IT Director - Data Engineering & Analytics Platforms

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Position Summary

At Marathon, we are trailblazers in the Oil and Gas industry, driving innovation and creating value through cutting edge data and analytics solutions. Our Analytics and Innovation group serves as the central Data and Analytics Office for the entire organization, acting as an internal center of excellence and innovation beacon. We pride ourselves on our competitiveness to deliver top notch services and transformative value.

We continue to build a world-class data ecosystem, anchored by our flagship Insights and Discovery Platform, built on Microsoft Azure and augmented by best-in-class tools such as Databricks, Profisee MDM, Purview, Qlik, Synapse pipelines, and Power BI. We organize data products, ensuring governance, stewardship, and ownership while delivering measurable business value across the enterprise.

As we continue to grow and push the boundaries of what’s possible with data, we are seeking a dynamic and visionary Director of Data Engineering and Analytics Platforms to lead our data engineering, architecture, and platform teams, and to elevate our data maturity to new heights.

The Data Engineering & Analytics Platforms Director is a highly visible, cross-functional leadership role reporting to the Sr. Director of Analytics & Innovation. You will be the driving force behind our advanced analytics, architecture and engineering initiatives, leading a team of professionals. Your mission is to empower our organization with robust, scalable, and insightful data solutions, supporting advanced analytics, AI, and data product development. You will elevate our DataOps maturity and ensure tight FinOps control, while championing the adoption of our Unified Data Models (UDM) and KPI Store, and leading the charge in expanding our data contextualization and knowledge graph capabilities.

As the Director of Data Engineering & Analytics Solutions, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our data ecosystem, working cross-functionally with peers, business IT, and business partners to deliver innovative data solutions and value-driven data products.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversees the planning, design, implementation, and measurement of IT systems and ensures a balance between growing the agility required to achieve business objectives and ensuring core IT functions are reliable, stable, secure and efficient.
• Provides guidance on the implementation of large or complex projects and oversees progression while ensuring the department program portfolio is managed effectively through governance and planning processes. Engages in initiatives as needed to facilitate the realization of value and work with sponsorship to evaluate the achievement of value.
• Manages the department budget and financial resources including but not limited to technology services, software, hardware, and expense tracking ensuring the most effective use to maximize outcomes.
• Stays abreast of emerging technologies, industry trends, and regulatory changes, and provides direction on which emerging technologies should be introduced, integrated, and assimilated to improve operational effectiveness and manage risk.
• Participate in the evaluation and selection of vendors, review of contracts and management of vendor relationships to ensure cost-effective and reliable IT services and solutions.
• Collaborates with internal and external stakeholders on the development of the technology capability roadmap.
• Collaborates on the development of IT policies, procedures, and standards, ensuring they are up to date and in line with area of responsibility and industry standards. Ensures compliance with established policies, procedures, and standards.
• Collaborate with management on the design of an organizational structure and operating model to meet business objectives. Leads the organizational change initiatives, ensuring smooth transition with minimal disruption.
• Responsible for recruitment, development, retention, performance management, and succession planning that will lead to a strong talent pipeline. 
• Develop and implement strategic plans for data engineering, architecture, and platform management, aligning them with business objectives and the data product vision.
• Lead, manage, and mentor the Data Engineering, Architecture, and Platforms teams, translating the organizational vision into team goals while fostering a culture of innovation, learning, and continuous improvement.
• Oversee the Insights and Discovery Platform, ensuring its reliability, scalability, and cost-effectiveness, while advancing the use of data architecture best practices, data governance models, and Medallion Architecture for improved scalability and governance.
• Drive the adoption of advanced analytics, knowledge graphs, and data contextualization; optimize data pipelines, ETL frameworks, and models to support growth while enforcing tight FinOps control to optimize cloud costs.
• Define and measure KPIs and OKRs to track platform performance, user adoption, and cost optimization, ensuring platform uptime and data product delivery.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior executives on data engineering best practices and platform capabilities, translating complex technical concepts into clear business narratives.
• Manage the delivery of data solutions, ensuring spending aligns with business priorities and resources are allocated effectively.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or other computer-related degree required.
• 12+ years of diversified IT experience required.
• 5+ years managing high-level professional staff required
• Deep expertise in data engineering, modern cloud-based data platforms (Azure preferred), data warehousing, ETL/ELT, and data modeling.
• Strong expertise in Azure data stack (Databricks, Synapse, Purview, Profisee, Power BI, Qlik).
• Knowledge of data modeling principles, medallion architecture, Unified Data Models (UDM), and analytical models.
• Experience with tools like Power BI, Databricks, Synapse, Purview, Profisee, and Qlik.
• Experience in data contextualization, knowledge graphs, and DataOps is a plus.
• Demonstrated success in managing budgets, driving financial discipline, and delivering innovative solutions.

Skill

• Strategic Outlook - Examines issues, generates ideas, creates future scenarios, and develops plans with a long-term perspective. Ensures short-term goals support long-term strategy and that organizational/functional strategy aligns with and supports MPC’s overall business strategy.
• Business Acumen - Applies knowledge of MPC’s business, industry, and the marketplace to advance the organization’s goals. Makes decisions and recommendations clearly linked to MPC’s strategy.
• Results Driven - Drives operational and process excellence and innovative behavior by empowering others, collaborating, taking appropriate risks, making timely decisions, and holding people accountable for results.
• Authentic Communicator - Expresses ideas and information, both verbally and in writing, clearly and credibly. Listens to understand and fosters constructive dialogue.
• Continuous Improvement Mindset - Identifies and leads opportunities for continuous improvement and value creation, both incremental and large-scale.
• Energizing the Organization - Creates a purposeful, engaged, optimistic workforce.
• Ongoing Learning & Self-Development - Regularly determines new areas for learning and acquires strategies and best practices for gaining/improving knowledge, behaviors, and skills.
• Selecting and Developing People - Recognizes and selects high caliber talent, accurately assesses abilities and potential, coaches to develop capabilities and builds high- performing teams.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or other computer-related degree required
• 12+ years of diversified IT experience
• 5+ years managing high-level professional staff require

As an energy industry leader, our career opportunities fuel personal and professional growth.

Location:

San Antonio, Texas

Additional locations:

Findlay, Ohio

Job Requisition ID:

00015544

Location Address:

19100 Ridgewood Pkwy

Education:

Bachelors: Information Technology (Required)

Employee Group:

Full time

Employee Subgroup:

Regular

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