Head of Data & Analytics Strategy

Paragon Digital Services Private Limited; Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Paragon is seeking a senior BI leader in Chennai to drive the strategic direction of the Business Intelligence function, liaise with channels, and ensure integrated responses to marketing objectives. You will oversee budgets, support financial management of client engagements, and shape both short-term and long-term business strategies.

The role requires strong domain expertise in analytics, excellent client-facing communication, and experience managing sizable teams to deliver profitable growth

Qualifications

• Domain expertise in Insights and Analytics domain with hands-on experience.
• Strong communication skills with direct client handling.
• Experience managing 50–100 team members and DR of 4–5 members.

Responsibilities

• Set strategic direction for the team and own the Business Intelligence discipline in the market.
• Monitor and evaluate operational performance; oversee budgets and financials of client engagements.
• Design and implement short- and long-term business strategy.
• Provide corporate direction for new products, solutions, and processes based on strategy.
• Translate business strategy into operating plans for functions/sub-functions.
• Ensure profitable growth by implementing operating plans aligned to business goals.
• Direct day-to-day operations to ensure efficiency and performance per corporate objectives.
• Upgrade existing services with market-oriented, innovative solutions.
• Lead and engage the team to achieve business objectives.

Skills

Domain expertise

Communication skills

Operations management

Client management

Job description

Key skills

• Domain Expertise – candidate should be strong in Insights and Analytics domain & should have hands on experience.
• Strong communication Skills – A candidate should have handled clients directly
• Operations Management – Should have handled a span of 50–100-member team & DR of 4-5 members.
• Client Management and front ending experience

Roles & Responsibilities

• The purpose of this role is to set the strategic direction for the team, taking ownership of the overall Business Intelligence discipline in the market and liaising with other channels to ensure an integrated response to people-based marketing objectives.
• Oversees, monitors, and evaluates operational performance by directing the preparation of operating budgets and supporting financial management of client engagements
• Designs, develops, and implements short term and long-term business strategy.
• Provide corporate level direction for new products, solutions, services, processes, policies, standards, or operational plans based on business strategy.
• Translates business strategy to an operating plan for respective function/sub-functions.
• Ensures profitable growth for the organization by preparing and implementing operating plans in line with the overall business plans
• Directs all aspects of the day-to-day operations to ensure efficiency and performance in accordance with the corporate objectives, strategies, and plans.
• Ensures existing service offerings are continuously upgraded with innovative solutions that are market oriented and enable the function to continuously climb the value chain
• Leads and engages the team with operational responsibilities to ensure that the organization achieves its business objectives.

Location

Chennai

Brand

Paragon

Time Type

Full time

Contract Type

Permanent

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