Job Summary: + Is both business and technically savvy with the leadership skills and gravitas to influence direction and work collaboratively across the organization. + Is well-versed in data governance, protection, and privacy¹ + Is inquisitive and curious … gets excited about solving problems + Is comfortable working autonomously (in support of a function or BU) but with strategic direction from the center (Global Data and Analytics) + Is always thinking about how the data can be monetized and/or differentiate Sysco in the marketplace. + Will lead a team of ~ 5-7+ but deal with a much larger stakeholder group.The extended team of shared engineers, architects, data scientists, and functional analysts will be much larger and project dependent.   Duties and Responsibilities: + Break down the product vision into actionable user stories, prioritize the backlog, and ensure the development team delivers incrementally. + Act as the primary point of contact for the POD, facilitating communication between the team, business stakeholders and SMEs, and the product manager to clarify requirements and resolve roadblocks. + Manage POD team and capacity, ensuring a collaborative and business-aligned deliverable. + Develop a strategy to better leverage the capabilities and analytics while rationalizing the reports and enhancing insights. + Assist in defining and developing KPIs that are focused on business outcomes and are predictive and prescriptive in nature. + Work with data scientists and ML Ops team members to influence AI solution strategy and translate output to drive business comprehension, feedback collection, and solution adoption. + Design experiments and execute them through the team to evaluate and measure the impact of prioritized initiatives. **Education Required:** BA/BS - Business, Math, Statistics, Analytics **Education Preferred:** MBA - Business, Math, Statistics, Analytics **Experience Required:** 8+ years of experience – 3-5 years as Product Owner, preferably in Data Analytics; or Sysco relevant experience **Experience Preferred:** 5-7 years as Product Owner, preferably in Data Analytics, or Sysco relevant experience **Licenses/Certification Preferred:** Statistics, Analytics, Data Science **Technical Skills and Abilities:** + Is well versed in statistics, mathematics, data science but also understands business models, finances and data security / compliance. + Understands the standard data processes and can teach and coach the organization to emulate those concepts in both critical thinking and in how they report and analyze their data. + Has the appropriate / relevant experience and/or educational background. **Language Requirements:** English, Bilingual a plus **Physical Demands:** Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job. **Travel Requirements:** 5-10% **Work Environment:** Hybrid, following guidelines of GSC AFFIRMATIVE ACTION STATEMENT: Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer, and consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law. This opportunity is available through Sysco Corporation, its subsidiaries and affiliates.