The Head of Data & AI Enablement drives the enterprise data strategy, overseeing governance, analytics, and AI initiatives to enhance organizational decision-making.
The Head of Data & AI Enablement is a senior leader responsible for turning data into one of rag & bone’s most strategic assets.
You’ll lead the creation of a unified data and AI foundation — spanning the Data Hub, analytics, governance, and enterprise AI programs — ensuring our teams can make faster, smarter, and more inspired decisions.
This role sits at the intersection of technology, strategy, and storytelling: part architect, part innovator, and part translator between data and creativity.
What You’ll Do
Who You Are
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
You’ll lead the creation of a unified data and AI foundation — spanning the Data Hub, analytics, governance, and enterprise AI programs — ensuring our teams can make faster, smarter, and more inspired decisions.
This role sits at the intersection of technology, strategy, and storytelling: part architect, part innovator, and part translator between data and creativity.
What You’ll Do
- Own the Enterprise Data & AI Strategy — from architecture to adoption — building a scalable, governed, and insight-driven ecosystem.
- Lead the Data Platform, Governance, and Analytics teams to deliver reliable, accessible, and reusable data products.
- Design and operate the rag & bone Data Hub and semantic layer, supporting analytics, AI copilots, and automation across the company.
- Partner with business functions to identify high-impact operational optimization AI use cases.
- Establish data governance standards (metadata, lineage, privacy, security) aligned with enterprise risk and compliance frameworks.
- Develop a Data & AI Center of Excellence, creating shared tools, reusable components, and standards across domains.
- Champion AI literacy, data ethics, and responsible innovation across the organization.
- Collaborate with key partners (Microsoft, Oracle, Avanade) to extend rag & bone’s AI ecosystem.
Who You Are
- A strategic leader with 8–12 years of experience in data engineering, analytics, or AI platforms.
- Proven ability to design and scale enterprise data architecture (data mesh, cloud data lake, semantic layer).
- Deep familiarity with Azure Data Stack, Power BI, Fabric, Synapse, dbt, or Palantir Foundry.
- Experience leading data product teams and AI or analytics transformation initiatives.
- Comfortable operating between technical detail and executive-level storytelling.
- Passionate about the intersection of data, creativity, and brand experience.
- Be a Good Human - Be original, be authentic. Stand for diversity, equitability & inclusivity.
- Have No Fear - Innovate, solve problems
- Own Every Decision - Work together, get results
- Quality Matters – Not only with product but we see it in our people
- Make Shit Happen - Be disciplined, be competitive
Benefits
- Paid Time Off
- Clothing Allowance
- Generous Employee Discount
- Paid Parental Leave
- Membership to Calm and access to other wellness benefits
- Medical, dental, vision and ancillary benefits
- 401k
- Salary range is $225,000-250,000 based on experience and candidates expectations
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
Top Skills
Azure Data Stack
Dbt
Fabric
Palantir Foundry
Power BI
Synapse
rag & bone New York, New York, USA Office
425 W 13th St, New York, NY, United States, 10014
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