Chick-fil-A Corporate Support Center · 19 hours ago
Sr. Principal EI Solutions Team Leader - Data Science, Digital Transformation & Technology
Chick-fil-A is investing in Automation, Analytics and Data Literacy across its business. The Sr. Principal Team Leader will oversee a team of advanced analytics product leaders, directing the design and implementation of complex data science solutions to support business-critical outcomes.
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Responsibilities
Align business and DTT sub-department stakeholders to translate business logic into scalable data and advanced analytics products on complex projects
Cast vision and strategy for product teams, based on stakeholder feedback, and manage data and advanced analytics product roadmaps
Coordinate the delivery of data and advanced analytics products, ensuring they are high quality, consumable, and meet functional requirements
Partner with business stakeholders, Enterprise Architecture, Data & Analytics Engineering, and AI Engineering to develop enterprise product roadmaps
Ensure data consistency, integration, and availability through quality review and documentation
Implement data governance and master data management principles across the product lifecycle
Develop best practices for data products and advise on their integration into analytical and operational practices
Act as a subject-matter expert on data and analytics product issues, proactively communicating issues and resolutions
Drive complex projects to success and enable others to own the impact
First adopters and pioneers of enterprise data, analytics, and AI/automation capabilities to maximize outcomes
Identify capability gaps and opportunities, providing feedback for future capability development
Participate in a cross-functional guild to ensure consistency and ideal technology utilization across embedded intelligence teams
Provide leadership that blends understanding of data sources, engineering capabilities, and advanced analytics opportunities to maximize product value
Communicate clear team priorities and goals aligned with overall analytics and business strategy
Stay current with industry trends and vendor product offerings, continuously learning and introducing new technologies
Exercise technical judgment and influence in working with large, cross-functional teams
Maintain collaborative relationships with the broader DTT engineering community and business partners
Promote data literacy by serving as a data translator and providing consultation and education
Lead, develop, and engage direct reports, modeling core values and guiding principles
Ensure workforce engagement, recognition, development, and diversity
Hold direct reports accountable for achieving team goals and objectives, providing coaching and mentoring
Build external alliances with industry experts
Qualification
Required
Master's Degree in MIS, Decision Sciences, Engineering, Business Analytics, Computer Science or other similar fields or comparable work experience
7+ years of experience
Has 8+ years experience with AWS or comparable cloud services analytics stack
Able to understand and/or apply machine learning and advanced analytics concepts to solve business problems
Experience with leveraging big data to achieve business outcomes
Able to translate complex problems and solutions effectively between business and engineering audiences
Experience managing technical products and/or programs
Ability to think strategically about business and technical challenges in an enterprise environment
Has the skill to partner with cross-functional teams using strong written and verbal communication
Has the skill to continually prioritize and influence across multiple audiences
Keen eye for system thinking and process design, especially with respect to scalability and automation
Leadership and innovation around Data and Analytics
General SDLC (System Development Lifecycle) experience
Experience with the agile development methodology
Strong understanding of data management concepts
Experience in data architecture and design, for both structured and unstructured data; data modeling, architecture and delivering highly scalable and flexible, cost-effective, cloud-based enterprise analytics solutions
Deep database knowledge and proficient with SQL
Proficiency with Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, or Microsoft Azure Managing several different streams of work and contribute to multiple projects simultaneously
Passionate about applying technology strategy to support business processes at scale
Motivated by continual learning
Ability to lead others by influence
Ability to lead small teams
Strong written and oral communication skills
Good interpersonal and team collaboration skills
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Preferred
Able to communicate to all levels of the organization, including presentation of business information in a group setting
Demonstrates analytical proficiency, intellectual curiosity, critical thinking skills, and team collaboration
Agile / Scrum development training/experience
Has a passion for fast-paced, high-quality, agile delivery
Company
Chick-fil-A Corporate Support Center
At its Atlanta headquarters, known as the Corporate Support Center, Chick-fil-A, Inc.
Funding
Current Stage
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