Principal

As an Analytics8 professional, you will have the exciting opportunity to work with a variety of companies, ranging from Fortune 500 companies to small businesses. Each project and client is different, giving you the chance to advance your career as you learn about new industries, businesses, and technologies.  

We are looking for people who are creative thinkers, problem solvers, and have excellent communication skills to translate between business terminology and IT logic.  

Summary 

A Principal has extensive project experience and generally serves in a leadership role providing strategic and technical direction to solve complex business problems. A Principal has both broad and deep technical expertise. A Principal has strong leadership skills and can build new business capabilities. 

Responsibilities 

• Architects' solutions across entire project stages: project initiation, requirements gathering, design, build, test, and release 
• Defines, owns, and ensures technical standards and guidelines for respective service line 
• Helps to define and coordinate technical enablement for respective service line 
• Provides thought leadership to respective service line including supporting marketing initiatives and serving as technical SME within service line for broader organization 
• Identifies and builds new service offerings based upon identified market demand and need
• Identifies and communicates the business impact and benefits of technical initiatives to both internal stakeholders at Analytics8 and external client stakeholders 
• Identifies issues, diagnoses root causes, and solves problems as the last line of defense for consulting teams 
• Reviews project deliverables and provides direction to consulting teams in an Engagement Advisor capacity, identifying and escalating project risk or remediation items as they arise 
• Works closely with Consulting Directors and People Office to identify technical enablement needs across respective service line teams 
• Develops sales proposals in collaboration with Growth team through definition of deliverables, staffing plan, and assumptions 
• Remains current on competitive trends in the industry to anticipate and identify new business challenges and issues at assigned clients 
• Promotes Analytics8 brand awareness and thought leadership through article publication, blogs, webinars, and speaking engagements 
• Manages multiple internal and external priorities across different types of projects, initiatives, and customer engagements concurrently 
• Provides advice and recommendations to Analytics8 leadership 
• Provides mentoring to Analytics8 junior consultants and develops formal enablement content 

Essential Requirements 

• Expert level knowledge and hands-on experience of data-related design and development  methodologies, standards, and procedures 
• Expert level knowledge and hands-on experience in two or more of the following areas: 
  • Data Strategy 
  • Data Governance  
  • Data Architecture 
  • Data Engineering 
  • Analytics 
  • Data Science / AI and Advanced Analytics 
• Expert level knowledge of the data analytics industry 
• Expert level knowledge of Analytics8 service offerings  
• Expert level skill and experience advising executive and C-Suite business stakeholders. 
• Expert level skill in scoping, delivering, and reviewing technical consulting solutions. 
• Excellent written and oral communication skills 
• Proven leader of consulting teams 
• Proven history of leading successful consulting engagements 
• Proven history of successfully positioning consulting services in sales engagements 
• Bachelor’s Degree in a technical field or equivalent experience 

Training Focus  

• Technical and Tools Training  
• Consultative Skills Training  
• Project/Program Management Training  

Analytics8 is an Equal Opportunity Employer.