Posted Date: June 3rd, 2012

Posted Date: June 1st, 2012

Responsibilities

• The Head - Analytics is responsible for development and supervision of advanced statistical analyses that support the Shared Services Organization's strategic objective which includes maintenance of existing statistical models, and development of new statistical based models. The incumbent in this role is responsible for cross-functional project management of Advanced Analytic initiatives, provides subject matter expertise in advanced analytic methods and provides the organization with information to make informed and strategic business decisions.

  Key Accountabilities

  • Provide advanced analytics group leadership and aligns predictive analytics team of statisticians with enterprise strategic vision.
  • Develop and supervise the development of enterprise wide advanced statistical models. Manage the production, validation and revision of new and existing models.
  • Consult across Reliance Industries' enterprise business and functional teams on how advanced analytical methodologies may be leveraged to address their business needs.
  • Manage Predictive Analytics deliverables across functional teams ensuring findings are timely, accurate and actionable.
  • Ensure data quality and accuracy by working collaboratively across Enterprise Data Warehouse teams across businesses & functions within Reliance Industries.
  • Supervise / manage / direct the selection, training, development, appraisal and work assignments of personnel.
  • Occasional travel to locations within the group spread across and India and possibly overseas as per the need.
  • Reporting on the Analytics function's performance to senior management and stakeholders.
  • To contribute to the SSO strategy to effectively achieve stated objectives.

  Key Essential Skills

  • Hands on experience specifying, coding, analyzing, and leveraging statistical models to create actionable business insights.
  • Experience in managing enterprise wide projects leveraging the expertise of cross-functional resources.
  • Experience with working cross-functionally to identify end user requirements and align needs with best practices
  • Ability to communicate the "vision" of an Analytics based business solution to Managers / Analysts who are responsible for bringing the vision to life.
  • Ability to integrate statistical findings into effective, business friendly presentations and present findings clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Strong technical knowledge on Statistics.
  • Strong knowledge with SAS, SPSS and / or complementing platforms, experience with Relational Databases.

  Competencies; Proficiency Level 1-4*

  A. Leadership Core Competencies

  • Attention to detail - 4
  • Manages multiple lines of work simultaneously - 4
  • Leads & Develops People - 4
  • Builds Networks - 4
  • Entrepreneurship - 4

  B. Business Core Competencies

  • Effective Execution - 4
  • Analytical Thinking - 4
  • Decision Making - 4
  • Team Work - 4
  • Customer Orientation - 4

  Unique characteristics necessary for good performance

  • Facilitative Leadership skills and Project Management Skills, mentoring and coaching - to be able to drive change in the organization
  • Able to horizon scan and set context and agenda for teams
  • Managerial skills to lead teams and create development and performance culture

  Key Decisions

  • Decision regarding escalation required in exceptional cases
  • Decisions on concurrence and validation of decisions proposed by business
  • Decision regarding realignment of resources during peak periods
  • Decisions regarding identification of new business opportunities that may be brought under Shared Services
  • Decision regarding developmental initiatives to be taken within the team to develop talent

  EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

  Necessary: Engineering with MBA from a reputed institute.

  Desirable: Core specialization / Ph.D in Computing & Statistics.

  RELEVANT EXPERIENCE (Absolute pre-requisites)

  • 12+ years of experience
  • Demonstrated ability to manage high-impact teams.
  • Very strong people management skills
  • Strong expertise in Predictive Analytics, Big Data, Algorithms, etc...
  • Strong Strategic mindset.

  Scope of Work

  • Geography Coverage - World-wide
  • Corporate Coverage - Company-wide

  * See competency catalogue for detailed description of each competency proficiency level.

  • 1 corresponds to "Awareness"
  • 2 corresponds to "Knowledge (ability to do with external assistance)"
  • 3 corresponds to "Skill (ability to do independently)"
  • 4 corresponds to "Mastery"

Desired Skills & Experience

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