Manager/Senior Manager - Data Analytics Lead - eCommerce/Online Retail Domain

We are hiring for our client which is a leading research advisory providing a wide range of offerings through qualitative and quantitative primary research, secondary/desk research, social media analytics, and scientific research. Serving Fortune 500 companies for more than a decade, the company serves across a range of industries, including technology, financial services, healthcare, retail, and CPG.

Title : Lead - Data Analytics

Level : Manager/Senior Manager

Reporting to : Practice Head - Market Intelligence

Location: Kolkata/ Mumbai

We seek a leader who can conceptualize and build the Data Analytics practice with a specific focus on the eCommerce / online retail domain.

Job role & responsibility :

- Build the vision and strategy for Data Analytics business, in partnership with the sales team and the operations team.

- Lead the development of sales collaterals and service offerings

- Actively work with the sales team to support the conversion of the sales pipeline. This would include design of the proposed solution, pricing and methodology.

- Lead the delivery of the project for the first few projects, while the team is being built out

- Will need to get involved hands on in day-to-day project delivery

- Identify key roles within the team. Hire, train and mentor team members

- Interact with clients directly and manage key client relationships

The ideal candidate will have :

- Leadership skills to build a practice, manage a team, drive business expansion and profitability

- 7 - 10 years of hands-on industry experience in designing and delivering analytics solutions to global clients, preferably within the eCommerce / online retail domain. Prior experience in this domain will be a definite advantage.

- Prior exposure to pre-sales

- Demonstrated experience in hiring, training and mentoring a team

- Hands on knowledge of various tools and models for data collection, cleansing, analysis and presentation

- Deep understanding of the relevant statistical models, ability to choose the right tools and platforms for execution and the ability to guide a team of programmers and data scientists to achieve the end objective. Should have had prior exposure to coding as well as modelling and should have the ability to execute the project hands on, if needed

- Exposure to web crawling (eCommerce marketplaces and otherwise), text analytics and natural language processing.

- An understanding of consumer research will be an added advantage but is not essential

- Ability to work in an unstructured environment