Job Description

Senior Manager - Data Engineering

Kraft Heinz, The Company

The Kraft Heinz Company is the fifth largest food and beverage company in the world, with eight $1 billion+ brands and global sales of approximately $25 billion. We are a globally trusted producer of delicious foods for 150 years, and we provide high quality, great taste and nutrition for all eating occasions whether at home, in restaurants or on-the-go. The Kraft Heinz Company manufactures and markets food and beverage products in the United States, Canada, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, Australia and throughout Asia-Pacific. Our products include condiments and sauces, cheese and dairy, meals, meats, refreshment beverages, coffee, and other grocery products, as well as infant and nutrition products.

As one of the world’s largest food and beverage companies, we are proud to spark joy around mealtimes with a global portfolio of more than 200 brands. Our iconic brands include Kraft, Oscar Mayer, Heinz, Philadelphia, Lunchables, Velveeta, Planters, Maxwell House, Capri Sun, Ore-Ida, Kool-Aid, Jell-O, Cracker Barrel, Classico, and McCafe, among others. We sell products through our own sales organizations and through independent brokers, agents, and distributors to convenience stores, drug stores, value stores, bakeries, pharmacies, mass merchants, club stores, foodservice distributors, and institutions (e.g., hotels, restaurants, hospitals, health care facilities, and certain government agencies) as well as to chain, wholesale, cooperative, and independent grocery accounts.

No matter the brand, we are united under one vision: To Be the Best Food Company, Growing a Better World. Bringing this vision to life are our 39,000+ teammates around the world, making food people love. Together, we help provide meals to those in need through our global partnership and commitment with Rise Against Hunger. And we also stand committed to sustainability, and the health of our planet and its people. Every day, we are transforming the food industry with bold thinking and unprecedented results. If you share our passion -- and are ready to create the future, build on storied legacy, and participate as a conscientious global citizen -- there’s one thing to do: join us.

Our culture of Ownership, Meritocracy and Collaboration

We’re not afraid to think differently. Embrace new ideas. Dream big. We empower our people at every level – from entry intern to senior leader -- to own their work. We believe that we share a responsibility to think like Owners – to be mindful of the collective and sustained success of Kraft Heinz – and we apply this to every situation, every day. As part of Kraft Heinz, you’re supported to grow and achieve. You’re recognized and rewarded for outstanding performance at every level. You’re given opportunity to leave a mark and build a legacy. But you won’t do it alone. You’ll be supported by a thriving group of teammates in over 40 countries around the world, and our collective, collaborative spirit fuels our incredible progress every day.

Position Summary

The Kraft Heinz Information Technology organization is hiring a Senior Manager who will be responsible for leading a multidisciplinary agile team to build high quality data pipelines driving analytic solutions. These solutions will generate insights from our connected data, enabling Kraft Heinz to advance data-driven decision-making capabilities across the enterprise. You will have a deep understanding of data architecture, data engineering, data analysis, and reporting -- and a basic understanding of data science techniques and workflows, as well as the business processes supported by the data pipelines.

Primary Responsibilities

• Develop and operate modern data architecture approaches to meet key business objectives and provide end-to-end data solutions
• Contribute to building generic frameworks for data ingestion, data processing, and data integrations
• Implements standard methodologies for software design, architecture, and implementation
• Implements monitoring tools/processes to ensure platform stability and operational SLAs
• Extends DevOps capabilities for deploying data solutions
• Acts as a data owner and functional data SME for the assigned area

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Computer Science, Statistics, Business, Information Technology, or related field (Master’s degree preferred)
• Minimum 2 years of experience in role delivering and supporting software and data engineering capabilities.
• Strong design and software programming development (preferably Python, Javascript and/or R)
• Strong experience with cloud services within Azure, AWS, or GCP platforms (preferably Azure)
• Experience building full stack data applications (experience with GraphQL is a plus)
• Experience with analytical tools (preferably SQL, dbt, Snowflake, BigQuery, Tableau)
• Hands-on experience with DevOps and CI/CD processes
• Project management experience and strong communication skills
• Self-Starter, driven with high business process competence
• Standout Colleague with a positive demeanor and ability to work across different business partner and technical teams to accomplish sophisticated tasks

Domain Expertise

• 2-3 years of working building enterprise data solutions
• Proven track record to develop and deploy frameworks that can be demonstrated across the data practice using services provided by major cloud platforms.
• Proven experience creating data assets used in critically important applications
• Proven experience using DevOps practices in the data space (DevOps tools and ARM/Terraform templates).
• Expert in Agile methodologies (certifications preferred)

Experiences

• Experience in leading and running cross functional teams.
• Authority in the application of cloud technologies into a DataOps practice

Individual Skills

• Strong leader, collaborator, teammate, and individual contributor
• Strong communication skills with comfort in speaking with business partners
• Strong problem solver with ability to run and lead the team to push the solution and drive progress

Mindset & Behaviors

• Passion to challenge the status quo and find new solutions and drive out of the box ideas – loves and adopts change
• Believes in a non-hierarchical culture of collaboration, visibility, safety, and trust
• Not afraid to “roll up sleeves”; seeks to go beyond comfort to learn & pushes teams to do the same
• Empowers others to fail, learn, and grow with an experimental mentality to drive innovation

EEO Policy:

Kraft Heinz is an EO employer – Minorities/Women/Vets/Disabled and other protected categories

Location(s)

Kraft Heinz is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Underrepresented Ethnic Minority Groups/Women/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity and other protected classes.