Sr Manager, Analytics & AI, Finance & Corporate

At Ferrara, Ferrero, Fox’s Burton’s, and The Fine Biscuits Company, we’re loved by people of all generations for the joy we bring—and that joy is crafted by our people. Join us and explore a whole world to discover, where your passion will find its place.

Today, Ferrara is the #1 sugar confectioner in the U.S, with global sales in more than 40 countries. Ferrara boasts a passionate team of over 9,000 employees around the world who deliver and create hundreds of iconic and beloved products.

In the U.S., more than 67 million households annually enjoy our popular brands like NERDS®, Brach’s®, Jelly Belly®, SweeTARTS®, Laffy Taffy®, and Trolli®. In Brazil, Dori has become a household name with snacking products that include brands such as Dori, Gomets, Pettiz, and Yogurte 100. And, in France, Carambar & Co have earned generations of loyal customers through the timeless appeal of iconic candy and chocolate brands such as Carambar, Lutti, Krema, Poulain, Vichy and Terry’s.

A privately held company, Ferrara Group is headquartered in Chicago. Ferrara boasts a network of over 30 locations in North America, South America, Europe and Asia Pacific that includes manufacturing, distribution, sales, and R&D facilities.

Due to the highly interactive and team-based nature of this role, in-person attendance for most of the workweek (i.e., 3 days or more) is essential for: effective communication including during in-person meetings, strong supervision, real-time problem-solving, and participation in cross-functional initiatives.

Technology powers Ferrara’s transformation of iconic brands into a world-class global business. Following a successful S/4

HANA go-live, our IT organization is leading the next phase of digital evolution—scaling platforms, advancing data and analytics, and partnering closely with the business to deliver measurable impact. This is a chance to join a highly innovative IT team with strong executive sponsorship and influence across the enterprise.

The Senior IT Product Manager – Analytics (Commercial) is a senior, business-facing technology leader responsible for defining, delivering, and scaling enterprise analytics products that enable data-driven decision-making across Commercial (Sales, Marketing, Revenue Growth Management, Customer, and Pricing functions.

This role blends product management rigor, analytics and data platform leadership, and senior stakeholder partnership. The Sr. IT Product Manager owns the end-to-end analytics product lifecycle—from strategy and roadmap through delivery, adoption, and value realization—while ensuring alignment with enterprise data, AI, security, and technology standards. Success is measured by business impact, adoption, and the ability to translate complex functional needs into scalable, trusted analytics capabilities.

• Define and maintain the analytics product strategy and roadmap supporting Commercial
• Partner with senior business leaders to translate strategic priorities into scalable analytics capabilities
• Develop business cases, value hypotheses, and success metrics for new analytics investments
• Balance innovation, speed-to-value, and platform standardization

• Lead cross-functional teams (Data Engineering, BI, Architecture, Data Science, Vendors) to design, build, test, and deploy analytics products
• Manage multiple concurrent initiatives across functions while maintaining alignment to enterprise priorities
• Ensure strong delivery discipline across Agile and hybrid delivery models
• Provide visibility into risks, dependencies, timelines, and outcomes; rally as needed

• Enable self-service analytics through reusable, well-governed data and semantic layers
• Drive adoption of advanced analytics and AI-enabled use cases across Commercial domains
• Lead insight-driven problem solving, root-cause analysis, and performance measurement
• Support analytics maturity and upskilling of business users

• Partner with Enterprise Architecture to shape analytics and data platform direction
• Review solution designs to ensure alignment with…