VP Analytics - Sam's Club (L12)

Synchrony•Central, IN

133d•Remote

About The Position

VP, Sam’s Club Analytics role is a part of India Analytics Hub (IAH). The role involves leading an analytics team and developing analytic capabilities and solutions in partnership with US Analytics teams across marketing planning, measurement and optimization, customer analytics, targeting & segmentation, forecasting, etc. areas to identify growth opportunities , optimize business strategies and derive actionable insights across customer journey.

Requirements

Minimum 10 years of experience in building analytics to drive strategy with positive outcomes and measuring impact
Minimum 6 years of experience in managing people, developing talent, providing & receiving constructive feedback
Minimum 8 years of hands-on SQL and SAS programming experience with an ability to leverage advanced algorithms and be efficient in handling complex/large data sets
Good working knowledge of statistical tests, distributions, regression, maximum likelihood estimators, etc.
Advanced proficiency in MS-Excel and MS-PowerPoint with superior data analyses and story boarding skills
Ability to build and lead large teams, articulate a clear vision and deliver measurable results
Ability to work in matrix organization, make and enable data driven decisions
Demonstrated ability to manage complexity/ambiguity and multiple initiatives

Nice To Haves

Strong verbal and written communication skills; ability to engage effectively with a broad range of audiences including senior business leaders, other senior analytics leaders, and highly technical talent
Proven hands-on experience utilizing SAS and SQL; Experience with open-source tools such as R and Python a plus; Experience with Tableau a plus
Ability to influence business strategies and decisions based on analytic insight
Ability to foster partnership and/or influence senior corporate decision makers
Experience with modeling/forecasting, and strong understanding of targeting and segmentation
Experience with data visualization tools such as Tableau
Ability to ideate, design and lead development of analytic capabilities and solutions
Good understanding of credit card industry financial P&L drivers and key sensitivities

Responsibilities

Provide leadership and hands-on analytic support to the Sam’s Club Card Program as and when required
Co-own development of analytic agenda and roadmap with US counterpart and deliver on portfolio goals
Be a hands on leader and willing to roll up sleeves to lead projects , perform data analysis
Spearhead analytics delivery for new product launches, value propositions, customer acquisitions, lifecycle marketing and customer experience initiatives
Lead strategic/complex analytics projects from beginning to end, including ideation, data mining, strategy formulation, and presentation of results and recommendations
Create test and learn culture through ongoing assessment of marketing programs/campaigns
Together with US analytics teams, foster strong partnership and engagement with both the internal Synchrony business and client teams
Partner with portfolio teams to build business cases and plans to drive marketing and customer strategy, incl. targeting, testing designing, opportunities and cost/benefit analysis to review with client and business teams
Lead and inspire a team of professionals, providing mentorship, guidance, engagement, career pathing and development opportunities
Formulate strategy and action plan to recruit, retain and develop analytic talent
Partner with Analytics CoE teams to drive best practices and centralized analytic capabilities across clients
Drive internal initiatives, perform other duties and/or special projects, as assigned