learning pipelines and custom AI personas, inside operational workflows.
• Lead internal adoption of new AI developer tools, such as AIP Assist, Gemini and domain-specific AI agents, to automate coding, documentation and data cleansing.
• Ingest, clean, catalog and structure data from APIs, databases, streaming feeds and flat files into solid feature sets and Ontologies.
• Monitor, evaluate and tune existing analytics and AI applications to keep latency low, reduce technical debt and sustain business value.
• Design, lead and run technical workshops and enablement sessions to grow analytics and AI use across regional sites.
• Mentor junior analysts, engineers and citizen developers, and run peer code reviews.
• Work with the North American AI Center of Excellence to build capability, create execution templates and support a data-driven, AI-first culture across the company Americas.

Requirements

• At least 10 years of professional experience in data engineering, advanced analytics or business intelligence, or at least 7 years with a Master's degree.
• A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Business Analytics, Engineering, Information Systems or a quantitative field. A Master's degree is preferred.
• Demonstrated experience leading digital initiatives and pipeline delivery in aerospace, manufacturing, transportation or complex operational settings.
• A proven record as lead technical developer or subject matter expert, mentoring junior developers and setting code governance in agile teams.
• 3+ years of deep, hands-on experience in Palantir Skywise, including Pipeline Builder, Workshop, Slate, AIP Assist, Code Repository, Ontology, Contour and Code Workbook.
• Advanced proficiency in Python, PySpark, SQL and Spark SQL to build fast, fault-tolerant pipelines.
• Proven hands-on work with GenAI models, prompt engineering, agentic workflows and deploying AI or ML models into production.
• Expert knowledge of Tableau, Alteryx and PowerBI.
• Ability to explain complex data architectures and AI algorithms in plain business language to non-technical leaders.
• Fluent written and spoken English.
• Preferred: prior work in an international corporate environment with transatlantic cross-border coordination.
• Preferred: experience with cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, Azure), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and MLOps pipelines.
• Preferred: Palantir Foundry or Skywise certifications.
• Preferred: SAFe Agile or PMP certification.
• Preferred: cloud or data engineering certifications (Databricks, AWS, Azure, GCP).

Conditions

The role can be based in Mobile, Alabama; Grand Prairie, Texas; Herndon, Virginia or Atlanta, Georgia.

Work is 60% onsite. Up to 10% travel, arranged at short notice.

Daily contact with digital domain managers, product owners, data engineers and AI delivery teams, plus regular contact with internal and external stakeholders across shop floor, logistics, manufacturing and executive leadership.

Regular coordination with business unit representatives in commercial aviation (A320 final assembly line) and the company Helicopters, and periodic technical alignment with the global European IM and Skywise core platform teams.

Physical demands include daily use of a computer and screens, reading documents and engineering drawings, speaking and listening in person and by phone, walking through offices and production areas including uneven ground, standing and sitting for long periods, and carrying items up to 10 lbs.

Hearing safety alarms and warnings on the production floor is required.

Required personal protective equipment, as set by the site or customer, may include safety shoes, safety glasses, hearing protection, respirators or masks and protective gloves.

Benefits

• Competitive base salary, incentive pay which may include profit sharing, a retirement savings plan and the option to join an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP).
• Paid time off, including personal time and holidays, plus a generous paid parental leave program.
• Health coverage with medical (traditional and high-deductible plans), prescription, dental, vision, life, disability, an Employee Assistance Plan (EAP) and other supplemental cover.
• Access to the global Leadership University, with unlimited use of more than 10,000 e-learning courses on employability, certifications and career paths, plus accelerated development programmes and national and international mobility.