Senior Manager (Advanced Analytics)
West Monroe isn’t a start-up consulting firm, but we act like one.
From day one, our people have the opportunity to make a definitive personal impact for their clients and their careers. What does this mean? It means we seek out the best of the best, and then we challenge them to make us better.
If you are looking to be a “behind the scenes” technologist, this isn’t the place for you. We celebrate driven professionals who thrive in a collaborative environment. Our consultants work on front lines – partnering with clients to deliver game changing solutions in the most dynamic industries. Sound interesting? Then West Monroe Partners just might be the place for you.
We’re built for the shift, are you?
We are a nimble, highly skilled, integrated team of deep technologists equipped with strong business acumen, best practices, experience across hundreds of diverse environments, and an accomplished track record for turning tough technology challenges into business value. We help our customers navigate the rapidly evolving landscape of advanced analytics tools and capabilities and translate complex business requirements into a practical technology-based data platform that suits our customer’s business. Think you’re up to the challenge?
West Monroe is seeking a Senior Manager to join our Advanced Analytics practice in our Chicago office. This role requires a deep understanding of any of the below Advanced Analytics practice offerings:
· Big Data / Microservices
· Data Science
· Data Engineering
· Rapid Analytics Platforms (RAP)
· Business Intelligence / Data Warehousing
· Data Governance
· And More!
Senior Managers at West Monroe Partners have three main areas of responsibility:
1. Business Development
· Drive new business with existing clients by identifying and communicating potential opportunities to account manager
· Participate in business development meetings with prospective clients, articulating to C-level executives the benefits of data analytics and management.
· Understand client business needs and requirements and help turn those goals into concrete projects and detailed proposals
· Actively build a professional network and affiliate network in the local community
2. Practice Development
· Contribute to the development/enhancement of WMP’s advanced analytics methodologies, best practices, and approaches to client delivery.
· Contribute to growth of knowledge in service line through training and KTS sessions
· Complete case studies for all engagements
· Actively implement and improve methodologies
· Actively participate in the recruiting process for other consultants
· Coach and manage other consultants and actively participate in the performance expectation process
· Identify strengths and issues; drive and develop better behavior to create strong consultants
3. Client Delivery
· Coordinate client account activity and build day-to-day trusted advisor relationships.
· Lead engagements or the analytics portion of engagements by communicating and reporting project status to key client stakeholders, including budget, risks, issues, etc.
· Make decisions regarding aspects of project, including tools, approach and methodology
· Define detailed responsibilities, work tasks and targets for each team member according to the technical work plan
· Ensure quality of work product, i.e., “client-ready” deliverables
· Manage client-satisfaction process
· Manage multiple projects simultaneously
· Lead multi-disciplinary teams across the firm
· Assess stakeholder interests and plan and execute strategies to address their needs while quickly responding to client requests for immediate issues and driving projects to completion.
· Mentor and manage teams of younger consultants to be able to keep project on time as well as QA of work done by the team
Qualifications:
· Bachelor’s Degree required
· A minimum of 7 years of experience working in a quantitative analysis/data analytics capacity
· Extensive experience managing implementation of multiple ongoing enterprise level client facing projects
· Preference for external management consulting experience within the last 3 years
· Solid project management methodology background, including schedule, scope, issue and risk management experience, change management, strategic planning and analysis
· Strong communication skills to be able to work with clients and present to C-level executives.
· Present experience or proficiency with data related projects
· Ability to travel an average of 50%.
Technical Requirements
· Proven expertise with advanced analytics and data mining tools and programming languages such as R, Python, SAS, Cognos, IBM/SPSS, Tableau, SSRS, SSIS, SSAS, RAP, Mongo, Hadoop, MapR, Cloudera, etc.
· Familiarity with BI/data visualization tools such as Tableau and Qlikview
· Hands-on experience with multivariate analytic techniques such as linear and logistic regression, decision tree, cluster and factor analysis, time-series forecasting methods, predictive modeling, forecasting, SVM models, and neural nets desired.
West Monroe Partners is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer
We believe in treating each employee and applicant for employment fairly and with dignity. We base our employment decisions on merit, experience, and potential, without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, age, religion, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic prohibited by federal, state or local law.