
Director of Data – AI Strategy
Aramark
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Philadelphia • Pennsylvania • United States
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Salary
💰 $110,000 - $140,000 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Set the direction and roadmap for how the line of business uses data and AI, aligned to business priorities and outcomes.
- Partner with functional leaders to identify, prioritize, and deliver high-value data, analytics, and AI initiatives from concept through deployment.
- Oversee and ensure successful execution and value realization of data and AI initiatives.
- Evaluate emerging data sources, AI techniques, and tools, adopting new capabilities where they meaningfully improve insight, automation, or decision support.
- Collaborate with BI teams to integrate insights, model outputs, and AI-driven recommendations into dashboards and operational workflows.
- Coordinate with the Cognitive Data team to ensure alignment with enterprise platforms, standards, and delivery approaches.
- Communicate insights and recommendations clearly to leaders and operators to support timely, data-informed decisions.
- Scale solutions across the business to drive operational and economic value.
- Provide leadership and oversight for data and AI capability development within the line of business, including influencing resource planning, vendor selection, and investment prioritization.
- Conduct exploratory analysis on new data sources or business questions.
- Prototype AI or agentic solutions using LLMs and internal data to validate concepts.
- Build or refine analytical models for complex or strategic initiatives requiring senior involvement.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in analytics, data strategy, or digital transformation roles.
- Demonstrated ability to translate business needs into data and AI solutions that deliver measurable value.
- Strategic mindset with comfort operating at both direction-setting and execution levels.
- Familiarity with modern data and analytics platforms such as Power BI, Snowflake, and Palantir.
- Working knowledge of Python for analysis or prototyping and Git/GitHub for collaboration.
- Experience working in matrixed environments and across functional teams.
Benefits
- medical
- dental
- vision
- work/life resources
- retirement savings plans like 401(k)
- paid days off such as parental leave and disability coverage
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
data strategyanalyticsdigital transformationAI solutionsanalytical modelsexploratory analysisPythonLLMs
Soft Skills
strategic mindsetleadershipcommunicationcollaboration