Chipotle Mexican Grill · 15 hours ago
Senior Manager, Data Science
Newport Beach, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$147K/yr - $218K/yr
8+ years expChipotle Mexican Grill is building a modern, enterprise-grade Data Science organization focused on delivering high-impact machine learning solutions. As Senior Manager, Data Science, you will lead a team responsible for developing and operationalizing production ML models that enhance decision-making across various business functions.
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Responsibilities
Lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing Data Science team of data scientists and/or analytics engineers
Partner with the Director of Analytics Engineering to build and execute Chipotle’s Data Science strategy, roadmap, operating model, and AI enablement goals
Support the development and adoption of frameworks, guidelines, and capabilities that enhance Chipotle’s readiness for scalable AI integration
Define and enforce modern data science, analytics engineering, and MLOps best practices
Establish standardized frameworks for experimentation, causal inference, model validation, and success measurement
Promote a culture of documentation, peer review, testing, and operational excellence
Own the complete ML lifecycle—from problem framing through data sourcing, modeling, deployment, monitoring, and continuous improvement
Build, manage, and maintain reliable feature pipelines and ML workflows
Deploy production ML models and implement observability for drift, data quality, concept changes, bias, performance, and SLAs
Ensure reproducibility through versioning, testing, documentation, and proper model lineage
Modernize Chipotle’s data science capabilities by exploring and evaluating emerging technologies and future platform capabilities, including potential expansion into cloud-native ML platforms
Support Chipotle’s AI enablement efforts by helping evaluate emerging AI capabilities and potential applications
Ensure all ML products follow governance, risk, security, and explainability expectations
Partner with Digital, Marketing, Restaurant Operations, Finance, Supply Chain, Product, and other business teams to identify and prioritize high-value ML opportunities
Collaborate with engineering teams to design production-ready ML solutions based on enterprise platform strategy
Partner with the Data Engineering team to strengthen Data Science–owned transformations and ensure high-quality, reliable data pipelines
Contribute to platform modernization efforts by helping define when Data Science should use specific data transformation patterns or workflows in alignment with the broader platform strategy
Translate business needs into statistical, machine learning, causal inference, or optimization solutions
Collaborate with BI Engineering to align KPIs, metrics, and logic between analytics output and ML-driven insights
Communicate insights, model performance, risks, and decisions clearly to executive, technical, and operational audiences
Build trust and adoption of ML-based solutions across the business through strong storytelling, clarity, and measurable outcomes
Qualification
Required
8+ years of experience in data science, machine learning, predictive modeling, recommendation systems, or advanced analytics
3+ years managing or leading data scientists and/or analytics engineers
Hands-on proficiency in Python, SQL, and modern ML frameworks
Experience deploying and maintaining enterprise-grade production ML models
Strong experience with model lifecycle management, monitoring, versioning, and reproducibility
Experience with experimentation frameworks (A/B testing, uplift modeling, causal inference)
Familiarity with modern data governance/cataloging systems such as Unity Catalog and/or Snowflake Horizon
Experience with feature store technologies
Strong communication, executive storytelling, and cross-functional partnership skills
Preferred
Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field (Statistics, Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Economics, etc.) or equivalent work experience
Master's or PhD in a quantitative field
Experience with generative AI, embeddings, LLM prompting, or retrieval-augmented approaches
Experience with vector search technologies
Experience applying responsible AI practices (fairness, explainability, risk mitigation)
Experience with DBT or similar data transformation frameworks
Experience with real-time or event-driven ML patterns
Experience in retail, restaurant, QSR, or consumer analytics
Benefits
Medical, dental, and vision insurance
401k
Sick leave
Vacation time
Annual cash bonuses
Equity awards based upon performance and other factors
Company
Chipotle Mexican Grill
Chipotle Mexican Grill is a chain of restaurants that specializes in burritos and tacos.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$500M2025-06-24Post Ipo Debt· $500M
2006-01-26IPO
Leadership Team
Scott Boatwright
Chief Executive Officer
Adam Rymer
Chief Financial Officer
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