Director Consumer Insights
Listed on 2026-02-28
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IT/Tech
AI Engineer, Data Analyst, Business Systems/ Tech Analyst, Data Science Manager
About Bimbo Bakeries USA
Have you ever enjoyed Arnold,Brownberry or Oroweat bread? A Thomas' English muffin or bagel? Or perhaps snacked on a Sara Lee, Entenmann's or Marinela cake or donut? If the answer is yes, then you know Bimbo Bakeries USA!
More than 20,000 associates in bakeries, sales centers, offices and on sales routes work to ensure our consumers have the freshest products at every meal. In addition to competitive pay and benefits, we provide a safe and inclusive work environment that appreciates diversity, promotes development and allows our associates to be their authentic selves.
Top Reasons to Work at Bimbo Bakeries USA- Salary Range: $146,900 - $205,700
- Annual Bonus Eligibility
- Comprehensive Benefits Package
- Paid Time Off
- 401(k) & Company Match
Bimbo Bakeries USA, Inc. (BBUSA) is transforming to accelerate brand growth. As part of the Marketing Center of Excellence (MCOE) group reporting to the Senior Director of Consumer Insights (CI), the Director will contribute to building a consumer obsession culture at BBUSA.
The focus areas will be to modernize insights given AI-driven advancements of methods and solutions, and to support the transformative breakthrough innovation pipeline of 3+ years out. This leadership role connects CI strategy, business processes, data capabilities, and enterprise partners to deliver faster, deeper, and more actionable insights to future-proof BBU tools and launch successful innovation. The director's team has roles covering transformation initiatives intersecting with insights, 3+ innovation launch windows, and future trends.
This is not an IT or systems delivery role. Instead, the focus is on business transformation, operating model evolution, AI enabled research approaches and workflows, and long-range strategic readiness, including support for product innovation and business model pipelines 3+ years into the future.
Key Responsibilities- CI Transformation Strategy & Road Mapping
- Shape the long-term CI transformation agenda across process modernization, data usage, reporting evolution, and AI adoption.
- Define CI ways of working and training others to enable BBU toward valid, repeatable, and responsible effective AI usage.
- Critically assess and identify opportunities to use AI assisted insights, automation, and advanced analytics to improve insight speed and quality.
- Build an integrated roadmap that combines human expertise with AI enhanced workflows.
- Ensure CI capabilities support future Innovation planning and launches, including long range foresight and scenario needs.
- Insights Impact & Value Acceleration
- Identify opportunities where AI enhances synthesis speed, trend detection, and storytelling. Foster experimentation with AI tools (e.g., narrative generation, synthesis, ideation) while maintaining rigor and quality.
- Support pilots and proofs of concept exploring emerging AI capabilities relevant to CI and future Innovation planning.
- Drive adoption of new CI processes, tools, and AI enabled methods through leadership and tactics (such as create training and enablement materials that build AI literacy across the team).
- Cross Functional Orchestration
- Lead transformative cross-category insights, learning, and analysis. Serve as CI's primary partner to business technology (IT), legal for supplier approval, Data, and enterprise AI teams, representing CI needs in platform and data decisions.
- Coordinate change with Marketing, Strategy, Category, and Innovation partners to embed AI supported insights into business and long horizon Innovation cycles.
- Operating Model, Governance & AI Stewardship
- Maintain frameworks for intake, prioritization, governance, and insight quality.
- Establish principles for responsible AI usage, including validation, accuracy checks, privacy, and human oversight.
- Ensure alignment with organizational policies, brand tone, and consumer data governance.
- Passion for Insights, empathy for consumers and what they need and want (spoken or not) with the ability to help build plans to deliver. Proven track record of developing and deploying new ways to bring better insightful thinking, approaches, and ideas to…
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