Sr. Director, AI & Data Science - Minneapolis - to $300K + bonus
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Job Location:
Wayzata, MN - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 190000 - 300000
Posted on:
18-08-2025
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
OPEN JOB: Sr. Director AI & Data Science
LOCATION:Wayzata Minnesota (Minneapolis suburb)
***Relocation Assistance Available
SALARY: $190000 to $300000
BONUS ELIGIBLE
Our client is a leading American multinational food corporation (180 billion revenue 160000 employees)
Ideal Candidate
- Data Science AI Analytics industry experience (Commercial Sales Agriculture)
- Experience being a strategic champion to drive AI at scale success measured by compounding value
- The role requires collaboration with senior leaders to discuss AI and data science possibilities in business terms modernize processes and improve efficiency. The individual is expected to be a thought leader in data science and demonstrate emotional intelligence (EQ).
- The individual is accountable for leading a team of 16 data scientists to deliver data science solutions and models. They are transitioning from a regional role to a global team.
- The role will be located in Wayzata MN (relocation available for candidates outside of Minnesota)
Job Purpose and Impact
- The Sr. Director of AI & Data Science is a visionary leader responsible for uncovering and enabling differentiated high-impact applications of artificial intelligence across the business.
- This role partners closely with business leaders to identify innovative opportunities where AI can be a strategic differentiator fueling competitive advantage and driving measurable outcomes.
- Beyond leading the development and deployment of AI solutions this role plays a critical part in shaping how AI can transform decision-making operations and customer experiences.
- The Sr. Director also champions responsible AI practices ensuring governance risk mitigation and ethical use of AI are embedded in every initiative.
- With a focus on business value quality and foresight this role drives cross-functional collaboration to turn AI potential into sustainable impact.
Key Accountabilities
- Partners with business leaders to identify and 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 presenting to and influencing non-technical audiences and senior stakeholders 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 all aspects of ongoing efforts to guide and improve artificial intelligence and data science design & development practices champions 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 global data scientists to drive reuse awareness and alignment to further the companys adoption and value through analytics solutions
- Presents and sells artificial intelligence solutions to non-technical audiences to influence strategic related decisions.
- Accountable for 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.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelors degree in data science computer science math engineering or related field or equivalent experience
- Minimum of eight years of related work experience
- Experience in a minimum of two machine learning algorithms approaches: unsupervised supervised and reinforcement learning
- Confirmed ability to present to non-technical audiences
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Masters degree or PhD in data science computer science math engineering or related field
- Five years of experience leading teams
- 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 AWS
- Experience in software development environment and code management or versioning
- Experience in agriculture
If you are interested in pursuing this opportunity please respond back and include the following:
- Full MS WORD Resume
- Required compensation
- Contact information
- Availability
JASON DENMARK
Recruiting Manager
INTERMEDIA GROUP INC.
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