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
- 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.
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What We Do
Interested in joining one of the most dynamic fashion brands in the world?
To view and apply to all headquarter and retail jobs at rag & bone, please visit our website and careers page: http://www.rag-bone.com/careers
From its origins in New York in 2002, rag & bone instantaneously distinguished itself by combining British heritage with directional, modern design. Today, the brand has become synonymous with innately wearable clothing that innovatively melds classic tailoring with an edgy yet understated New York aesthetic.
Inspired by a desire to create beautifully constructed clothes, rag & bone prides itself in the time-honored techniques of supremely skilled, local manufacturers at some of the oldest factories in the country. The importance of quality, expert craftsmanship and attention to detail resonated deeply, informing the brand’s core philosophy.
With a downtown sensibility, signature clean silhouettes and an inherent integrity, rag & bone continuously redefines urban style.
In 2007, rag & bone won the Swarovski Award for emerging talent in Menswear and in 2010, the brand was bestowed the industry’s most prestigious honor when named Menswear Designer of the Year by the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA).
rag & bone offers a full range of men’s and women’s ready to wear, /JEAN, Standard Issue, footwear and accessories collections.
rag & bone operates 35 stores worldwide, ten of which are in New York City. Stores are also located in Washington, D.C.; Boston, Massachusetts; Dallas, Texas; Los Angeles, California; Greenwich, Connecticut; Aspen, Colorado; and Bal Harbour, Florida. International stores are located in London, UK; Tokyo, Japan; Bangkok, Thailand; Taipei, Taiwan and Hong Kong. rag & bone is also available in boutiques and department stores in over 53 countries worldwide.
