Fractal Analytics - Director - CPG Advanced Analytics

Company Description :

- Fractal is a leading provider of consumer analytics to Insurance carriers, Consumer Banks, CPG and Retail companies.

- Fractal's analytical solutions help companies across the globe enhance profitability by powering their customer management efforts with scientific decision making.

Position Expectation :

- The Director - CPG Advanced Analytics will play a vital role in leading and managing consulting and analytics engagements and teams.

- He/She will maintain and develop client relationships as required. He/She will manage managers as well as analysts to prioritize objectives in order to achieve the highest levels of client satisfaction and targeted results.

- Our clients drive the integration of consumer, shopper, and market understanding to catalyze business growth across all of our brands .

- They work closely with the Fractal in leverage insights and drive guide portfolio strategies and optimize initiatives for their leading brands.

Job Responsibilities :

- Lead, recruit, grow and retain high-caliber data science talent at scale

- Ensure excellence in delivery to internal and external customers

- Create and implement a shared vision for data science applied to product development and delivery

- Build roadmap for data sciences working with thought leaders and other stakeholders at Fractal and respective client group

- Empower analysts to move across existing opportunities up the analytics value chain

- Identify and pursue new opportunities for applying unique, state of the art analytics solutions at respective client group

- Foster innovation and leverage new technologies

- Champion culture changes needed to pursue our Advanced Analytics strategy

- Build deep partnerships to do all of the above

Qualifications :

- Knowledge of variety and advanced analytic and research approaches, including: marketing mix models, price/promotion models, SEM, segmentation and forecasting

- Ability to independently manage research engagements from start to finish, delivering actionable insight within established timelines and budget

- Demonstrated ability in driving business impact through the application of data science and analytical techniques. Understanding and leveraging the connection between data structures, analytical methods, and business applications.

- Experience in marketing research or analytics; domain expertise in applying to CPG issues is a strong plus.

- Experience working in a consultative capacity (internal or external) is a strong plus

- Strong analytical thinking skills. Ability to creatively solve business problems, innovating new approaches where required.

- Ability to interpret research findings for multiple audiences, extract insights and communicate effectively

- Strong organizational awareness and the ability to work effectively at multiple levels within an organization. Equally comfortable in discussing technical/analytical details with technical thought leaders as explaining technical subject matter with a non-technical audience, in particular, high-level executives.

- Outstanding verbal and written communication skills

- Must have excellent project management skills and have experience managing multiple work streams and projects at one time

- Building - and, when necessary, rebuilding -- and leading high performance teams. Proven track record of identifying and developing analytical talent and leading a team of quantitative personnel.

- Must have curiosity and love to ask the question 'why'

- 7+ years of experience in business consulting with an emphasis in the CPG industry