Senior Manager AI and Analytics Finance

Roles and Responsibilities:
The Senior Manager AI and Analytics - Finance provides the Enterprise Analytics team an anchor that will
partner with Finance leadership at Intuitive to strategize design and mature analytical and AI
capabilities. This individual owns the AI product roadmap for Finance and serves in an AI product
management capacity on ongoing initiatives while also guiding owning and overseeing financial data
products in support of our Finance organization. The role leads a direct team spanning analytics
engineering (architects and analysts) and AI product management and holds dotted-line leadership over
the Finance data engineering team. The role will work directly with Finance leadership enterprise data
architects data engineering and external service providers to ensure that new capabilities meet the
needs of the business.
Key Responsibilities:
Lead analytics portfolio by managing relationship with Finance business partners (needs intake &
prioritization (re)planning) conducting regular reviews ensuring key projects are tracked defining
objectives and KPIs maintaining stakeholder alignment and proactively managing risk to quality
schedule and budget
Own and drive the AI product roadmap for Finance prioritizing and sequencing AI/ML initiatives in
partnership with Finance and IT leadership
Serve as AI product manager on active initiatives translating business needs into AI-enabled
solutions and driving them from concept through delivery
Lead and develop a direct team comprised of analytics engineering (architects and analysts) and AI
Product Managers; provide dotted-line leadership to the Finance data engineering team aligning
priorities and ways of working across both groups
Drive resource allocation and budget management decisions by synthesizing operational and
financial data to optimize team capacity and investment priorities.
Design and implement scalable processes frameworks and tooling that improve coordination and
operational efficiency across analytics and data engineering teams.
Establish and maintain a portfolio governance framework that provides transparency into progress
risks and value delivery across all active workstreams.
Champion knowledge sharing and adoption by creating clear documentation playbooks and
communication channels that enable Finance and cross-functional teams to self-serve on analytics
capabilities
Present to and facilitate decisions among senior leaders and executives based on evolving
priorities.
Collaborate with insights architects and data engineering to design data standards and data
products that support the business organizations
Drive standardization of key metrics across various business stakeholders to improve data
governance maturity
Define and track measurable ROI and business impact for AI/ML initiatives ensuring Finance
leadership has clear visibility into the value delivered by analytics investments.
Stay current on emerging AI/ML technologies tools and best practices and evaluate their
applicability to Finance use cases to maintain a competitive and forward-looking roadmap.

Foster a culture of experimentation continuous learning and data literacy within the Finance
organization.
Manage vendor and external service provider relationships including contract oversight
performance evaluation and alignment with internal delivery standards

Qualifications :

Education
Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Systems Business Management Data
Science or a related field or equivalent work experience
Masters degree preferred
Experience
7 years of progressive experience in analytics business intelligence data warehousing or data
product management
3 years leading and developing teams of analytics AI or technical professionals (direct or
matrixed/dotted-line)
Proven track record managing large portfolios of analytics and AI initiatives across multiple
stakeholders and competing priorities
Experience delivering AI/ML-enabled solutions from concept through production including
defining use cases success criteria and business value
Deep domain expertise in Finance (FP&A accounting controllership or treasury); experience in
Sales or Marketing is a plus
Technical Knowledge
Familiarity with modern data platforms (e.g. Snowflake) ERP systems (e.g. SAP S/4HANA) and
CRM platforms (e.g. Salesforce)
Working knowledge of AI/ML tools and platforms (e.g. Claude Azure AI Document Intelligence
or similar)
Experience with analytics and visualization tools (e.g. Tableau Power BI)
Understanding of software development methodologies (Agile SDLC) and project/service
management tools (e.g. Jira ServiceNow)
Leadership & Soft Skills
Strong executive communication skills able to translate complex technical concepts into
business language for senior leaders
Demonstrated ability to influence without direct authority across cross-functional teams and
senior stakeholders

Skilled at translating business needs into technical roadmaps and driving alignment between
business and technology teams
Strong vendor management capabilities including oversight of external service providers and
delivery partners

Additional Information :

Due to the nature of our business and the role please note that Intuitive and/or your customer(s) may require that you show current proof of vaccination against certain diseases including COVID-19.  Details can vary by role.

Intuitive is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race sex pregnancy sexual orientation gender identity national origin color age religion protected veteran or disability status genetic information or any other status protected under federal state or local applicable laws.

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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time