The J.M. Smucker Co. · 1 day ago
Director, Enterprise Data Management & Analytics Platforms
Orrville, OH
Full-time
Hybrid
Director/Executive
12+ years expThe J.M. Smucker Co. is a leading company in the food industry, and they are seeking a Director for their Enterprise Data Management & Analytics Platforms. This role is responsible for the strategy, delivery, and operation of the company’s data and analytics platforms, ensuring alignment with corporate priorities and enabling AI-driven decision-making at scale.
ConfectioneryFood and BeverageManufacturing
Responsibilities
Own the enterprise data and analytics platform vision, strategy, and roadmap ensuring alignment to corporate priorities
Establish and manage an insights delivery operating model to ensure adherence to enterprise standards while allowing for domain-specific analytics needs
Drive ROI‑based prioritization and value realization across platform investments
Define and promote practices that prioritize reusable, scalable, and governed data and analytics capabilities over point solutions
Evolve the technical capabilities for the data and analytics platform in alignment with key initiatives and applicable corporate policies
Establish enterprise standards for cloud data platforms, data integration, analytics tooling, and AI/ML enablement
Partner with Enterprise Architecture and Infrastructure teams to ensure technology alignment, resilience, cost transparency, and scalability
Manage vendor contracts, relationships and investment process
Lead and develop a team including managers and senior technical leaders
Build organizational capability through talent development, coaching, and succession planning
Establish performance management, capacity planning, and operating rhythms aligned to enterprise expectations
Manage change with Senior IT and Business Leadership
Lead all enterprise data engineering functions, including ingestion frameworks, transformation patterns, scheduling, and orchestration
Own platform administration and reliability, ensuring uptime, performance, cost efficiency, and operational maturity
Implement DevOps and DataOps best practices for deployment, monitoring, and incident management
Ensure platforms meet SOX, audit, security, and regulatory requirements expected of a public company
Define and govern enterprise data architectures to maintain overall consistency
Accountable for the development of data models and semantic layers to support reporting, analytics, and self‑service
Drive integration across ERP, CRM, Supply Chain, Finance, Consumer, and syndicated data sources
Balance local business needs with enterprise‑level scale and reuse in a matrixed organization
Own the enterprise data enablement strategy and operating model, including governance, stewardship, metadata management, lineage, and quality
Maintain authority and accountability for core data assets and analytic assets used for decision making
Partner with Legal, Security, Privacy, and Compliance teams to ensure proper data usage, retention, and protection
Implement automated data quality and observability practices to improve trust and adoption
Establish enterprise MLOps capabilities to support model development, deployment, monitoring, and governance
Enable Data Science and Analytics teams with standardized, scalable AI and advanced analytics platforms
Partner with IT & business leaders to accelerate adoption of AI and analytics‑driven insights
Foster a culture of accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement
Qualification
Required
12+ years of experience in data, analytics, or enterprise technology, with significant leadership experience
Enterprise‑level strategic thinking
Experience with modern cloud data architecture, platform operations, and data engineering practices
Experience managing large, multi‑layered teams and operating in a matrixed organization
Strong understanding of financial governance, SOX controls, and audit requirements as they relate to data platforms
Demonstrated ability to partner with senior executives and business leaders
Build influence and foster collaboration across organizational boundaries
Strong financial and risk management acumen
Ability to translate platform capabilities into measurable business value
Ability to interpret analytics requirements from business teams and partner collaboratively with key stakeholders to determine right-sized analytics tools and solutions
Preferred
Experience in CPG, Retail, Manufacturing, or Consumer‑centric enterprises
Hands‑on experience enabling AI, advanced analytics, or machine learning platforms
Experience collaborating with Analytics and Data Science teams and basic activities and deliverables
Proven success leading enterprise‑scale data or system platforms
Company
The J.M. Smucker Co.
At The J.M. Smucker Co., it is our privilege to make food people and pets love by offering a diverse family of brands available across North America.
5001-10000 employees
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