Director Of Data Strategy And Business Insights

Our Company

Pampered Chef, a Berkshire Hathaway company, was founded in 1980 by Doris Christopher to inspire confidence and creativity in the kitchen. The company provides innovative, high-quality kitchen tools and cooking solutions that make everyday meal preparation easier and more enjoyable. Pampered Chef empowers home cooks with its product line, which includes cookware, bakeware, cutlery, small appliances, pantry items, and kitchen gadgets designed with functionality and style.

Operating through a direct sales model, Pampered Chef works with a network of independent consultants who host cooking experiences in person and virtually. These experiences showcase the brand's products and provide valuable tips and inspiration for creating memorable meals. This model fosters personalized customer engagement and creates a strong sense of community.

As a purpose-driven organization, Pampered Chef is committed to sustainability and social responsibility. The company integrates eco-friendly practices into its products and operations, actively reduces waste, and supports charitable initiatives to positively impact local communities.

For more information, please visit www.pamperedchef.com.

Purpose of the Role:

The Director of Data Strategy and Business Insights is a visionary leader responsible for driving an integrated data and insights strategy that enables agile, data-driven decision-making across the organization. This role will lead a 15-person team through transformation, ensuring that data architecture, data engineering, and business insights work seamlessly to support enterprise objectives.

The ideal candidate is a big-picture thinker and a transformational leader, capable of leading end-to-end data processes while partnering with business stakeholders to enhance speed, agility, and impact through analytics. The Director of Data Strategy and Business Intelligence is a pivotal leadership role, ensuring that data is not just available but actively drives business impact.

Key Responsibilities:

Strategic Leadership

• Define and execute a North Star vision for an agile problem-solving approach using data.
• Drive a fully integrated data and insights strategy, ensuring a structured approach to data-driven decision-making.
• Lead the transformation of the data function, elevating the role of analytics to drive strategic business impact.

Data Architecture (Design Focus)

• Oversee the design of data pipelines, frameworks, and architecture that enable scalable and efficient data management.
• Ensure data integrity, governance, and security while making data readily accessible for business needs.
• Set the foundation for a future-ready data ecosystem, ensuring sustainability and adaptability of data structures.

Data Engineering (Build Focus)

• Own the end-to-end data pipeline, ensuring data is efficiently moved, stored, and managed across platforms.
• Maintain and administer Power BI and other data platforms, ensuring stability and availability.
• Implement best practices for data automation, integration, and optimization to enhance efficiency and speed.

Business Insights (Apply/Use Focus)

• Translate data into actionable insights by collaborating with business leaders on KPI tracking, problem-solving, and forecasting.
• Support key business initiatives, including but not limited to our Total Rewards scheme for consultants, National Conference, etc.
• Ensure insights drive tangible business impact by improving decision-making and operational efficiency.

Success Measures:

Leadership & Transformation

• Successfully leads and develops a high-performing 15-person data team, fostering a culture of innovation and problem-solving.
• Establishes and executes a clear data strategy roadmap, ensuring alignment with business goals.
• Leads the transformation of data operations, elevating speed, efficiency, and agility in decision-making.

Data Strategy & Execution

• Builds a seamless data pipeline and architecture that enables efficient data accessibility and usability.
• Ensures the business has real-time insights and dashboards, improving decision-making speed and accuracy.
• Drives a data-driven culture, positioning analytics as a core function in strategic decision-making.

Operational Excellence

• Ensures faster, more agile access to data and insights, reducing turnaround times for key reports and analysis.
• Improves the quality, governance, and usability of data assets across the organization.
• Drives measurable impact on key business metrics through trend analysis, forecasting, and predictive analytics.

Ideal Candidate Profile:

Experience & Expertise

• 10+ years in data strategy, analytics, or business intelligence roles with proven leadership experience.
• Strong background in data architecture, data engineering, and analytics with hands-on expertise in Power BI and modern data platforms.
• Experience leading teams through transformation and change, with a track record of implementing scalable data solutions.
• Ability to work cross-functionally, influencing business leaders and stakeholders to adopt a data-driven approach.

Key Competencies

• Strategic Thinking- Ability to see the big picture and create a long-term roadmap for data transformation.
• Agility & Problem-Solving- A bias for action and the ability to pivot quickly to meet business needs.
• Execution & Impact- A "get stuff done" mentality, ensuring data and insights drive real business results.
• Leadership & Influence- Ability to inspire, mentor, and elevate a high-performing data team.
• Collaboration & Business Partnership- A deep understanding of how data enables business functions and decisions.

Compensation, Benefits and Logistics:

The anticipated salary for this position starts at $200K base annually depending on experience and qualifications. This role is eligible for performance-based bonus based on individual and company performance, as well as, a LTIP.

This position includes a comprehensive benefits package, which includes:

• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• Company-paid life insurance with additional voluntary coverage options
• Disability insurance
• Additional voluntary benefits
• 401k match
• Generous PTO
• Paid Parental leave
• 30%+ discount on Pampered Chef Products and product giveaways
• FREE onsite fitness center and sports court
• Premium Care.com membership
• Hybrid work environment

Pampered Chef currently follows a hybrid schedule at the headquartered office in Addison, IL. The expectation is for employees to be in the office Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday every week.

Equal Opportunity Employer: Pampered Chef is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.