Unit Lead Engineer/Manager - Data Product and Strategy, AI

Company Description

The H&M Group is on a journey to meet and exceed our customers' expectations today and in the future. Through collaboration, innovation, and technology, we challenge ourselves and the industry. To cater to the individual needs and desires of our millions of customers, our tech organization delivers solutions for the entire value chain for all our brands. We are accelerating digitalization and to remain relevant, we need to ensure we have strong leaders in place to bring our best capabilities, innovation ideas, and talented technologists to support the transformation of the H&M Group.

Job Description

Develop and lead a comprehensive strategy and product vision in support of the mission of the Data Office for the H&M enterprise. This includes defining the value stream measurement to the repeatable product definition to the assurance of product quality and delivery.

• Drive and lead the design of a multi-year data and product strategy to create new data products and drive measurable competitive advantage for H&M. Determine the investments necessary in terms of people and technology to achieve these objectives
• Explore data engineering, data science and AI developments and translate these into the data strategy to keep H&M at the cutting edge of data optimization
• Manage stakeholders effectively, balancing the prioritization of top-down strategic initiatives with bottom-up technology requirements
• Orchestrate all data efforts within IT and the business and align the business with the IT agenda aligned with new capabilities and methods
• Promote the identification of new internal and external data assets; approve selection and integration
• Explore the ecosystem, both internal and external, to introduce fresh data insights into both IT and the business. Implement tailored use cases and take the lead in disseminating research findings throughout H&M
• Drive and articulate the broader need for data engineering and data science and align reusable and scalable tooling for implementations; deploy world-class data and AI capabilities
• Collaborate with tech stakeholders and business units to harmonize the data agenda and drive data program standardization, data adoption, and effective data implementations
• Champion data and AI opportunities to the business leadership team, fostering collaboration to shape H&M’s data narrative
• Collaborate with business leaders to craft a unified data portfolio and projects that align with the broader IT and H&M strategic roadmaps. Transition from reactive, static reports to a federated data model and promote self-service data consumption
• Oversee an area responsible for PMO management with proven achievements in IT Business Partnership and Relationship Management, Value Realization
• Recognize opportunities to foster relationships that support others in achieving their goals and proactively connect with both existing contacts and new individuals
• Demonstrate a proven track record of driving change in processes and organizations, while maintaining working relationships with key business customers
• Possess broad technology skills in data, AI/ML and the ability to translate knowledge into solutions which transform the customer’s experience
• Experience of designing, and evaluating organizational transformations and delivering large-scale change that adds value from data and information
• Guide Product teams on the buy vs build concept, act as a strategic partner to our business stakeholders
• Experience in implementing cloud economics, value demonstration, and measurement within cloud economics

Qualifications

• A Master's or Bachelor's Degree in computer science, mathematics, or engineering is required
• 10+ years of data and analytics leadership experience
• Open to candidates from any industry, with a preference for those having prior experience in retail, brands, or e-commerce
• Technical experience across various analytics functions and capacities
• Experience in designing and leading or rolling out a product-oriented methodology across teams
• Experience working in globally matrixed organizations. A demonstrated ability to unify and lead teams within a matrixed organization
• Experience in managing a large portfolio of data products, analytical/AI products, and data platforms
• Proven experience in providing strategic and technical leadership to large complex organizations
• Experience in leading large teams at scale in complex organizations
• Established partnerships with top academic institutions or industry/domain leaders
• Referenceable leadership, management, or key influencer experiences required
• Previous experience managing large programs and budgets preferred
• An individual who embodies and exemplifies the core values of H&M in their actions and communication
• Experience within Agile methods and leading Scrum teams

Leadership Behaviors:

• As a role model for our values and implementing them in action, you are expected to demonstrate excellent cognitive, social and emotional skills and know how to nurture them in others by having the ability to...
• ...commit to directional decisions, take ownership of the whole and collaborate across boundaries
• ...create trust and dare to lead
• ...communicate in a timely and clear way
• ...strive for speed, reduce complexity and focus on the outcome

Additional Information

Working with tech at H&M Group
Influencing the future of fashion with people, data, and technology. The fashion and retail industries are transforming, driven by customers' technology and sustainability expectations. At H&M Group, we aim to shape the future of fashion and lifestyle by harnessing the power of smart tech and data. With our 75-year history of innovation, we understand the need to collaborate and co-create with engineers and tech specialists around the world to achieve our vision.

What we offer

You are joining a unique value-driven culture, a large tech network and community where you can be yourself. Along with the obvious perks such as staff discount card, learning communities, wellness benefits, parental benefits and a flexible work life, there are numerous opportunities to experiment and grow in the direction you want. Being a major player provides us with countless opportunities to make a real impact and shape the future. H&M Group is a value-driven company that aims to lead the way to a more inclusive environment. We are committed to creating an inclusive & diverse workplace with a culture that is dynamic and innovative.

Learn more about our L&D work at https://youtu.be/veRbl9Cijts

Additional information:

This is a full-time position based in Stockholm. Please apply as soon as possible but no later than the 03rd December. We will review and interview applicants on an on-going basis. If you have any questions, please contact the Talent Acquisition Partner - Shriti Shetty