Vice President, Data & Analytics

Vice President, Data & Analytics Digital & Technology | VF Corporation Role Overview

The Vice President, Data & Analytics is the enterprise leader responsible for defining and owning VF’s data, analytics, and AI strategy. This role is accountable for driving measurable business outcomes and competitive advantage through the effective use of data and AI across consumer, product, and supply chain domains. Operating in a highly federated environment, this leader establishes the enterprise operating model, governance, and standards for data and analytics, ensuring scalable, trusted, and business-aligned capabilities across brands and regions. As a key member of the Digital and Technology leadership team, the VP partners closely with business and brand leaders to shape priorities, influence decision-making, and embed data and AI-driven thinking into core processes. This role champions responsible AI, data governance, and compliance, while translating emerging technologies into practical, scalable solutions that deliver sustainable business impact.

Key Responsibilities:

• Define and execute the enterprise Data & Analytics strategy across data management, AI-powered data engineering, governance, platforms, advanced analytics, and data science, aligned to business objectives and measurable value.
• Build and scale a global data science and AI practice spanning predictive/prescriptive modeling, machine learning, experimentation, decision intelligence, and generative/agentic AI (including LLMs), delivering measurable outcomes across the business.
• Industrialize AI-driven insights by leveraging LLMs, agentic AI, and self-service/conversational analytics, embedding trusted insights directly into business processes and decision-making.
• Drive enterprise adoption of data and analytics by translating complex insights into clear, decision-ready narratives and embedding analytics into core commercial and operational workflows.
• Partner with business leaders to shape a value-driven portfolio of data and AI use cases, prioritizing high-impact opportunities and ensuring delivery of measurable ROI, growth, efficiency, and automation.
• Modernize and scale AI-powered data engineering and DataOps, including automated pipelines, data quality, metadata, and cataloging, to enable AI-ready, reusable, and cost-efficient data products.
• Define and deliver modern, enterprise-grade data and AI architecture, including platforms, models, MLOps/LLMOps, and visualization, supported by a clear, prioritized roadmap.
• Establish enterprise standards across the data and AI lifecycle, including governance, security, and responsible AI, ensuring scalable, resilient, and future-ready capabilities.
• Lead, mentor, and scale a global, multidisciplinary team of data engineers, data scientists, ML/AI specialists, and analytics professionals, establishing effective operating models and ways of working.
• Act as a trusted advisor and thought leader to senior stakeholders, driving adoption of data- and AI-driven decision-making across brands and functions.

Background & Competencies:

• 15+ years in technology with 8+ years leading enterprise Data, Analytics, and AI functions, with a proven track record of delivering business-aligned strategy and measurable outcomes.
• Deep expertise in data science, machine learning, statistical modeling, experimentation (A/B testing), and decision intelligence, with experience operationalizing models via MLOps.
• Experience industrializing generative and agentic AI, including LLMs and LLMOps, to deliver scalable, AI-driven insights and business value.
• Strong experience designing and scaling modern data platforms and AI-powered data engineering (e.g., lakehouse, streaming, DataOps) through high-performing teams.
• Proven ability to operationalize insights through KPIs, dashboards, and embedded, self-service, and conversational analytics.
• Strong architecture leadership with experience defining enterprise-grade target architectures and delivering associated roadmaps across data platforms, models, and visualization.
• Expertise in data governance, security, cataloging, lineage, and responsible AI, with hands‑on experience using enabling tools.
• Experience leading cloud‑based data and AI ecosystems including Azure, AWS, GCP, Databricks, Snowflake, and BI platforms such as Power BI, Tableau, and Looker.
• Demonstrated success building and leading large, globally distributed, multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong business partnership skills, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders, frame high‑value opportunities, and drive ROI‑focused outcomes.
• Experience guiding vendor selection, platform investment decisions, and operating model design.
• Industry experience in consumer products (apparel, footwear, and/or accessories) is preferred.
• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, data science, statistics, engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).

Hiring Range:

$252,000.00 USD - $315,000.00 USD annually

Incentive Potential:

This position is eligible for additional compensation awards that may include an annual incentive plan, sales incentive, or commission potential. Specific details of the additional compensation eligibility for this position will be provided during the recruiting and interview process.

Long-Term Incentive Potential:

This position is eligible to participate in a Long-Term Incentive Plan. Specific details of the plan will be provided during the recruiting and interview process.

Benefits at VF Corporation:

You can review a general overview of each benefit program offered, including this year's medical plan rates on and by clicking Looking to Join VF? Detailed information on your benefits will be provided during the hiring process. Please note, our hiring ranges are determined and built from market pay data. In determining the specific compensation for this position, we comply with all local, state, and federal laws. At VF, we value a diverse, inclusive workforce and we provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. All qualified applicants for employment will be considered without regard to an individual’s race, color, sex, gender identity, gender expression, religion, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, medical condition, family care status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, genetic information, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local laws. If you require accommodations during the application process, please contact us at View email address on click.appcast.io. VF will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals to the extent required by applicable law. Pursuant to all applicable local Fair Chance Ordinance requirements, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, VF will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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VF Diversity Vision Statement VF is committed to creating an inclusive environment that welcomes and values the differences among all of our associates, customers, suppliers and the communities in which we live and conduct business. The continued success and growth of VF is enhanced through initiatives that promote diversity throughout VF around the world. VF is committed to providing equal opportunities in employment, and treating our VF associates and VF applicants without discrimination on the basis of their race, color, gender, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, citizenship, disability, protected veteran status, HIV/AIDS status, or any other legally protected basis. VF is committed to meeting the diverse needs of people with disabilities in a timely manner that is consistent with the principles of independence, dignity, integration and equality of opportunity, and will do so by striving to identify, prevent and remove barriers to accessibility wherever possible as well as by meeting the accessibility requirements under the ADA, AODA, and other applicable state, local or provincial regulations. VF is committed to digital accessibility, and to conforming to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1, Level AA and complying with the ADA and AODA Standards for Accessible Design, and other applicable regulations. If you need an accommodation or have any questions regarding this statement, please send your request to View email address on click.appcast.io.