Senior Manager Integrated Intelligence Engine Lead - Synapse

Location: GBR-London-London

The Intelligence Engine Integration Lead is a senior leadership role responsible for the strategic direction, technical governance, and end-to-end delivery of Mars Snacking's next-generation insights platform.

Operating at the intersection of consumer insights, data architecture, and artificial intelligence, this role will spearhead the integration and transition of legacy knowledge management systems into a singular, highly trusted "Intelligence Engine" in partnership with Market Logic.

A critical expectation of this T3 leader is to pioneer the design and global implementation of the new Knowledge Operations capability. This role will establish the autonomous, self-governing data ecosystem required to realize Mars' "human-led, AI-powered" strategic vision.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Migration & Vendor Governance

Steer the joint technical and product roadmaps with Market Logic, ensuring the migration plan is robust, secure, and fully aligned with Mars' enterprise standards.

Serve as the primary strategic escalation point and technical interface for data integration, taxonomy normalization, and database schema alignment during the migration

• Enterprise Data Curation & Excellence

Lead strategic alignment with legacy Kellanova and Mars Snacking teams to audit, map, and integrate legacy knowledge setups.

Govern the consolidation and sanitization of disparate knowledge assets, establishing high-quality baseline rules that preserve historical value while unlocking predictive AI usability.

• Knowledge Operations Architecture

Direct the design, workflow customization, and deployment of Market Logic’s upcoming Knowledge Operations module to suit Mars Snacking’s business dynamics.

Formulate autonomous system rules (version control, document authority, recency, automatic archival) to shift data curation from a human-dependent chore to a self-cleaning AI engine.

• Change Management & Stakeholder Engagement

Drive the overarching change management strategy, actively managing relationships with cross-functional leadership teams to build advocacy.

Proactively identify user adoption barriers, resolve resistance, and champion an agile community of practice to secure maximum tool maturity post-launch.

• Risk Mitigation & Business Continuity

Own the risk register for the integration phase, designing proactive mitigation plans for e.g. system downtime.

Guarantee uninterrupted access to business-critical insights for active marketing and brand planning cycles during the cutover.

• Capability Enablement & Training Strategy

Define and oversee the creation of onboarding playbooks, interactive guides, and platform training materials (tailored for insights professionals vs. insights consumers).

Lead global upskilling workshops to elevate platform literacy and drive a highly mature, self-sufficient user base.

• IMO Integration & Governance Compliance

Ensure strict compliance with the Integration Management Office (IMO) governance frameworks, managing milestones, stage gates, and key deliverable reports.

Provide transparent progress updates, KPI tracking, and dependency mapping to senior transformation steering committees.

Experience & Qualifications

• Background: 5+ years of experience in Consumer Insights, Knowledge Management
• Leadership & Influence: Proven track record of leading large, cross-functional programs and influencing senior stakeholders without direct authority
• System Familiarity: Hands-on experience with Market Logic Software (Synapse) or similar enterprise knowledge platforms is highly desirable.
• Migration Experience: Demonstrated success in managing complex enterprise-wide data migrations or system consolidations
• Methodologies: Strong proficiency in formal change management frameworks (e.g., Prosci/ADKAR) and project management governance structures (IMO/PMO).
• What can you expect from Mars?
• Work with diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles.
• Join a purpose driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.
• A strong focus on learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
• An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.
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