Ketjen
Senior Manager Enterprise Data, Analytics & AI
Houston, Texas, United States of America · Senior
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 30 days ago
PythonSQLSnowflakeDatabricksAzureCloud PlatformsCI/CDKafkaMachine LearningSparkAirflowdbtData EngineeringLLMsRAGMLOpsLeadershipCollaboration
About the role
- Ketjen is hiring for a Senior Manager Enterprise Data, Analytics & AI Manager.
- This position is hybrid, and located in Clear Lake, TX.
Responsibilities
- Architect, build, and operate a scalable enterprise data platform (cloud-native).
- Own the full data lifecycle: ingestion, transformation, storage, orchestration, and consumption layers
- Drive adoption of modern data stack tooling (dbt, Airflow, Spark, Kafka, Databricks, Snowflake, etc.)
- Oversee the design, development, deployment, and monitoring of production AI/ML models
- Lead the development of self-service analytics capabilities, semantic layers, and BI infrastructure
- Manage vendor relationships, licensing, and the data & AI budget
- A diverse array of resources to support you professionally and personally.
Requirements
- 8+ years in data engineering, analytics, or ML roles
- 3+ years leading technical data teams
- Hands-on experience ML or AI systems
Nice to have
- Experience with LLMs, RAG pipelines, or generative AI in production environments
- Familiarity with real-time streaming architectures (Kafka, Flink, Kinesis)
- Relevant certifications: Databricks Certified
- Competitive compensation
- Apply today and help Ketjen unleash the POTENTIAL of advanced chemistry for industries that power the world.
Skills
- Expert-level SQL and Python
- Cloud platforms: Azure
- Data warehousing: Databricks or equivalent
- ML frameworks
- Establish and enforce data quality frameworks, SLA monitoring, and lineage tracking
- Define and execute the enterprise AI/ML roadmap in collaboration with business stakeholders
- Evaluate and integrate large language models (LLMs) and generative AI capabilities into business workflows
- Implement MLOps best practices including CI/CD for models.
- Define KPIs, metrics frameworks, and executive reporting cadences
- Championing a data-literate culture by delivering training, documentation, and stakeholder enablement
- Hire, manage, and mentor a high-performing team
- Own the enterprise master data governance program
Compensation
- Competitive compensation
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package
- AI & Machine Learning
Company info
- Are you ready to move your career forward and help shape our company's and customers' futures?
- If you aspire to challenge yourself, work with the best in the industry and join a successful team where you can make a meaningful contribution, then we invite you to join us at Ketjen Corporation, a provider of advanced catalyst solutions to leading producers in the petrochemical, refining, and specialty chemicals industries.
- Together, we can create a legacy marked by innovation, excitement, and energy.
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