Sr Director | Data and AI Platforms

ADP is hiring a Senior Director – Data & AI Platforms to lead the people, strategy, and evolution of data, analytics, and AI capabilities within the Human Resources Outsourcing (HRO) business. Reporting to the VP, Data Analytics and Business Transformation, you will drive innovation and build the foundation for HRO’s future data and AI capabilities while leading key teams in a growing organization. This leader-of-leaders role will oversee a global team of 30+ professionals across data science, data engineering, ML/AI enablement, platform operations, and data governance. 

At ADP we are driven by your success. We engage your unique talents and perspectives. We welcome your ideas on how to do things differently and better. In your efforts to achieve, learn and grow, we support you all the way. If success motivates you, you belong at ADP. 
 
We strive for every interaction to be driven by our CORE values: Insightful Expertise, Integrity is Everything, Service Excellence, Inspiring Innovation, Each Person Counts, Results-Driven, & Social Responsibility. 

 RESPONSIBILITIES: 

Organizational Leadership & Thought Partnership 

• Lead, mentor, and grow a global team of 4 leaders and 30+ data scientists, data engineers, ML/AI enablement engineers, platform operators, and governance professionals. 

• Serve as a trusted advisor to HRO leadership, translating business objectives into data and AI strategies and helping shape the evolution of HRO’s analytics and data capabilities. 

• Build a culture of excellence, collaboration, curiosity, and continuous learning across teams and provide clarity, direction, and prioritization in an environment where future-state capabilities are still being defined. 

Analytics Engineering Leadership 

• Lead analytics engineering teams delivering high-quality, reliable data products, and pipelines that power analytics and data science. 

• Ensure rigorous data architecture and coding standards that align with enterprise policies and integrate seamlessly with the Databricks Lakehouse environment. 

• Promote automation, performance, and efficient workflows across data ingestion, transformation, and analytics processes. 

Data Governance 

• Strengthen data governance and quality practices across HRO using best in class practices, thought leadership, and operational rigor. 

• Oversee stewardship practices, metadata management, data classification, lineage, tool usage (e.g. Anomalo, Alation) and business glossary alignment. 

• Partner with enterprise governance teams to ensure HRO compliance with organizational standards and processes.  

Data Science 

• Oversee HRO’s existing Data Science function, driving development of robust, interpretable, and actionable models that support business outcomes. 

• Ensure strong scientific rigor, experimentation frameworks, feature engineering discipline, and model evaluation standards. 

• Champion the use of data science for business value, communicating insights and approaches in clear, compelling ways. 

Future ML/GenAI Engineering & Enablement 

• Define and build the future-state vision for ML Engineering and GenAI Engineering capabilities within HRO. <