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Chief Data Officer (CDO)
Our client is a national consumer goods and retail organization experiencing rapid growth across e-commerce, retail, and wholesale channels. Data has become central to how the company drives demand, optimizes supply chain operations, and elevates customer experience. They are seeking a strategic, enterprise-wide Chief Data Officer (CDO) to build and lead the organization's data vision, governance, and analytics ecosystem.
Role Overview
The Chief Data Officer will serve as the executive owner of the company's data strategy-governing data quality, building scalable data platforms, enabling advanced analytics, and embedding data-driven decision making across the business. The CDO will work closely with leaders across supply chain, marketing, merchandising, finance, digital, and retail operations to ensure data becomes a competitive advantage in forecasting, demand planning, personalization, and operational efficiency.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and own the company's enterprise data strategy, governance framework, and long-term roadmap.
- Build and scale the data platform, including data architecture, data engineering, analytics tools, and reporting ecosystems.
- Establish master data management (MDM) and data quality standards across product, customer, and operational domains.
- Create a unified view of data across e-commerce, retail, wholesale, supply chain, and finance to support enterprise decision-making.
- Lead and mature the analytics function, including business intelligence, advanced analytics, and data science capabilities.
- Partner with supply chain and operations to strengthen forecasting, inventory optimization, and demand planning.
- Work with marketing and digital teams to enable personalization, attribution modeling, shopper insights, and customer journey analytics.
- Oversee data privacy, compliance, and security standards in partnership with IT and security leaders.
- Build data literacy across the organization and cultivate a culture of data-driven decision making.
- Manage vendor strategy, platform investments, and multi-year data and analytics budgets.
- Advise executive leadership and the Board on data opportunities, risks, and innovation areas such as AI/ML.
Ideal Experience
- 12-15+ years of experience in data leadership within retail, CPG, consumer goods, or other operationally complex environments.
- Proven ability to architect and scale modern data platforms (cloud data warehouses, ETL/ELT, real-time data pipelines).
- Strong background in analytics, data governance, MDM, and enterprise data management.
- Experience building and leading high-performing data engineering, analytics, and data science teams.
- Deep understanding of retail/CPG drivers: forecasting, supply chain analytics, SKU-level insights, customer behavior, and omnichannel data.
- Familiarity with privacy standards and compliance frameworks (GDPR, CCPA, internal risk controls).
- Ability to translate data concepts into business value and influence at the C-suite and Board level.
- Track record of driving transformation and elevating organizational data maturity.
Why This Role Is Exciting
- Executive ownership of all enterprise data functions during a pivotal growth phase.
- Opportunity to modernize the data stack and build a best-in-class analytics environment.
- High impact across inventory planning, customer experience, digital growth, and operational efficiency.
- A strategic seat at the table with the ability to shape how the brand competes and grows.
