Senior Manager/Director, Data & Insights, Xypress

Job Title:

Senior Manager/Director, Data & Insights

About Xypress:

Xypress LLC offers exciting opportunities for senior managers to be engaged in global challenges in the information services and financial services industries, and to contribute to a growing company.

Job Description:

Essential functions of a Senior Manager/Director at Xypress

Client Management

Manage day to day interactions with executive clients and sponsors

Delivery

Manage and deliver components of client engagements that identify, design, and implement analytical and creative business solutions for large companies. Responsibilities include, among others, managing teams in opportunity identification, business requirements, functional design, process design (including scenario design, flow mapping), data integration, prototyping, testing, training, defining support procedures.

Business Development

Develop and maintain contact with top decision makers at key clients; organize and lead pursuit teams; participate and lead aspects of the proposal development process; contribute to the development of proposal pricing strategies

People Development

Perform role of counselor and coach; provide input and guidance into the staffing process; actively participate in staff recruitment and retention activities; provide leadership and support for delivery teams and staff in local offices

Managers in the Data & Insights practice are required to have:

• Minimum of 5 years management consulting experience with Data and Analytics and/or Minimum of 9 years conducting sales and marketing analytics or related analytics in the financial services industry. This may include data management, business analytics, data integration, sales & marketing analytics, predictive analytics including model development, and insight generation among others.
• Minimum of 4 years of analytical Software tools. This may include SAS/SPSS/R/Python/SQL
• Experience managing large-scale projects related to data, insights and analytics, including ownership of the analytical solution, management of the overall team and ownership and management of project financials.
• Experience defining systems strategy, developing systems requirements, designing and prototyping, testing, training, defining support procedures, and implementing practical business solutions under multiple deadlines.
• Desire to learn new tools and techniques e.g. machine learning and Python
• A Bachelor’s degree from a reputed univeristy (Master's degree is preferred)

In addition, successful Managers will have the following preferred background

• Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills with the ability to exercise mature judgment
• Development experience in Java/J2EE, SQL, SAS, R or Python
• Experience contributing to RFP responses and other sales activities
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple task assignments
• Strong oral and written communication skills, including presentation skills (MS Visio, MS PowerPoint)
• An advanced degree in the area of specialization

All of our consulting professionals receive comprehensive training covering business acumen, technical and professional skills development. You’ll also have opportunities to hone your functional skills and expertise in an area of specialization. We offer a variety of formal and informal training programs at every level to help you acquire and build specialized skills faster. Learning takes place both on the job and through formal training conducted online, in the classroom, or in collaboration with teammates. The sheer variety of work we do, and the experience it offers, provide an unbeatable platform from which to build a career.

Applicants for employment in the US must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States and with Xypress (i.e., H1-B visa, F-1 visa (OPT), TN visa or any other non-immigrant status).

If interested, please send resume to Xypress Careers (careers@xypress.com) for immediate consideration.Please place Job Senior Manager/Director Data and Insights in subject line.