Flipkart - Director - Analytics - IIM/FMS/MDI/XLRI

Director - Analytics

Flipkart is India's largest eCommerce company and runs the largest network of online buyers and sellers in the country. Flipkart's vision is to make analytics part of its overarching competitive strategy, and push decision making at every level through data.

Do you get excited about big data and their potential use cases in an eCommerce environment? Would you like to directly impact the top-line growth and profitability of the business? Do you get excited about building teams and leading them? Do you have a bias for action? Do you feel energized by the change you can bring about with your business partners in a fast paced, technology company?

As Director of Analytics, you will have an opportunity to develop the analytics function within Flipkart and redefine retail in India.

Responsibilities:

- You are responsible for bringing to bear analytics tools and techniques to help exceed business goals. This involves managing a large team of analysts to deploy analytical solutions for the business

- You will independently ideate, conceptualize, develop and deploy analytical solutions to create business impact in the function you are responsible

- You will leverage business context and data analytics skills to define the business problem to be solved, develop methodology and roadmap, formulate analytical approach and define data gathering approach,

- Demonstrate excellence in engagement delivery, insightful thought-leadership, strategic problem solving, high impact team management and strong customer relations at senior executive levels.

- Lead and mentor Analytics Managers. Coach, mentor, motivate and supervise analytic managers, project team members and influence them to take positive action and accountability for their assigned work.

Preferred Qualifications:

- 12+ years of overall experience in Analytics / Business functions or 5+ years of experience in Management Consulting

- Degree in Statistics/Mathematics/Economics or any quantitative domain, or MBA from a premier institute

- Excellent working knowledge and understanding of all key aspects of a typical business - product, marketing, operations and finance

- Excellent analytical abilities: Data driven and pay attention to details. Comfortable with statistical modeling on large data sets

- People management skills: Ability to build, lead and mentor large teams of analysts

- Prior experience in working with senior business leaders and acting as their thought partner