Senior Director, ITP AI Data Platform and Infrastructure

Our vision is to transform how the world uses information to enrich life for all.

Micron Technology is a world leader in innovating memory and storage solutions that accelerate the transformation of information into intelligence, inspiring the world to learn, communicate and advance faster than ever.

Micron Technology is seeking a Senior Director, ITP AI Data Platform and Infrastructure to lead the strategy, architecture, engineering, and operations of the data and developer platforms that power AI across Micron’s Innovation, Technology and Products (ITP) organization. This leader will shape how AI, data, and engineering automation accelerate the full technology and product development lifecycle.

You will own three foundational areas: an AI-ready enterprise data platform grounded in knowledge graphs and ontology, modern CI/CD and developer platforms, and source-control modernization. As a key member of the AI leadership team, you will build a high-performing global organization and deliver measurable business outcomes for engineering and product teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and execute the ITP AI data platform vision, strategy, and multi-year roadmap, including enterprise data products, knowledge graphs, semantic layers, ontology, data pipelines, metadata, lineage, and governance.

• Deliver AI-ready data capabilities across structured and unstructured data, including knowledge graphs, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), and enterprise knowledge systems.
• Lead the modernization of CI/CD, DevSecOps, and developer platforms across AI, data, and software engineering, including automated build, test, release, and self-service tooling.
• Drive source-control modernization, including the transition to Git-based development, and enable secure AI-assisted engineering workflows.
• Own the reliability, availability, performance, and cost efficiency of AI data and developer platforms, with clear service-level objectives and delivery metrics.
• Establish governance for data access, ontology stewardship, AI model and agent deployment, pipeline promotion, and software release.
• Build, lead, and develop a global organization of data engineers, knowledge engineers, platform and DevOps engineers, and architects, with a strong focus on succession and leadership development.
• Partner with Product Engineering, Technology Development, Business Units, IT, Cybersecurity, Enterprise Architecture, Legal, and strategic technology partners to align platform strategy with business priorities.
• Manage platform budgets, vendor relationships, and technology portfolios, and represent the platform strategy in executive reviews and architecture forums.

Minimum Qualifications

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or a related field.

• 20+ years of progressive experience in software engineering, data platforms, developer platforms, DevOps, or AI/ML platforms, including 10+ years leading senior technical teams, managers, and architects.
• Proven track record building and operating enterprise-scale data or developer platforms and leading large-scale modernization initiatives.
• Deep expertise in data architecture and governance, CI/CD and release automation, Git-based development, automated testing, DevSecOps, and artifact and dependency management.
• Hands-on experience with Perforce, Git, GitHub Enterprise, GitLab, Azure DevOps, or similar source-control ecosystems.
• Experience leading geographically distributed teams through organizational change.
• Strong executive communication, business acumen, and vendor management skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience delivering enterprise knowledge graph and ontology programs, including semantic standards.

• Experience modernizing legacy engineering environments into CI/CD-driven, Git-based developer platforms.
• Experience with vector databases, RAG, agent platforms, or AI/ML operations.
• Familiarity with platform tooling such as Jenkins, Tekton, Argo, or Artifactory.
• Semiconductor or advanced manufacturing industry experience.

What Success Looks Like

• A scalable, trusted AI data platform grounded in enterprise ontologies and knowledge graphs.

• Modern CI/CD and developer platforms that measurably accelerate software, data, and AI delivery.
• A Git and Perforce modernization roadmap executed with strong engineering adoption.
• A high-performing organization with a strong leadership pipeline, aligned to Micron's values of People, Innovation, Tenacity, Collaboration, and Customer Focus.

About Micron Technology

Micron Technology is a world leader in innovative memory and storage solutions that transform how the world uses information to enrich life for all. Join us to shape how AI and data accelerate the next generation of memory and storage technology.

Micron is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

 

The US base salary range that Micron Technology estimates it could pay for this full-time position is:

$239,000.00 - $472,000.00 a year

Additional compensation may include benefits, bonuses and equity.
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