Manager/Senior Manager – Data Operations

Everest Group; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 8,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Everest Group is seeking a Data Operations Leader in India to strengthen data-management capabilities, ensure SFDC accuracy, and govern data quality across the organization. You will lead governance, enrichment, lifecycle management, and automation initiatives while building and guiding the Data Operations team.

You will collaborate with Sales, Marketing, RevOps, Technology, Analyst teams to implement scalable data processes, improve data accessibility, and enable reliable decision-making, with

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field; advanced degree preferred.
• 7+ years of experience in data operations, data management, or analytics.
• Strong hands-on experience with Salesforce, SQL, Excel, reporting tools.
• Experience leading a data operations team and driving governance.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the Data Operations strategy and roadmap.
• Establish organization-wide data governance, ownership, standards, and controls.
• Oversee CRM data quality, master data, enrichment, and lifecycle management.
• Develop scalable processes and introduce automation and AI-enabled solutions.
• Monitor performance, risks, capacity, and service delivery; report to senior leadership.

Skills

Data quality

Data governance

Master data management

SQL

Excel

Salesforce

AI and automation

Data cleansing and enrichment

Data-life cycle management

Data quality remediation

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

Salesforce

SQL tools

Job description

Confident decisions driven by deep expertise and tenacious research.

Everest Group is a research firm helping business leaders confidently navigate today’s market challenges, driving maximized operational and financial performance and transformative experiences. Our deep expertise and tenacious research focused on technology, business processes, and engineering through the lenses of talent, sustainability, and sourcing delivers precise and action-oriented guidance. For more information, visit www.everestgrp.com.

Job overview

The Data Operations leader will be responsible for strengthening the data-management capabilities and ensuring that SFDC is accurate, complete, consistent, governed, and fit for purpose. The role will lead data quality, governance, process improvement, and automation initiatives while managing and developing the Data Operations team.

The individual will collaborate with Sales, Marketing, RevOps, Technology, Analyst, and other business teams to establish scalable processes, improve data accessibility, and support reliable decision-making. The role will also identify opportunities to use AI and automation to improve data quality, efficiency, and operational outcomes.

Key responsibilities

• Define and execute the Data Operations strategy and roadmap
• Establish organization-wide data governance, ownership, standards, and controls
• Oversee CRM data quality, master data, enrichment, and lifecycle management
• Develop scalable processes and introduce automation and AI-enabled solutions
• Monitor operational performance, risks, capacity, and service delivery.
• Collaborate and influence across Sales, Marketing, Technology, RevOps and Analyst teams
• Lead technology, vendor, and transformation initiatives related to data operations
• Manage, develop, and realign the team as the operating model evolves
• Present performance, risks, resource needs, and investment recommendations to senior leadership

Skills

Data management and governance

• Strong understanding of data-quality dimensions: accuracy, completeness, consistency, validity, uniqueness and timeliness
• Data governance, ownership, standards, and controls
• Master and reference data management
• Data cleansing, enrichment, standardization, validation, and deduplication
• Root-cause analysis and data-quality remediation
• Systems, analytics, and AIStrong working knowledge of Salesforce
• Understanding of Salesforce objects, relationships, integrations, and record lifecycle
• Experience with data-management and enrichment tools
• Strong analytical capabilities, including SQL, Excel, reports, and dashboards
• Knowledge of AI applications in data management and business operations
• Experience using AI-enabled tools for data matching, cleansing, enrichment, classification, validation, or automation
• Understanding of responsible AI, including privacy, accuracy, bias, security, governance, and human oversight

Operational and business capabilities

• Designing scalable operating procedures (process mapping, automations, exception management, reports/dashboards, etc.)
• Quality assurance and operational controls
• Defining SLAs, turnaround times and escalation rules
• Capacity and resource planning
• Continuous improvement and automation
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills

Leadership capabilities

• Management and development of individual contributors
• Performance management, coaching, and mentoring
• Effective delegation, prioritization, and workload management
• Realigning roles, capabilities, and team structures with an evolving operating model

Education & experience

• Bachelor’s degree; an advanced degree is preferred but not mandatory.
• 7 years of relevant professional experience in data operations, data management, Salesforce, business operations, analytics, or a related function.
• Strong hands-on or functional experience with Salesforce, SQL, Excel, reporting tools, and data-management or enrichment platforms.
• Prior experience managing a team

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Everest Group is an equal opportunity employer. We have a culture of inclusion, and we provide equal opportunities for all applicants and employees, including those with disabilities. We are committed to providing an environment that is free of all discrimination and harassment and to treating all individuals with respect.