Perdue Farms · 1 month ago
AI Transformation Lead
Salisbury, MD
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$190K/yr - $248K/yr
10+ years expPerdue Farms is a fourth-generation, family-owned food and agricultural business focused on becoming the most trusted name in premium proteins. The AI Transformation Lead will enable high-impact applications of artificial intelligence across the business, partnering with leadership to identify innovative opportunities and drive measurable outcomes while ensuring responsible AI practices are upheld.
Food and Beverage
Responsibilities
Partners with business leadership to accelerate AI opportunities through re-imagining how work is performed, embracing new and modern optimization techniques and changing the pace by which business value is realized
Translates complex AI capabilities into compelling business narratives to drive informed strategic decisions and foster confidence in AI-driven innovation
Provides strategic direction of product delivery to ensure scope, timeline and budget are prioritized and in compliance with related regulations and policies
Leads efforts to establish and improve artificial intelligence and data science design & development practices
Champion a culture of innovation and continuous improvement within the organization and partners with key team members to drive artificial intelligence literacy and adoption
Develops and sponsors a community of practice of data scientists to drive reuse, awareness and alignment to further adoption and value through analytics solutions
Partner with Business Leadership to delivering measurable business outcomes from artificial intelligence investments, with responsibility for handling a significant budget and achieving defined value impact targets
Builds strategic partnerships and alliances with key business and industry entities to achieve organizational objectives and improve the value of investments
Manages team members to achieve organization goals, provides technical coaching & guidance, drives accountability for high performance and develops and sustains an environment for data scientists to thrive in an inclusive culture
Other duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in data science, computer science, math, engineering or related field or equivalent experience
5+ years of experience leading teams
10+ years of related work experience
Ability to present to non-technical audiences
Preferred
Master's degree or PhD in data science, computer science, math, engineering or related field
Experience driving analytics adoption and mobilizing business transformation through AI adoption
Broad expertise of business processes and functions
Proficient in communicating to senior executives on opportunity and value, relating to the audience at hand
Experience working with continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) pipelines
Experience working with distributed computing frameworks
Experience working with AZURE
Experience in software development environment and code management or versioning
Experience in agriculture
Benefits
Medical/Rx
401(k) with employer match after 1-year
Critical illness
Accident insurance
Dental
Vision
Life insurance
Optional group life insurance
Short-term and long-term disability protection
Flexible spending accounts
Paid time off
Company
Perdue Farms
Perdue Farms is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for everyone we touch through innovative food and agricultural products
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2024 (2)
2023 (6)
2022 (2)
2021 (1)
2020 (4)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Jason Henshaw
Vice President and General Manager, Perdue Specialty Meats
Todd Tillemans
Chief Commercial Officer
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