AbsolutData - Insight Manager - Research

Absolutdata is looking to hire an Insight Manager - Research for the Analytics practice . Mentioned below are the details of the role :

Founded in 2001, AbsolutData is an award winning global consulting oriented analytics firm, headquartered in San Francisco, with a global delivery model. We help clients take data-driven decisions, which make them more successful and profitable.

AbsolutData currently partners with more than 15 leading fortune 500 financial services, consumer packaged goods, retail and technology companies globally and was rated as one of the fastest growing research and analytics firm by Inc. 500 & Deloitte and was selected as one of the Top 10 companies in outsourcing marketing services by IAOP.

AbsolutData services are differentiated and provide significant incremental value to our clients by helping them tackle big data challenges, optimize marketing spends, increase campaign ROI and marketing effectiveness, create better customer satisfaction and retention, execute effective targeted marketing, understand and influence consumer behavior, predict future trends, create additional sales opportunities with existing customers, and optimize business results.

Roles and Responsibilities

Opportunity to lead a medium to large size team of Consultants and Analysts for one of AbsolutData’s strategic clients in the Beverage Industry. The candidate will lead the delivery of projects to develop insights for clients Portfolio Strategy. Provide technical and functional guidance to the team, deliver value through thought leadership, identify opportunities and initiate projects for client process/capability development, build/nurture team in partnership with ADT’s Senior Leadership. The person is expected to independently mInsoghtanage the client engagement and provide support to the Account Manager to drive account growth.
The person should have experience in client management, people management and execution in Market Research /Consulting / Analytics organizations. The candidate should also have exposure to analytics – as a provider or a client. Finally the candidate should have an aspiration/inclination to grow to a people/practice leadership role.

Key Responsibilities

- Develop a good understanding of the client’s Portfolio and Strategy frameworks and ensure seamless project delivery & effective client management.

- Applying and administrating analytical tools such as SPSS and techniques and drawing managerial insights through statistical techniques such as Cluster Analysis, Factor Analysis, CHAID, Segmentation, Regression etc

- Provide Functional and Technical leadership for the team to help them identify and apply methods/frameworks applicable to the situation

- Partner the account manager/ business development to develop and implement account growth strategy

Project Management

- Being involved in project planning and managing multiple stakeholders

- Being able to assess the feasibility of solutions requested, provide inputs, propose alternate implementable solutions, if need be.

- Being responsible for all aspects of project management (including resource allocation) to ensure that projects are delivered on time, on target with client needs and reflect the high quality standards propagated by the company

People Management

- Handling a midsized team subject to business requirements

- Responsible for appraisals, mentoring, training etc of team.

Client Servicing

- Significant client interaction including managing client satisfaction, feedback process, managing services provided to clients and assisting project teams in client communication as and when needed.

- Initiate thought leadership project to enhance client’s framework and identify new areas of analysis and insights for clients to explore

- Carrying overall responsibility of project level client interaction

- Encouraging teams to achieve high level of service excellence

- Quality/ Process Compliance & Improvement Initiatives

- Having a complete understanding of the various internal processes, ensuring adherence to the same by the team and maintaining and monitoring metrices/SLAs pertaining to the same

- Suggesting improvements to enhance the efficiency of various internal processes

Experience and skills

- 8+ years of relevant experience in Analytics

- Hands on with working on SPSS and in-depth knowledge of various statistical techniques

- Significant exposure to high end analytics on Market Research data

- Experience in working with senior individuals in the client organization

- Ability to develop analytical solutions from a business question (Desirable)

Attributes

- Good Analytical & Problem Solving Skills

- Effective Decision Making Skills

- Ensuring effective communication with internal & external stakeholders, managing client interactions etc ; Refers to effective oral, written & presentation skills

- Effective Leadership, Project Management and People Management Skills

- Experience of managing multiple projects, small to medium sized teams and handling client interactions in the past

- Consulting Skills - Ability to impact business decisions through analytics and research

- Candidate should have high enthusiasm & ownership and should be motivated by unstructured environments

Miscellaneous

Measurable contribution to AbsolutData beyond role & responsibilities like - attending group or office communication sessions, sharing knowledge, contributing to respective domain/group/geographical community, facilitating trainings, hiring for team , demonstrating flexibility in travel, taking initiative & contributing in organization wide events, volunteering to organize or work on activities, task forces and projects outside one’s normal role related responsibilities

Qualification

- MBA / Masters from preferably a Tier- 1 institutes in (Social Sciences/Psychology/ Economics/Statistics / Mathematics or related disciplines)

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Priyanka Bhatia
Absolutdata