ABOUT INSPIRE BRANDS
Inspire is a multi-brand restaurant company whose portfolio includes more than 33,000 Arby’s, Baskin-Robbins, Buffalo Wild Wings, Dunkin’, Jimmy John’s, and SONIC restaurants worldwide.
We’re made up of some of the world’s most iconic restaurant brands, but we’re much more than just a restaurant company. We’re a team of hundreds of thousands who individually and collectively are changing the way people eat, drink, and gather around the table. We know that food is much more than a staple—it’s an experience. At Inspire, that’s our purpose: to ignite and nourish flavorful experiences.
OVERVIEW
As part of Inspire’s digital transformation and customer engagement strategy, we are expanding our data science capabilities. To achieve this, we require experienced data scientists who can help us deliver new AI and machine learning solutions.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES OF DATA SCIENCE MANAGER
- Manage a team of data scientists focused on marketing, personalization, and recommender systems.
- Work closely with digital marketing and CRM teams.
- Familiarity with various team management styles including Scrum, Agile, Kanban.
- Manage 2 direct reports (data scientists).
EDUCATION/WORK EXPERIENCE
- MINIMUM requirement options:
- Master’s degree in a STEM field with 4+ years of relevant work experience OR
- PhD in a STEM field with 3+ years of relevant work experience.
- PREFERRED:
- Master’s degree in a STEM field with 5+ years of relevant work experience. Experience managing multiple individual contributors.
SKILL REQUIREMENTS
- Must demonstrate ability to manage stakeholders, capacity to think strategically, and aptitude to coach, mentor, and manage highly technical FTEs.
- Deep working knowledge of relational databases.
- English Proficiency required.
- Must be proficient in at least 3 of the 6 tools: Spark, Python, R, SQL, Git Version Control, AWS/Azure/GCP.
Skills Required
- Master's degree in a STEM field with at least 4 years of relevant work experience, or a PhD in a STEM field with at least 3 years of relevant work experience
- Ability to manage stakeholders and think strategically
- Ability to coach, mentor, and manage highly technical full-time employees
- Deep working knowledge of relational databases
- English proficiency
- Proficiency in at least three of Spark, Python, R, SQL, Git version control, or AWS, Azure, or GCP
- Master's degree in a STEM field with at least 5 years of relevant work experience
- Experience managing multiple individual contributors
Inspire Brands Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Inspire Brands and has not been reviewed or approved by Inspire Brands.
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Healthcare Strength — Comprehensive health coverage, mental health support, disability insurance, and related programs are emphasized for support‑center and eligible management roles. Materials also reference options like HSAs and EAPs as part of a broad healthcare offering.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Unlimited PTO is highlighted for support‑center roles alongside paid leaves such as parental and adoption assistance. Feedback suggests these time‑off elements are a core part of the corporate employee value proposition.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Employee food discounts, on‑site amenities (e.g., gym, snacks, and similar perks), and lifestyle programs add tangible day‑to‑day value. Additional benefits like commuter options, financial wellness tools, and pet insurance further broaden the package.
Inspire Brands Insights
What We Do
Inspire Brands was founded in February 2018 with a vision to invigorate great brands and supercharge their long-term growth. In an industry facing increasing disruption, our leaders saw an opportunity to build a restaurant company unlike any other – one that brings together differentiated yet complementary brands and aims to make them stronger than they would be on their own. Found inherently in the purposes of our family of brands, we identified a common thread between our restaurants – the capacity to inspire. From guest experience to career development to community well-being, Inspire plays a role in the lives of millions of people every day.
