R&D Data & Platforms Leader — AI-Enabled

Mars France; Aimargues; On-site; EUR 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Learning & development

Annual bonus

Job summary

Mars is seeking a senior leader to drive the data and digital transformation across R&D, building data platforms, governance and product capabilities.

You will partner with Royal Canin, Pet Nutrition and external partners to translate data investments into measurable scientific and business value, and lead a multidisciplinary team. This role emphasizes data democratization, scalable analytics and AI-enabled solutions.

Qualifications

• Science degree with strong working knowledge of IT OR IT with strong R&D knowledge.
• Experience leading capability-building programs and/or data product organizations.
• Experience in Health or Nutrition industries is a strong advantage.

Responsibilities

• Develop and lead the R&D data capabilities, data products and data platforms.
• Define and implement the R&D data strategy in partnership with Mars units.
• Drive adoption of enterprise data platforms including Data Lake and cloud analytics.
• Establish scalable data governance, quality, ownership, security and compliance.
• Enable data democratization across R&D for actionable insights.

Skills

Data strategy

Leadership

Data governance

AI/ML awareness

Change management

Cloud platforms

Education

University degree in science

Tools

Data Lake

Cloud analytics

R&D systems

Job description

Mars is seeking a senior leader to drive the data and digital transformation across R&D, building data platforms, governance and product capabilities.

You will partner with Royal Canin, Pet Nutrition and external partners to translate data investments into measurable scientific and business value, and lead a multidisciplinary team. This role emphasizes data democratization, scalable analytics and AI-enabled solutions.