Insight Director

Retail Insight

2d•$184,538 - $184,538•Hybrid

About The Position

The Insight Director is responsible for the development, execution, and oversight of insight initiatives across Retail Insight's North American operations. This role drives high-level decision-making, aligns analytics with strategic priorities, and ensures insights are embedded into the broader value proposition. The Insight Director actively shapes market leadership by driving innovation, building impactful relationships, and delivering measurable client success. They define and articulate the vision for how insights should inform and transform business strategy and client success, driving Retail Insight's overall insight strategy and ensuring its alignment with corporate goals and client priorities. The role requires staying ahead of emerging retail and analytics trends, incorporating future-oriented strategies into actionable plans. The Insight Director leads multiple insight teams, including senior managers and analysts, ensuring high performance, collaboration, and innovation. They oversee resource allocation, team development, and succession planning, creating a culture of excellence and accountability. The role also promotes inter-team collaboration to align objectives across different insight functions for holistic delivery. As a key insight partner for clients, the Insight Director helps them unlock maximum value from Retail Insight's solutions, including waste reduction, availability improvement, and inventory accuracy. They oversee the design and implementation of tailored solutions that address client-specific challenges and strategic goals, and deliver executive-level presentations and thought leadership to solidify Retail Insight as a trusted partner. The Insight Director champions the use of advanced analytics, machine learning, and predictive modeling to create next-generation solutions and drives innovation in areas like waste, availability, and inventory solution strategies. They partner with the product team to ensure that analytics innovations align with product roadmaps and client needs, and collaborate with the executive leadership team to ensure insights inform corporate strategy and key decision-making. The role involves presenting insights and recommendations to senior stakeholders, making complex data accessible and actionable, and building partnerships with external organizations, vendors, and thought leaders to enhance Retail Insight's reputation as a market leader. The Insight Director acts as a visible advocate for Retail Insight in conferences, panels, and industry forums.

Requirements

Bachelor’s or foreign degree equivalent in Business, Business Administration, Business Analytics, Data Science or a related field
5 years of experience in the job offered or in data analytics
Experience managing senior-level teams
Experience with cross-functional collaboration across multiple clients
Advance Analytics
Git & JIRA
Data presentation and visualization
Implementing insight-driven strategies that have delivered measurable impact across clients
Innovating and adapting analytics approaches to evolving market conditions
Data analytics, machine learning, and business intelligence tools
SQL, DQL & DML

Responsibilities

Development, execution, and oversight of insight initiatives across Retail Insight's North American operations
Drive high-level decision-making and align analytics with strategic priorities
Ensure insights are embedded into the broader value proposition
Shape market leadership by driving innovation, building impactful relationships, and delivering measurable client success
Define and articulate the vision for how insights inform and transform business strategy and client success
Drive Retail Insight's overall insight strategy, ensuring alignment with corporate goals and client priorities
Stay ahead of emerging retail and analytics trends, incorporating future-oriented strategies into actionable plans
Lead multiple insight teams, including senior managers and analysts, ensuring high performance, collaboration, and innovation
Oversee resource allocation, team development, and succession planning
Promote inter-team collaboration to align objectives across different insight functions for holistic delivery
Act as the key insight partner for clients, helping them unlock maximum value from Retail Insight's solutions
Oversee the design and implementation of tailored solutions that address client-specific challenges and strategic goals
Deliver executive-level presentations and thought leadership
Champion the use of advanced analytics, machine learning, and predictive modeling
Drive innovation in areas like waste, availability, and inventory solution strategies
Partner with the product team to ensure analytics innovations align with product roadmaps and client needs
Collaborate with the executive leadership team to ensure insights inform corporate strategy and key decision-making
Present insights and recommendations to senior stakeholders
Build partnerships with external organizations, vendors, and thought leaders
Act as a visible advocate for Retail Insight in conferences, panels, and industry forums