Synchrony - AVP - Analytics - Center Of Excellence

Title: AVP, Analytics Amazon

Role Summary/Purpose:

- The AVP, Analytics - Amazon will be part of Analytics Center of Excellence rolling up to Synchrony India.

- The candidate will lead a 3 member team delivering analytical solutions & reports for Amazon client and will be responsible for project management, driving talent development, displaying thought leadership & building for both the private label & secure card product for Amazon.

Essential Functions / Responsibilities:

- Team management: Lead & manage the development of team members across their lifecycle within Synchrony. Chosen candidate will be responsible for establishing the vision & goal of the team in collaboration with the US stakeholders & then guiding & overseeing the successful implementation of the same within the team.

- Project Management: Lead a variety of short, medium & long-term projects with for own & team from beginning to end, including ideation, data mining, strategy formulation, and presentation of results and recommendations, with NO supervision.

- Chosen candidate should be responsible and committed to the last mile execution of projects & ensure ZERO surprises for the requestor through proactive communication on project status & delays.

- Stakeholder Management: Regularly collaborate with them across the platform to drive their priorities & deliverables

- Insight Generation: Build a culture of delivering insights instead of data & reports. Deliver strategic insights across diverse open-ended projects like payment rates, activation analysis, stress scenarios etc.

- Thought Leadership: Proactively leverage expertise in the larger team to deliver impact for Business, wherein he/she proposes, initiates, independently executes and owns strategic projects that create business impact.

- Lead Initiatives: Represent the team in multiple forums with strategic projects and build brand for the team both locally & across locations.

- Others: Identify potential growth opportunities and proactively plan and hire new\ resources.

Qualifications / Requirements:

- Masters Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, Engineering or any other quantitative streams with overall 7+ Years of Analytics experience with at least 3+ years in Marketing Analytics

- 5+ years of hands on SAS/SQL programming experience.

- 5+ years of experience of supervising / mentoring analysts in Analytics function

- Strong written/oral communication & stakeholder management skills

- Proven ability to independently deliver Analytical solutions for Business problems.

Desired Qualifications:

- Understanding of US credit card or retail business

- Exposure/ knowledge on process of Email marketing Campaigns

- Exposure to FDR and other Marketing databases

- Proven ability in delivering and reviewing projects with clients and peers

- Ability to manage fast paced, deadline driven environment