Senior Director/Director - Analytics & Artificial Intelligence - BPO/Consulting

Role : - Sr. Director / Director - Analytics & Artificial Intelligence

Loction :- Pune

The Senior Director provides a clear, strategic vision and a plan for bringing actionable, innovative analytic solutions to market. This position will be responsible for end-to-end management of complex analytic/modeling projects, including designing and developing different segmentation strategies and business rules. The role is a mix of project management, internal client consulting, strategy development and people management within the team.

Responsibilities:-

- Collaborate with Internal & External stakeholders to understand the clients business situations and develop data driven insights that can be understood and implemented to drive market strategies.

- Align to the overall business strategy when driving the direction of the team, projects and process.

- Provide overall direction to the development of advanced analytic solutions and strategies to new and existing clients.

- Manage projects requirements, analytic plans, SOWs, project timelines, and other related materials for the management of deliverables.

- Presentation of results and recommendations ; particularly the ability to craft a coherent vision from complex output and data.

- An ability to convey complex results in a easy to understand, thematic manner.

- Manage the allotment of multiple resources and projects concurrently to ensure successful completion of analytic projects.

- Account for the overall management of analytic projects; including profitability, timeliness, quality and client value.

- Guiding the benchmarking of analytical tools methodologies and performance

- Defining roles and responsibilities

- Formulate insights, championing and driving insights into action

- Oversee presentation creation that provides actionable insights and recommendations.

- Explore and capitalize on opportunities to cross-sell and up-sell existing clients.

- Support the sales process by assessing prospective clients- needs and crafting and presenting proposals that meet those needs.

- Development of case study materials from prior analytic projects, in support of sales effort demonstrating capabilities.

- Provide developmental and managerial leadership to the Analytics Group.

- Prioritize and monitor project progress against goals.

- Communicate and engage with key internal business partners and clients to collaboratively solve business problems.

- Participate in enhancements of analytic offerings and creation of new internal practice standards.

- Bring visibility to Analytics Group by being active in thought leadership via white papers, industry conferences and / or article publications.

Minimum Qualifications :-

- Master's Degree in Science or Engineering ( PG in Statistics or Analytics / Quantities Field preferred)

- Minimum of 15+ years professional hands - on experience with statistical modeling, data mining and advanced segmentation using large marketing databases.

- Last 5+ years proven managerial or supervisory experience / leadership role.

- Proven experience managing and delivering a wide variety of analytic solutions to internal and external stakeholders.

- Solid planning, priority setting, and project management skills with experience managing multiple projects and resources concurrently.

- Strong Project Management Skills -- well-organized, structured approach. Ability to achieve tight timelines on complex deliverables. Ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects across cross-functional groups.

- Proven experience influencing a business or marketing strategy through the application and /or management of a advanced statistical technique and data driven solutions.

- Ability to think strategically and Big Picture, to formulate appropriate analytic solutions to solve client business needs.

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills and good at developing relationships across diverse teams ( including statistical, technical, and marketing resources).

- Ability to display data visually, creating powerful presentations which effectively demonstrate the value of analytic deliverables to senior level client staff

- Evidence of leadership, initiative, productivity and teamwork

- Highly motivated, collaborative, and innovative.

Desirable Certifications/ Skills:

- Advanced Degree / Diploma in Statistics / Analytics / Big Data Analytics or other Quantities Areas

- Strong analytical background in statistics.

- Excellent coaching and mentoring skills.

- Hands-on programming experience in SAS, SPSS or related tools / language.

- Knowledge of Data Visualization Tools.

- Travel 10% to 20%

- Ability to program / knowledge of newer and emerging languages such as R and Python ; working knowledge of Hadoop and other Big Data Technologies.