Vice President - Data Product and Strategy, Artificial Intelligence

Company Description

The H&M Group is on an endeavor to meet and exceed our customers' expectations for today and the future. Our mission is to challenge ourselves and the industry through collaboration, innovation, and technology. With our technology organization delivering solutions for the entire value chain across our various brands, we aim to meet the unique needs and desires of our millions of customers. We are fast-tracking our digitalization to remain relevant in the industry and need strong leadership in place to bring our best abilities, innovative ideas, and skilled technologists to support the transformation of H&M Group.

Job Description

Develop and lead an all-inclusive strategy and product vision in support of the mission of the Data Office for the H&M enterprise. This includes defining value stream measurements, repeatable product definitions, and ensuring product quality and delivery.

• Drive and lead the design of a multi-year data and product strategy to create new data products for H&M and determine the necessary investments in terms of people and technology to achieve these objectives.

• Explore developments in data engineering, data science, and AI, and incorporate these into H&M's data strategy to maintain our competitive edge in data optimization.

• Effectively manage stakeholders, balancing the prioritization of top-down strategic initiatives with bottom-up technology requirements.

• Coordinate all data-related efforts within IT and the business, aligning the business with the IT agenda and introducing new capabilities and methods.

• Encourage the identification of new internal and external data assets and approve their selection and integration.

• Explore both internal and external ecosystems to introduce fresh data insights into both IT and the business, implement tailored use cases, and lead the dissemination of research findings across H&M.

• Drive and articulate the broader need for data engineering and data science and aligned reusable and scalable tools for implementations; deploy world-class data and AI capabilities.

• Collaborate with Tech stakeholders and business units to streamline the data agenda and drive data program standardization, data adoption, and effective data implementations.

• Champion data and AI opportunities to the business leadership team, encouraging 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.

• Proven record of driving change in processes and organizations, while maintaining working relationships with key business customers.

• Broad technology skills in data, AI/ML and the ability to translate knowledge into solutions which transform the customer’s experience.

• Experience in designing, evaluating organizational transformations, and delivering large-scale change that adds value from data and information.

• Guide Product teams on the buy vs build concept, acting 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 with prior experience in retail, brands, or e-commerce.

• Technical experience across a variety of analytics functions and capacities.

• Experience in designing and leading or rolling out a product-oriented methodology across teams.

• Experience working in globally matrixed organizations. Demonstrated ability to unite and lead teams within a matrixed organization.

• Experience 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 leading large teams at scale in complex organizations.

• Established partnerships with top academic institutions or industry/domain leaders.

• Documented 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 both their actions and communication.

• Experienced in Agile methods and leading Scrum teams.

Leadership Behaviors:

• As a role model for our values and their implementation, you are expected to demonstrate excellent cognitive, social and emotional skills and know how to nurture these abilities in others by…

• ...committing to directional decisions, taking ownership of the whole, and collaborating across boundaries.

• …creating trust and daring to lead.
• Communicating in a timely and clear manner.
• ...striving for speed, reducing complexity, and focusing on the outcome.

Additional Information

Working with tech at H&M Group:
We're shaping the future of fashion with people, data, and tech. The fashion and retail industries are undergoing a transformation, driven by customers' technology and sustainability expectations. At H&M Group, we're aiming to shape the future of fashion and lifestyle by leveraging the power of smart tech and data. With our 75-year history of innovation, we recognize the need to collaborate and co-create with engineers and tech specialists worldwide to achieve our vision.

What we offer:

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

Learn more about our Learning & Development 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 17 December. We will be reviewing and interviewing applicants on an ongoing basis. If you have any questions, please contact Talent Acquisition Partner - Shriti Shetty.