Global Data & Analytics Lead

  • Gurugram
  • Wrightree Staffing Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

Role: Global Data & Analytics Lead in a leading AgriTech Organization (Client of WrightREE Talent Partners)

Location: Gurugram, New Delhi

Reporting to: Global CTO

Experience: Minimum 15 years

CTC: 80-90 LPA


The Global Data and Analytics lead has primary enterprise accountability for the organization’s data and analytics (D&A) assets to drive value for internal and external stakeholders. This includes creation and management of data and analytics strategy, and execution of related programs and practices that drive measurable business outcomes. This role involves establishing, leading and operating the D&A function; developing talent and mature D&A culture; building trust and managing data; and evolving technology capabilities.

This role will report to the Global CTO and work closely with the executive leadership team and business/functional leaders globally.


ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:


  • Maintain accountability for exploiting the value of enterprise information assets, and of the analytics used to render insights for decision making, automated decisions and augmentation of human performance. Be the corporate leader of data-driven insights and use cases that help support and unlock strategic and tactical business opportunities.
  • Build partnerships with leadership teams across the organization and establish a shared vision for managing data as a business asset — to exploit data and analytics capabilities to maximize the value derived from data assets.
  • Expanding our capabilities beyond description analytics to predictive/prescriptive analytics leverage data science, machine learning & AI.
  • Connect business strategy priorities to analytics use cases and roadmap, to ensure business outcomes are achieved
  • Work with business teams on art of possible around AI and build a robust roadmap of data science use cases that delivers value
  • Foster the creation of a data-driven culture, related competencies, and data literacy across the enterprise. Lead these transformation efforts by developing D&A talent and maturing the capability of the organization, especially in the space of AI.
  • Establish and maintain trust in data assets by instituting governance mechanisms for data and algorithms used for analysis, analytical applications, and automated decision-making.


SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:


  • Excellent business acumen and interpersonal skills: Able to work across business lines at a senior level to influence and effect change to achieve common goals.
  • Communication and storytelling: Creating consistent value-oriented storylines for better understanding and execution of the D&A Strategy. Ability to effectively drive business, culture and technology change in a dynamic and complex operating environment (e.g., conveying information to diverse audiences in a way that is easily understood and actionable).
  • Influencing and emotional intelligence: For example, by asserting ideas and persuading others to gain support across an organization or to adopt new behaviors. Ability to explain digital concepts and technologies to business leaders, and business concepts to technologists. Can “sell” ideas and processes internally at all levels, including the board and investors.
  • Facilitation: Hosting sessions to elicit business use cases/ ideas from others, understand their issues and encourage group participation.
  • Creative and critical thinking, and outstanding analytical and problem-solving abilities: Familiarity with business information generation and analysis methods (for example, framing new concepts that spur use case ideation for business participants and brainstorming with business users about future product and services).
  • Collaboration: Fostering group problem-solving and solution creation with business and technical team members.


EDUCATION:

  • A bachelor’s or master’s degree in business administration; science technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM); computer science; data science; information systems or related field; or equivalent work experience. Academic qualification or professional training and experience in legal and regulatory areas are also desirable.
  • Fifteen or more years of business experience, ideally in business management, legal, financial or information or IT management — recently at or near the executive level.


Work Environment:

  • Expected to perform the essential functions, responsibilities, and physical requirements of this role with or without reasonable accommodation within the described work environment.
  • Individuals may need to sit or stand as needed. May require walking level and unleveled surfaces for periodic periods throughout the day including flooded rice fields. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
  • Work and training locations may include office and warehouse environments. May also include dry, muddy, or flooded fields, and other outside environmental situations including extreme heat/cold, rainy or sunny conditions.