Associate Director, IT - Analytic Platforms
Chicago, IL 
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Job Description
Job Description

Owners Only!

Here at Kraft Heinz one of our key values is "We Own IT". The successful candidate will crave a challenge balanced by the desire to be accountable for delivering in the largest business unit for Kraft Heinz. This role demands constant interaction with internal colleagues and external partners from different functions and backgrounds.

RESPONSIBILITIES

We are seeking an Associate Director IT, Analytical Platforms to own all the analytical platforms in Kraft Heinz globally. The AD will own all the projects, operations, budget, planning, and licensing related to the KH analytical platforms in our on-prem and cloud environments. You will be responsible for 3 direct reports.

Responsibilities include:

  • Ensuring reliable service (availability, performance and cost) from all the data warehousing, data operations, visualizations and self-serving analytics platforms that KH operates:

    • SAP HANA

    • Snowflake

    • BigQuery

    • Azure

    • Databricks

    • Alteryx

    • PowerBI

    • Tableau

  • Direct responsibility for the budget allocated to analytical cloud platforms

  • Oversight in license management of the analytical licensed SW

  • Execution of all the technical migration projects related to the analytical platforms (upgrades, re-platforms).

  • This role collaborates with the Assoc Director - Analytics Architecture, hosting and security in planning the roadmap for all the technologies related to the analytical space.

  • He/she also partners with the PPM licensing team to optimize the use of licenses

Qualifications:

  • Successful track record formulating and implementing analytical roadmaps and supporting organizations

  • Ability to build and maintain relationships

  • Manage externation vendors and contractors

  • Proven ability to lead and influence teams

  • Extensive data analytics delivery experience

  • Experience managing cloud based budgets and familiar with Azure and Snowflake invoicing processes

  • Advanced technical knowledge on the following platforms:

    • SAP HANA

    • S4

    • Azure Cloud

    • Snowflake

    • GCP / Big Query

    • Databricks

    • Tableau

    • PowerBI

  • Experience optimizing 'big data' data pipelines, architectures and data sets.

  • Experience performing root cause analysis on internal and external data and processes to answer specific business questions and identify opportunities for improvement.

  • Strong analytic skills related to working with unstructured datasets.

  • Working knowledge of message queuing, stream processing, and highly scalable 'big data' data stores.

Location(s)Chicago/Aon Center

Kraft Heinz is an Equal Opportunity Employer that prohibits discrimination or harassment of any type. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Applicants who require an accommodation to participate in the job application or hiring process should contact .


It is the continuing policy of The Kraft Heinz Company to afford full equal employment opportunity to qualified employees and applicants, regardless of their race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, physical or mental handicaps, military or veteran status, sexual preference, or any other protected condition or characteristic in conformity with all applicable federal, state, provincial and local laws and regulations.
Final candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without Company sponsorship. Exceptions requesting work visa sponsorship will be reviewed on a case to case basis.

 

Job Summary
Start Date
As soon as possible
Employment Term and Type
Regular, Full Time
Required Experience
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