India Data & AI Associate Director at nVent in Bangalore, IN

Job description

We’re looking for people who put their innovation to work to advance our success – and their own. Join an organization that ensures a more secure world through connecting and protecting our customers with inventive electrical solutions. Key Responsibilities: Organizational Leadership & People Development Lead the India Data & AI organization as its most senior leader, setting the tone for culture, performance expectations, and professional standards Manage a team of managers and technical leads, providing strategic direction, coaching, and accountability with a focus on developing the next layer of leadership Own the India organization's talent agenda: workforce planning, hiring strategy, succession planning, and creating clear growth pathways for technical and managerial talent at every level Build and sustain a high-performance culture that is collaborative, curious, accountable, and invested in continuous learning Serve as the primary liaison between the India organization and nVent's Data & AI leadership, ensuring consistent communication, aligned priorities, and effective ways of working across geographies Strategy & Portfolio Governance Partner with global Data & AI leadership to translate nVent's enterprise data and AI strategy into a roadmap that is realistic, well-sequenced, and resourced appropriately Own portfolio-level accountability across all India workstreams, monitoring delivery health, surfacing risks early, and making decisions about prioritization and resource allocation that span functional boundaries Contribute to enterprise planning cycles by representing India's capacity, capability, and delivery perspective in roadmap and investment discussions Drive the India team's operating model evolution while the organization scales. Address delivery practices and governance. Improve ways of working with the distributed team to support sustained growth. AI Portfolio Ownership Provide strategic direction and organizational accountability for nVent's AI solution development Ensure the AI delivery organization operates with velocity, governance alignment, and the engineering field required to move solutions reliably from use case to production Partner with collaborators to align the AI delivery portfolio with enterprise priorities, governance requirements, and expectations of business value Champion responsible AI practices, ensuring solutions are built with appropriate transparency, testing, and risk management Analytics Leadership & Global Delivery Lead the India Analytics function, owning delivery, quality, talent development, and organizational effectiveness across reporting, self-service enablement, and advanced analytics Partner with the Analytics leadership to build and complete our global analytics strategy, with shared standards, aligned priorities, and one consistent delivery model across geographies Co-own the global analytics roadmap and delivery model, resourcing, platform decisions, and extending global delivery Align analytics delivery to modern data platforms and certified data Data Governance Engagement Partner with enterprise Data Governance and Privacy leadership to ensure delivery activity is aligned to nVent's governance framework and regulatory obligations Promote governance-by-design culture making quality, transparency, and compliance a shared expectation Executive Collaborator Engagement Represent the India Data & AI organization to global technology and business leadership, communicating delivery status, strategic priorities, and organizational health with clarity and credibility Build trusted relationships with executive and functional leadership Participate in enterprise-level governance forums, investment reviews, and program steering committees Shape how nVent's global Data & AI leadership team understands, engages, and invests in the India organization Requirements: 15+ years of progressive experience in data, analytics, and/or AI fields, with a clear arc of growing leadership scope and