Habit Burger & Grill · 9 hours ago
Sr Manager, Data Science & AI Engineering
Plano, TX, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$166K/yr - $227K/yr
8+ years expYum Crave AI is seeking a Senior Manager, Data Science & AI Engineering to lead and scale their hybrid team of Data Scientists and AI Engineers. This role involves overseeing workstreams related to forecasting, personalization, experimentation, and intelligent agent development, while collaborating with cross-functional teams and communicating complex ideas effectively.
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Responsibilities
Lead and mentor a team of Data Scientists and AI Engineers across multiple domains and products
Provide technical and career development guidance; foster a collaborative, high-trust culture
Drive standards for experimentation, evaluation, reproducibility, and model performance
Shape end-to-end ML and AI strategy across core DS use cases (forecasting, pricing, recommendation) and emerging LLM/VLM applications
Guide architectural choices around model selection, evaluation design, and deployment workflows
Provide oversight on LLM fine-tuning, prompt design, ASR/embedding adaptation, and production readiness
Act as a key interface between technical contributors and business/product stakeholders
Distill analytical output and AI system behavior into clear presentations, dashboards, or executive summaries
Partner with Product, Engineering, TPM, and Ops to align team output with company priorities
Qualification
Required
8+ years of experience in Data Science, Machine Learning, or AI Engineering
Experience leading and coaching high-performing technical teams
Hands-on expertise in both traditional ML (regression, classification, forecasting) and modern AI techniques (LLMs, RAG, embeddings, multimodal models)
Strong communication skills with the ability to influence senior leadership and simplify complex topics
Preferred
Experience building or scaling hybrid DS+AI teams in enterprise environments
Familiarity with LangChain, HuggingFace, OpenAI, Pinecone, or vector-based ML architectures
Exposure to business domains such as QSR, retail, personalization, or intelligent automation
Benefits
4 weeks’ vacation PLUS holidays
Sick leave
2 paid days to volunteer at the cause of their choice
A dollar-for-dollar matching gift program
Generous parental leave
Competitive benefits including medical, dental, vision and life insurance
6% 401k match
Company
Habit Burger & Grill
At Habit Burger & Grill, a subsidiary of Yum! Brands, Inc.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
unknown2020-01-06Acquired
2014-11-21IPO
Leadership Team
Shannon Hennessy
Chief Executive Officer
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