This chapter covers
- Crafting technology roadmaps to align teams and to support executive initiatives
- Sponsoring and championing promising DS projects
- Delivering consistently by managing people, process, and platforms
- Building a strong function with clear career maps and a robust hiring process
- Anticipating business needs and applying initial solutions against urgent issues
Executives and distinguished data scientists leading DS operate with a different level of capability than directors. While directors and principal data scientists seek to bring clarity in focus and prioritization to the DS function, executive and distinguished data scientists are concerned about a company’s overall business strategy and articulate how a company can be competitive within its industry.
As an executive or distinguished data scientist leading DS, in the technology dimension, you are responsible for architecting the long-term business strategy in data and creating and driving a data-driven culture in all aspects of the business process. Executives have the added responsibility to structure the DS organization according to its business needs.