Manager - Data Science - Gurugram, India - Antal International

Description

Role Details – Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

• Designing, Testing & Implementing data models

• Design methodologies to estimate business value and track adoption of the developed solutions
• Leverage expertise in quantitative analysis, data mining, and data manipulation to develop high quality, advanced statistical models, and partner with product owners advising on approach and solutioning

• Enhance new algorithms to address structured/unstructured Retail Analytics problems, and improve existing algorithms to achieve data-driven decision making

• Lead the development/enhancement of scalable, advanced models for new and existing solutions; and validate and optimize models' performance

• Lead the solution development process from proof of concept through to deployment stage

• Run experiments to assess model's results, analyze project's key metrics and develop impact measurement framework

• Ideate and develop proof of concepts for new analytics initiatives having a customer-centric approach. Build new and creative analytics products with the aim of optimizing the user experience and business operations

• Actively participate in squad meetings, update teams on the progress using proper sprint documents, communicate effectively with technical and non-technical audience elaborating on the models and recommending data-driven solutions

• Develop talent and build the Data Scientist/Analyst NextGen skilled and fully engaged team members

Coordination and Communication

• Act as a thought partner to the analytics team and other key stakeholders, to identify the scope of improvement and drive the right processes to deliver on the business objectives

• Liaise with the product team to implement new modules, maintain and release production pipelines in a timely and responsible manner

• Ensure regular information exchange with all relevant stakeholders and update them on the development progress across projects

• Contribute to the development of presentations on advanced analytics and performance in key areas of the business and communicate results across the organisation

• Build relationships and maintain strong partnerships with key personnel to help achieve organisational goals

• Collaborate with key stakeholders to ensure clarity of the specifications and expectations of the Retail Analytics Unit

Audit and Reporting

• Responsible for the preparation of business presentations and reports related to Retail Analytics for various stakeholders, on periodic and ad hoc basis as and when required

• Support on performing regular audit of various processes and databases for the Retail Analytics Unit in order to identify gaps and risks, and propose corrective actions.

Policies and Procedures

• Support on developing and reviewing the Retail Analytics policies and procedures and ensure it is implemented and reported on as a part of the policies and procedures for the Retail Analytics Unit
• Support on the development and implementation of relevant policies and procedures Human

Capital Responsibilities

• Assist with the implementation of the performance management process by setting objectives, monitoring performance, and provide constructive feedback and provide inputs to senior management

• Provide mentorship for the purpose of developing a continuous talent pipeline for key roles

• Provide inputs on training needs and coordinate with the HC department to ensure facilitation of training requirements

• Develop and implement on the job-training for the team

• Provide inputs for the development of annual manpower plan

• Ensure the implementation of Retail's corporate policies and relevant procedures