Sr Manager, Data AI Analytics @ McCain Foods

Position Title: Sr Manager, Data AI Analytics

Position Type: Regular - Full-Time

Requisition ID: 45203

In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and passionate about creating exceptional work experiences - together. With a customer-first mindset, we make doing business with McCain easy.

About the role

Reporting to the Global Director, Data AI & Analytics, the Senior Manager, Data AI & Analytics, GB & EMENA serves as the primary business partner for the region and is responsible for shaping, prioritizing, and driving the regional Data, Analytics & AI portfolio across all business functions.

Working closely with leadership teams across the region, you will identify strategic opportunities, translate business priorities into scalable data and AI initiatives, and ensure the successful adoption and value realization of analytics, digital, automation, and AI capabilities.

As a key link between regional business teams and the global Data AI & Analytics organization, you will help ensure that investments in data, reporting, analytics, automation, and AI solutions support regional growth objectives, operational excellence goals, and McCain’s enterprise digital strategy.

What you’ll be doing.

• Act as a trusted Data, Analytics & AI advisor to the GB & EMENA Leadership Team.
• Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders across Agriculture, Commercial, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Finance, HR, Sustainability and Digital functions.
• Understand business priorities and challenges and translate them into impactful Data & AI opportunities.
• Own the GB & EMENA Data, Analytics & AI demand portfolio and lead prioritization and investment discussions with key stakeholders.
• Champion the adoption of advanced analytics, AI, Generative AI, automation, and self-service capabilities across the region.
• Identify high-value use cases that improve business performance, strengthen decision-making, and drive measurable outcomes.
• Partner with global Data AI & Analytics teams to accelerate innovation and scale successful solutions.
• Facilitate alignment between regional stakeholders and global product, engineering, analytics, and data teams.
• Drive adoption of Data & AI products and establish clear value realization and success metrics.
• Promote data literacy, AI readiness, and a data-driven culture across the business.
• Participate in governance forums and ensure alignment with enterprise data governance, security, and Responsible AI principles.
• Monitor portfolio performance, risks, dependencies, and benefits realization while providing visibility through executive reporting.

What you’ll need to be successful.

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Data Analytics, Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field.
• Master’s degree preferred.
• 10+ years of experience in Data & Analytics, Digital Transformation, Technology Leadership, Consulting, or a related discipline.
• Proven experience partnering with senior business leaders and influencing strategic decision-making.
• Strong experience managing complex, cross-functional portfolios and transformation initiatives.
• Demonstrated success driving business value through data, analytics, automation, and AI-enabled solutions.
• Experience operating within global and matrixed organizations.
• Strong understanding of data strategy, analytics transformation, portfolio management, and value realization.
• Experience working across multiple European, Middle Eastern, and North African markets is highly desirable.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, collaboration, and change leadership capabilities.
• Ability to influence without direct authority and build alignment across diverse stakeholder groups.

About the team

The Data AI & Analytics team is a global function focused on enabling data-driven decision-making and accelerating McCain’s digital transformation journey. As Senior Manager, Data AI & Analytics, you will work closely with regional leadership teams while partnering with global product, engineering, analytics, and data teams. This role serves as a critical connection point between business strategy and technology execution, helping unlock value through data, analytics, automation, and AI capabilities across the region.

About McCain.

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Leadership principles.

At McCain, our leadership principles guide how we engage with customers, collaborate as a team, and achieve success. We focus on understanding customer needs, driving innovation, empowering people, and taking ownership to clear obstacles and deliver results.

AI & Digital Capabilities.

At McCain, AI and digital capabilities are part of how we work and innovate. We value curiosity toward emerging technologies and the thoughtful, responsible use of AI-enabled tools to improve outcomes as part of our future-ready culture.

The McCain experience.

We are McCain. This statement is a testament to our collective strength and our individual value. Your contributions play a vital role in our success. Our winning culture is rooted in authenticity and trust, empowering us to bring out the best in one another. Here, you’ll find opportunities to learn, grow, and thrive. Join us and experience why we’re better together.

Our purpose is grounded in building meaningful relationships. We’re big believers in the power of working together in person. It helps us stay connected, collaborate more effectively, and grow as a team. At the same time, we recognize the importance of flexibility. Most office-based roles follow a hybrid model, with the option to work remotely two days a week. There may be exceptions depending on the role and location, so we encourage you to speak with your recruiter for more details

McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company, we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to find appropriate solutions.

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Job Family: Information Technology

Location(s): NL - Netherlands : North Holland : Amsterdam

Company: McCain Foods Holland B.V.