Data Warehouse/Business Intelligence Practice Head

Role : Datawarehouse/BI Practice Head

Experience : 18-22 Years

Location : Greater Noida

Primary Skills (must have) :

- Should have experience in setting up a BI CoE or practice with at least 100 consultants

- Should have individually led at least 2 large BI distributed delivery implementations that are above 50-100 FTE in the last 2 years

- Should be able to support Sales / Marketing events ( including talking to and interacting with C-Level folks )

- Provide a clear path and vision for DW/BI arena and collaborate across various Verticals and Delivery Units along with Pre-Sales Team.

- Strongly position DW-BI offerings in a presales mode with CXO level and customers

- Should be able to demonstrate a strong grasp and command of leading and strategizing a reasonably complex technical delivery by identifying delivery risks (technical, quality and other).

- Should have had a reasonably strong technology/delivery base along with a strong understanding of the SDLC and Agile is a must.

- Strong experience in a contemporary Software Engineering methodology such as RUP is required. Agile experience is an added advantage

- Experience in driving, strategizing quality metrics that report the health of a project (commercial and delivery) is a must.

- Experience in independently handling engagement level P&L is an added advantage.

- Should have strong Conflict Management and Conflict resolution skills.

- Should have had strong customer interfacing skills with particular emphasis on Scope and Requirements management.

- Strong command over English both verbal and written.

- Good hands on skill on MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) required

- Able to work under pressure and to tight deadlines

- Should be able to handle Client Visits, workshops and interactions

- Sound exposure to Estimation, methodologies, pre-sales support in DW-BI arena

- Perceptive problem evaluator, problem solver with excellent analytical skills

- Effective leader and excellent personal organization and planning skills

Technical Skills Desirable :

- ETL Tools like Informatica, Data Stage SSIS, ODI Golden Gate etc.

- Information Delivery Tools like MSBI, IBM Cognos, SAP Business Objects, Tableau etc.

- Databases like Oracle, SQL Server, any Appliances Database, NOSQL Database, HDFS etc.

- Exposure to Industry Standards Data Models in TTL or BFS or Insurance is a plus.

- Exposure to Open Source Tools and Technology in DW-BI arena is desirable.