Director, Data Science

Job Description
We are in search of a Data Science Director to join in our growing Enterprise Data, Analytics, &
AI team. This role willbe critical in helping the McDonald’s Global Business Services (GBS) organization turn the system’s data into a winning advantage!
This dynamic individual will lead a team of analysts and data scientists in researching and building statistical, ML, and AI models in pursuit of data informed solutions to the systems biggest challenges. This is a cross-functional role that will interact with multiple teams across our Global enterprise;
including IT, marketing, finance, supply chain, development, and operations. As well as interaction with market analytics leaders and the broader McDonald’s data science community.
Our global digital and physical footprint has grown rapidly in the past year, and we have bold plans to accelerate this growth to deliver on our customer’s expectations for years to come. With the exciting commitment to expand our GBS function, and the heightened focus on data driven transformation in our business, this Director will sit at the intersection of our broader transformation strategy. Providing coaching to data and analytics professionals to while partnering closely with stakeholders and senior leadership to prioritize and execute on delivery that drives our business results and long-term analytics and AI strategy.
We are looking for a data science generalist who has experience leading teams and delivering on projects in times of ambiguity and organizational change. Someone who understands the importance of cross-functional collaboration in driving success within a decentralized organization. This role is critical to helping our data science team deliver on the projects we’ve prioritized across the business, remain accountable for the business impact of the models in production, and support the design and implementation of our broader GBS strategy.
In this role you will:
Provide leadership and help manage the capacity of at least 15 FTE data scientists and 3 data science team leads, as well as a flexible bench of contracted resources
Be a key storyteller for the value of data science across the org, including developing the muscle across our internal partners to use data, insights and the production models that we have developed
Develop and run sophisticated methods of analyzing our data, including creating proper hypotheses and measurement strategies
Lead the development of a long-term framework for transitioning R&
D model development intoproduction in partnership with IT
Lead our advanced modeling and AI projects
Lead the teams and process that manage the intake and advanced analytics project prioritization process across all internal/external resources
Manage the scope of high value external consultant and partner relationships, including 3rd party analytics solutions and the marketing science teams at our agencies working on our US business
Work with our internal finance teams (i.E. Business Insights) to improve global incrementally measurement methodologies and tools
Collaborate with global market data and analytics leads to share methodologies and expertise