Senior Manager - Analytics & Insights - IT Firm

Responsibilities :

- Lead the identification and execution of opportunities where Analytics can make a difference across the company with focus on multiple markets we operate in - US, India and China.

- Actively champion adoption of the analytics solutions across various markets and functions

- Translate business problems into Insights projects and lead in quantifying the various types of risk and rewards that allow these projects to be prioritized.

- Excellent project management and executive communication skills.

- Understanding of the techniques and technologies of data science, along with a detailed understanding of the challenges associated with each (e.g. overfitting, model refresh, challenge of acquiring training data, cost of compute, etc.)

- Proactively and continuously assess the marketplace and its dynamics, customers, and competitors.

- Provide an unbiased point of view on the performance of markets/brands, supported by facts and evidence

- Develop research strategies to ensure internal understanding of customer and competitor insights

- Develop and implement market research & analytical plans, in collaboration with cross- functional teams.

- Seeks out alternative/creative ways of meeting an information need, considering new techniques to address business challenges.

- Monitor program risks and ensure appropriate actions are taken, including escalating issues timely to the management

- Maintain understanding of business operations and how users interact with the relevant systems and use that understanding to provide decision support analysis.

- Tap the working knowledge of AI and analytics to convey these business goals to the data professionals who will create the models and solutions.

- Enthusiasm, commitment, and business savvy to navigate the technical, political, and organizational roadblocks that can emerge.

Desired Profile :

- 6-8 years of experience in executing multiple analytics projects end to end

- Entrepreneurial mind-set

- Should have played hands on data sciences role in the past with full knowledge of which analytics technique to apply

- Background of core consulting / start up handling end to end projects

- Excellent communication and project management skills

- Ability to lead both business and analytics team to generate ROI and success for business

Expertise across the spectrum of analytics - Dashboards, Visualizations, Insights, Data Science driven AI, ML Projects.