The Pokémon Company International

Director, Enterprise Data Platform and AI

Enterprise Technology
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 12+ years of relevant experience with 5+ years in management
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or relevant field
  • 10+ years in data engineering or platform leadership
  • Strong understanding of data architectures and ingestion processes
  • Experience with AI/ML integration on data platforms

Responsibilities

  • Define and execute the strategy for a unified data platform
  • Oversee data ingestion and delivery ensuring accuracy and governance
  • Partner with teams to integrate AI capabilities for enhanced insights
  • Collaborate with subsidiaries to drive consistent data practices
  • Build and lead a high-performing team of data professionals

Benefits

  • 100% employer-paid healthcare premiums
  • Generous paid family leave
  • Employer-paid life, long, and short-term insurance
  • 401k with employer matching in the US
  • Pension contributions for UK and Ireland
  • Fitness reimbursement and commuter benefits
  • Comprehensive relocation package for certain roles
  • Access to LinkedIn learning
  • Hybrid work environment
Full Job Description
Job Title: Director, Enterprise Data Platform and AI

Job Summary: We are seeking a strategic and execution-focused Director of Enterprise Data Platform and AI, to lead the transformation of our enterprise data ecosystem. This role will own the vision, development, and scaling of a unified data platform that consolidates disparate data sources and enables seamless access to high-quality, actionable data across the organization.

As a critical partner to teams such as Consumer & Market Insights, Financial Insights, and other business functions, this leader will ensure data is structured, accessible, and actionable-while also driving the integration of AI capabilities into the platform. This role requires both strong technical depth and exceptional leadership skills to shape the team, influence stakeholders, and elevate how data is leveraged enterprise-wide to enable an insights-driven organization.

What You'll Do
  • Define and Lead Enterprise Data Platform Strategy: Set and execute the vision for a unified, scalable, and governed data platform that consolidates fragmented data sources into a single source of truth.
  • Drive Data Integration, Accessibility & Quality: Oversee end-to-end data ingestion, standardization, and delivery-ensuring data is accurate, well-governed, secure, and easily consumable across the organization.
  • Enable Enterprise-Wide Insights & AI Capabilities: Partner with Consumer/Market Insights, Financial Insights, and other teams to power decision-making, while leading the integration of AI and advanced analytics to unlock predictive and innovative use cases.
  • Foster Cross-Functional Alignment & Continuous Improvement: Collaborate with subsidiaries and stakeholders to drive consistent data practices, establish strong feedback loops, and continuously evolve the platform to meet enterprise needs.
  • Build, Structure & Scale a High-Performing Team: Assess and evolve the current organization, define operating models, and develop a high-impact team of data engineers and platform leaders to support long-term growth.


What You'll Bring

Experience and Expertise:
  • Twelve+ (12+) years of relevant professional experience, plus five (5) years of management experience or a demonstrated equivalent level of expertise.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field
  • Deep Data Platform Expertise: 10+ years in data engineering, architecture, or platforms, with leadership experience scaling enterprise data ecosystems.
  • End-to-End Data Knowledge: Strong understanding of data ingestion, data lakes/warehouses, and modern data architectures.
  • AI & Analytics Enablement: Experience enabling AI/ML and Computer Vision capabilities on top of data platforms to drive advanced insights and business value.

Leadership and Collaboration:
  • Leadership Excellence: Proven ability to structure teams, develop talent, and lead through complexity in a matrixed environment.
  • Stakeholder Influence: Strong partnership skills with the ability to translate business needs into scalable data solutions across diverse teams and geographies.
  • Customer-Centric Mindset: Ability to deeply understand internal users and ensure data products meet their needs.

Strong Communication Skills:
  • Exceptional ability to simplify complex data concepts and align technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Robust facilitation skills to bring the organization towards the unified goal of "ONE Enterprise Data Platform".
  • Strong executive presence to convincingly communicate the value of the platform to cross functional leaders across the enterprise.

Subsidiary & Global Alignment: Experience working with subsidiaries and distributed global teams, aligning data strategy, standards, and adoption across diverse organizational structures.

Strategic + Execution Balance: Equally comfortable setting vision and driving hands-on execution.

Why This Role is Special

This role offers a unique opportunity to build and scale the enterprise data foundation at TPCi, shaping how data is unified, accessed, and leveraged across the organization and naturally drives result-oriented deployment of AI solutions. As the leader of the Enterprise Data Platform and AI, you will sit at the center of business and technology, enabling critical insights for different teams while establishing a single source of truth for the company. With ownership of both data and AI enablement, you will help drive the next phase of TPCi's data maturity, transforming fragmented systems into a cohesive, future-ready platform. This is a highly visible, high-impact role where you will influence across subsidiaries, partner with senior leaders, and build a strong, scalable team - ultimately elevating how TPCi uses data to make smarter, faster decisions.

Base Salary Range: For this role, new hires generally start between $188,500 - $251,000 per year. The full range is $188,500 - $339,500 per year. This range is applicable for the labor market where the role is intended to be hired. The final base salary is directly related to the candidate's qualifications and professional experience uniquely.

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How you'll be successful
  • Passion for Pokémon: Develops an understanding of the Pokémon brand, the impact it has on our people, culture, business, fans, and communities, and applying that knowledge and passion to everything you do.
  • Challenging the Expected: Approaches challenges with curiosity and creativity, embracing the possibility of failure as an opportunity to learn something new, develop innovative ideas, solve complex problems and identify unique opportunities.
  • Integrity and Respect: Demonstrates integrity and respect by leading with empathy, listening to others, seeking out different perspectives, and taking personal responsibility for decisions, actions, and results.
  • Dedicated to Quality: Takes ownership to maintain and promote high standards, looks for new ways to learn and improve, and embraces a growth mindset to seek and apply feedback from others in an effort to continuously improve.
  • Building Relationships: Develops and strengthens relationships, adopting a "team first" mentality and working collaboratively to solve problems and meet shared goals.
  • Delighting Customers: Listens and understands the interests and needs of our customers and stakeholders, making them feel heard and important, and embracing these learnings to continue delivering a unique Pokémon experience.


What to expect
  • An innovative culture driven by impact, delivering meaningful outcomes.
  • Company events that celebrate the spirit of Pokémon.
  • Competitive cash-based compensation programs.
  • 100% employer-paid healthcare premiums for you.
  • Generous paid family leave.
  • Employer-paid life insurance.
  • Employer-paid long and short-term income protection insurance.
  • US Employees: 401k Employer Matching.
  • UK/IRE/MX Employees: Pension Employer Contributions.
  • Fitness reimbursement.
  • Commuter benefit.
  • LinkedIn learning.
  • Comprehensive relocation package for certain roles.
  • Hybrid work environment.

About The Pokémon Company International

The Pokémon Company is a Japanese company responsible for brand management, production, publishing, marketing, and licensing of the Pokémon franchise, which consists of video game software, a trading card game, anime television series, films, manga, home entertainment products, merchandise, and other ventures. It was established through a joint investment by the three companies holding the copyright of Pokémon: Nintendo, Game Freak, and Creatures. It began operating in 1998 and adopted the moniker Pokémon Ltd. in October 2000. The company is headquartered in the Roppongi Hills Mori Tower in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo. The company has separate subsidiaries that handle operations in different parts of the world, with the Pokémon Company International supporting the territories outside Asia and being responsible for brand management, licensing, marketing, the Pokémon Trading Card Game, the animated TV series, home entertainment, and the official Pokémon website on the territories outside Asia. The Pokémon Company also handles publishing of all Pokémon video games since 2001 alongside Nintendo. The Pokémon Company is mostly responsible for marketing and funding, while Nintendo handles distribution of the titles in Japan and outside it. Both companies work together in localization, production, QA, and other aspects. The company is solely responsible for publishing and licensing mobile Pokémon titles, unlike console titles where it has help from Nintendo.
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