Principal Consultant - Data Scientist

Key Skills

Data Analytics, Data science techniques, Effective communication skills, Machine learning techniques, Python Programming, SAS, SQL, Tableau

Job Description

Principal Consultant - Data Scientist

Responsibilities:

• Leads a team responsible:
• To measure & monitor key performance metrics for different Asia business teams – Product, Marketing, Distribution, Technology, Actuaries, Operation.
• To generate analytical insights, through the discovery of patterns and trends and aid data-driven strategy execution to take effective business decisions.
• To analyze and research customer segment groups by extracting customer & transaction data and analyzing profiles to determine market segment requirements and make recommendations.
• Establish innovative strategies to understand and solve complex business problems: reach valuable data driven insights, design data & reporting processes to monitor key metrics for Business KRA measurement and intervention.
• Utilize quantitative analytical skills with multiple sources of data to craft insights and create actionable next steps to meet or exceed performance goals.
• Develop and lead a high performing analytics team and coach and mentor team members to perform at high levels of effectiveness & efficiency in meeting the data, analytics & insights needs of the business teams.
• Guide team members to create compelling and dynamic BI visualizations that are intuitive and responsive for end users.
• Guide team members to use the appropriate internal and external data as relevant and applicable across different projects.
• Collaborate & partner with stakeholders to learn about business challenges, understand data analytics, reporting, measurement & insights needs and identify opportunities to help accelerate information-to-action at scale.
• Develop a prioritized roadmap of analytical projects and KPI performance measurement needs in consultation with business stakeholders and provide leadership to the team on the execution to achieve project goals, milestones, and key measurements of success.
• Provide guidance in identifying and defining data needs & requirements and technical oversight for integrating new technologies or new initiatives to capture necessary data for measurement, tracking & analysis.
• Communicate with all levels of management, facilitate meetings, and build effective working relationships across various business & technical/IT stakeholders.
• Perform in a fast-paced environment with competing priorities and tight deadlines.

Skills required:

• 10+ years of experience in building data science solutions.
• 4+ years of experience managing a team and guiding them through project planning, data analysis, visualization, story boarding and measurement & tracking KPIs for success.
• Technical skills and expertise is tools like Python, Sagemaker, Data Ikoo, SAS, SQL, Tableau.
• Business acumen, commercial focus and curiosity to keep abreast of market/industry/competition/customers.
• Subject matter expertise in data processing & transformation, data analytics & reporting, business intelligence & visualization and story boarding of insights & recommendations in easy to consume formats by different levels of stakeholders – project leads, managers, senior leaders, HODs, etc.
• Demonstrated leadership skills with the ability to effectively influence across all levels of the organization.
• Demonstrated persistence to catalyze change and improvement.
• Strong project management skills and team management experience with managerial abilities to handle a team of data enthusiasts.
• Effective communication skills, both verbal and written, and strong interpersonal skills
• Strong problem-solving, analytical, critical thinking, and troubleshooting skills.
• Master’s in Business Administration, Engineering/Technology, Economics, Econometrics, Statistics, Ops Research