Head - Analytics

Role Description:

- Provide direction to multiple project teams in developing software tools and forecasting engines; building large datasets to support project goals; utilizing big data and mining technologies (for example, data mining and text mining); developing statistical models and algorithmic frameworks to analyze data; ensuring models and frameworks are applicable to future projects;

Key Responsibilities Include:

1) Plan and implement the overall Analytics and business intelligence strategy

2) Provides overall direction for management by analyzing business objectives and Customer needs; developing, communicating, building support for, and implementing business strategies, plans, and practices; analyzing costs and forecasts and incorporating them into business plans

3) Integrate web analytics into transactional and customer Analytics

4) Lead the design and development of Analytical projects designed to understand key business behaviors that drive customer acquisition, retention, and engagement

5) Identify opportunities to develop forecasts, statistical models, segmentation schemes, and data-driven analyses to drive marketing and merchandising efforts around customer acquisition and conversion

6) Discover new opportunities to optimize the business through analytics and statistical modeling

7) Partner with the Technology teams to deliver a stable and highly available reporting platform

8) Work with business owners to identify information needs and develop reporting; primary partners include the management team, finance & accounting, marketing, online retail, merchandising and operations

9) Oversee all aspects of analytics and business intelligence projects

10) Develop and maintain reporting and analytical tools, including Business Objects

11) Hire, train, and supervise Analytics team and ensure that team meets the reporting and analytical needs of the business users

Minimum Qualifications:

1) Masters degree in Statistics, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Technology or related field and 12 years experience in an analytics related field.

2) Must have experience in establishing Analytics Delivery Competency centers in large organizational establishments

Preferred Qualifications:

1) Ph.D, Master's degree in Statistics, Analytics, or Mathematics and 15 years experience in an analytics related field.

2) 9 years experience with statistical programming languages (for example, SAS, R).

3) 5 years experience with big data analytics.