Job Description

Role: Manager, Technology - Data, Analytics & AI


Summary





In this exciting role, you would:





Own the health, performance, and growth of a multidisciplinary Data, Analytics & AI domains and Engineering team
(of Data/BI/ML Engineers and Analysts).


Create the conditions for sustainable high performance: clear direction, strong collaboration, and career
development.


Enable the team to turn business problems into robust solutions and actionable insights while maturing practices,
processes, and talent.


Key Responsibilities


Manage, coach, and develop a high-performing team (hiring, goal setting, feedback, growth planning). Partner with Tech Leadership, Product, and Business stakeholders to convert requirements into scalable data
models, pipelines, semantic layers, and dashboards.


Participate in the development of the technical vision for your team including contributing to the long-term roadmap. Drive data quality, governance, documentation, lineage, and metric definitions; reduce redundancy. Set and enforce engineering and analytics best practices (coding standards, version control, peer review, CI/CD,
automated testing) while building an outcome/impact-based culture.


Escalate and resolve complex technical and data issues; remove delivery blockers. Closely monitor status, identify and predict risks. Provide meaningful and actionable insights on progress. Manage project forecast and spending.
REQUIREMENTS AND QUALIFICATIONS





8+ years in data engineering / BI / analytics, including 3+ years directly managing teams. 2+ years of working
experience with ML & Data Science is a plus.


Bachelor's in Computer Science/Applications, Engineering, Information Technology/Systems, or equivalent
experience. Masters in any of these areas is a plus.


Proven delivery of scalable data platforms and BI solutions in cloud (Azure preferred). Expertise with SQL, ELT/ETL patterns, dimensional & semantic modeling. Experience with Snowflake, Databricks, Data Factory, Oracle. Working knowledge of Python, Spark, Scala, and streaming technologies a huge plus. Strong BI development (Power BI and/or MicroStrategy) and performance tuning. Demonstrated governance: data quality frameworks, metadata, metric standardization. Solid grasp of software engineering practices (testing, code review, automation, DevOps). Excellent stakeholder management; able to translate between business and technical contexts. Track record of talent development and building collaborative, inclusive teams. Clear written and verbal communication; executive presentation capability.
Typical Success Metrics





Team Health: Low regrettable attrition. Delivery Predictability: 80% of committed quarterly objectives delivered without quality regressions. Talent Growth: Documented progression for each team member; internal promotions / expanded scope. Operational Maturity: Reduction in unplanned urgent work and data incident frequency; improved cycle time. Stakeholder Trust: Positive satisfaction feedback (clarity, responsiveness, value realized). Adoption & Impact: Growth in usage of certified data products/dashboards and measurable business decisions
influenced

Williams-Sonoma India Pvt. Ltd.

Founded in 1956, Williams-Sonoma Inc. is the premier specialty retailer of high-quality products for the kitchen and home in the United States. Today, Williams-Sonoma, Inc. is one of the United States' largest e-commerce retailers with some of the best known and most beloved brands in home furnishings. Our family of brands are Williams-Sonoma, Pottery Barn, Pottery Barn Kids, Pottery Barn Teens, West Elm, Williams-Sonoma Home, Rejuvenation, and Mark and Graham. We currently operate retail stores globally. Our products are also available to customers through our catalogs and online worldwide.


Williams-Sonoma India sourcing office was established in 2013. We are based in Gurugram, India. We are sourcing premium products across all categories of Home Furnishing and recorded double digit year-on-year growth. We have a dynamic team of over 100 members handling versatile vendors across India, Nepal & Bangladesh. We are looking to onboard talented people and create successful professional journey.