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Based in Minneapolis, MN, International Dairy Queen Inc., (IDQ), is the parent company of American Dairy Queen Corporation. As a leading franchisor, there are more than 7,000 independently owned and operated restaurants in the U.S., Canada and more than 20 countries around the world. IDQ is a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (Berkshire) which is led by Warren Buffett, the legendary investor and CEO of Berkshire.\nHere at IDQ, we create extraordinary Fan experiences every day and we do this through our commitment to hiring and retaining only the best in class talent. We firmly believe that our employees are the catalyst to the success of the company where their initiative, strategic thinking, and entrepreneurial spirit are recognized and rewarded. We're looking for motivated, passionate and dedicated individuals with an inherent need and ambition to go after bigger challenges.\n We have an exciting opportunity available for a Senior Food Technologist located out of our corporate office in Bloomington, MN. The Senior Technologist, R&D Data Analyst serves as the technical and analytical lead for the Research & Development department leading data management, reporting, and insights. This position is responsible for transforming complex information into actionable business intelligence that supports trends, sensory evaluation, risk management, regulatory compliance, supplier performance, product quality, and operational excellence.\nThe role partners across R&D (FSQR & Product Development), Supply Chain, Operations, International, Distribution, IT, and supplier partners to develop data-driven solutions that improve decision making and strengthen food safety and quality performance throughout the Dairy Queen system. This position combines technical R&D expertise with advanced analytics capabilities, serving as a subject matter expert for data analytics, regulatory intelligence, emerging risk identification, and continuous improvement initiatives.\nR&D Data Strategy, Governance, Reporting & Executive Insights\nServe as R&D Data Steward, establishing data standards, maintaining master data accuracy, overseeing data governance processes, and ensuring the quality, consistency, and reliability of R&D data. \nPartner with Information Technology and business stakeholders to define requirements, support system integrations, troubleshoot issues, and ensure ongoing data accuracy and system performance.\nDevelop AI-assisted tools, automated workflows, and scalable reporting solutions that improve efficiency, visibility, and decision making across R&D business processes.\nBuild and maintain dashboards, scorecards, recurring reports, and executive summaries across R&D, FSQR, regulatory, supplier, and product development data.\nTranslate complex datasets into actionable insights, recommendations, presentations, and business cases for R&D leadership and cross-functional partners.\nTrack key performance indicators including project pipeline health, stage gate progress, turnaround time, supplier responsiveness, quality trends, emerging issues, and key risk indicators.\nFSQR Data Analytics & Insights\nAnalyze food safety, quality, supplier, audit, complaint, regulatory, operational, cold chain, and laboratory testing data to identify trends, risks, and improvement opportunities.\nSupport predictive and risk-based analytics to proactively identify emerging food safety, supplier quality, product performance, and compliance concerns.\nStrengthen data-driven decision making for FSQR leadership by developing clear reporting, trend analysis, and recommendations for cross-functional action\nProduct Development & Innovation Analytics\nAnalyze sensory evaluation, product benchmark, consumer insight, market performance, and competitive data to improve product success criteria and inform innovation strategy.\nBuild consolidated product profiles and searchable repositories for current and historical products, LTOs, formulations, product attributes, launch details, market performance, and key learnings.\nIdentify sensory white spaces, competitive trends, regional signals, product similarities, benchmarking opportunities, and process improvement opportunities to accelerate concept development and product matching efforts.\nRegulatory Intelligence & Compliance Analytics\nMaintain regulatory monitoring tools, databases, and automated reporting processes to track federal, state, provincial, and international regulatory developments.\nSupport FSMA 204 traceability data management, compliance reporting, and restaurant support by collecting, managing, and maintaining accurate regulatory data.\nCross-Functional Leadership & Capability Building\nLead cross-functional R&D data, analytics, reporting, risk assessment, and compliance initiatives across domestic and international business units.\nProvide technical guidance, training, and communication support to improve team capability, adoption of data tools, and effective use of analytics.\nBuild presentations, executive summaries, and business cases that clearly communicate findings, recommendations, and business impact.\nConduct regulatory impact assessments and communicate compliance risks, business implications, and recommended actions to R&D and cross-functional stakeholders.\nBuild and maintain automated reporting processes related to regulatory changes and compliance initiatives.\nThe US national base salary range for this position is $74,968 - $89,962. The base salary range displayed reflects the targeted hiring range for positions across all US locations. Individual pay is determined by job-related skills, work location and relevant education or experience\n Bachelor’s degree in food science, Data Analytics, Statistics, Information Systems, Quality Assurance, Supply Chain, or equivalent related experience in lieu of a degree.\n3- 5 years of progressive responsibility experience in food safety, quality assurance, regulatory affairs, analytics, or related disciplines.\nExperience working within restaurants, food service, food manufacturing, franchising, or supply chain environments preferred.\nDemonstrated experience leading complex projects and cross-functional initiatives.\nExperience with Microsoft Office.\nProficiency with Power BI, Domo, Tableau, or similar visualization platforms.\nExperience with SQL, databases, data modeling, and reporting automation.\nKnowledge of AI-enabled productivity and analytics tools, including Microsoft Copilot.\nExperience with food safety, quality, audit, complaint, regulatory, or workflow management systems.\nStrong understanding of data governance, validation, and reporting best practices. \nWith guidance, deliver challenging/constructive feedback to suppliers or internal personnel in a coaching manner and maintain steady direction yielding right results quickly.\nAbility to manage and prioritize multiple, complex projects and responsibilities in a fast-changing and deadline-driven environment.\nStrong written and verbal communications skills; able to articulate technical information to a variety of audiences.\nRelationship building skills with the ability to create mutually beneficial relationships with both internal and external clients.\nKnowledge of current industry and technical issues associated with food safety, nutrition, public health, environment and animal rights.\nAbility to apply sound technical principles to root cause analyses, problem solving and project management. \nAbility to organize collection of data, analyze information and capture conclusions. Knowledge of quality and associated statistics.\nWorks full-on with positive energy and accountability. Take initiative and ensure closure.\nAbility to influence through logic, technical credibility and by turning complex issues into easy-to-understand steps and work plans.\nWell organized with a high attention to detail and accuracy.\nProvide excellent customer service to both internal and external clients.\nAbility to work quickly in a fast-paced environment with frequent interruptions.\nWorking on a personal computer or test kitchen for extended periods of time. Ability to work occasionally in the evenings and weekends, as necessary to meet project deadlines.\nAbility to travel up to 20%\n Benefits\nOur benefit package supports the well-being of our employees and their families. Our comprehensive benefit package includes, medical, dental, 401K match, paid time off (including volunteer time as well as parental leave) and so much more! To learn more about our great benefit offerings, Click Here.\nWork Environment\nMost positions located out of our global headquarters in Bloomington, MN will work a hybrid work schedule where you will work 3 collaboration days a week. Additional in office time may be required to support team/project needs.\nInclusion & Belonging\nWe are committed to creating a culture of inclusion and belonging for all who touch DQ. We believe in and commit to fostering a community where employees bring their authentic selves to work, and where we recruit, engage, and retain employees, franchise owners, and suppliers based on qualifications and merit. We strive to maintain an environment where everyone feels welcome.\nIDQ is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and we use E-Verify to confirm the identity and employment eligibility of all new team members. 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