Director - Data & AI

The roleAs Head of Data & AI you will own Driivz's data platform and AI product layer end to end. You will report directly to the TBD and work closely with global commercial and customer success leadership. You are not a functional manager overseeing an analytics team. You are the technical and product owner of a new business line, responsible for both what gets built and what gets sold.

The work spans the full stack: data infrastructure, machine learning, applied AI, and the commercial product layer that sits on top. The problems are genuinely hard multi-vendor hardware, real-time event streams at scale, complex energy market signals, and operators running critical public infrastructure that cannot tolerate errors.What you will ownData platform architecture and delivery the foundation that everything else depends onMachine learning and AI system design, from model training through to production operationReal-time data ingestion and processing at scale across heterogeneous hardware and marketsAll foundational technology decisions: stack, tooling, infrastructure approachProduction reliability of every system and model the team ships

AI product scope and packagingTechnical relationships with Driivz's most strategically important operator accountsData strategy and technology roadmapteamwork with the CPO to define the art of the possible use cases

What we are looking forNon-negotiableYou have built a data or AI platform from 0 to 1 at a B2B SaaS or industrial technology company.You have shipped AI systems that execute decisions or actions in production.You have led a data or AI team across engineering and science disciplines.You are technically deep and commercially aware. You can design a data architecture in the morning and have a credible commercial conversation with a senior operator in the afternoon.You operate well under ambiguity. You are the person who turns the former into the latter.

Strong signalEV, energy, smart grid, or industrial IoT background or a clear track record of acquiring deep domain knowledge quickly in a new technical verticalProduction experience with agentic or autonomous AI including cost optimization and efficiencyIndustrial or IoT protocol experience: OCPP, MQTT, or equivalent, high-frequency event streams from hardware at scaleSnowflake at production scale: schema design, real-time ingestion pipelines, ML integration, cost governanceConfidence calibration and threshold design for AI systems that operate without human approval on every decisionEffective cross-timezone leadership: comfortable building a high-performing team while operating as a daily peer to global commercial and CS leadership

About DriivzDriivz is a Vontier company and one of the world's leading EV charging management platforms, operating across 35 countries. Our platform powers charge point operators, utilities, fleet operators, and public networks at scale.

We exist because the transition to electric mobility is one of the most consequential infrastructure shifts of our generation. The people who join Driivz are here because they want to matter to that transition