Product Head - Analytics - Open Source Intelligence Domain

Job Description:

We are looking for a Business Analyst with strong organizational and planning skills and a proven ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment. We are seeking a high level of motivation and a self-starting attitude, and the ability to work with minimal direction and supervision. The ideal candidate will have a metrics/data-driven analytical mindset of constantly measuring success and driving continuous improvement in tools, content, and programs.

Business Analyst Qualifications / Skills:

• Able to exercise independent judgment and take action on it.
• Excellent analytical, and creative problem-solving skills
• Excellent listening, interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills
• Logical and efficient, with keen attention to detail
• Highly self-motivated and directed.
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks while under pressure.
• Strong customer service orientation
• Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
• BE, MBA Preferable.

Responsibilities:

• Data analysis 
• Business Insights 
• Leadership 
• Influence 
• Strategy 
• Problem structuring 
• Project management

Square Panda is a startup headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA with additional offices located in India 

and China. We are in a research based Ed-Tech space, focusing on children's early literacy. We 

have 3000+ schools under our belt and are proud to cater the needs of English Language 

development of 70,000+ kids worldwide. Our multisensory neuroscience research-based phonics 

learning system comes equipped with educational games to teach children many essential skills. 

With a curriculum that has been specially adapted for Indian schools and children, we strive to 

empower beginner learners through phonics awareness.

  Responsibilities 

o Lead the identification and execution of opportunities where Analytics can make a difference across the company with focus on multiple markets we operate in - US, India and China.

 o Actively champion adoption of the analytics solutions across various markets and functions

 o Translate business problems into Insights projects and lead in quantifying the various types of risk and rewards that allow these projects to be prioritized.

 o Excellent project management and executive communication skills.

 o Understanding of the techniques and technologies of data science, along with a detailed understanding of the challenges associated with each (e.g. overfitting, model refresh, challenge of acquiring training data, cost of compute, etc.)

 o Proactively and continuously assess the marketplace and its dynamics, customers, and competitors. 

o Provide an unbiased point of view on the performance of markets/brands, supported by facts and evidence

 o Develop research strategies to ensure internal understanding of customer and competitor insights 

o Develop and implement market research & analytical plans, in collaboration with cross‐functional teams.

 o Seeks out alternative/creative ways of meeting an information need, considering new techniques to address business challenges.

 o Monitor program risks and ensure appropriate actions are taken, including escalating issues timely to the management 

o Maintain understanding of business operations and how users interact with the relevant systems and use that understanding to provide decision support analysis.

 o Tap the working knowledge of AI and analytics to convey these business goals to the data professionals who will create the models and solutions. 

o Enthusiasm, commitment, and business savvy to navigate the technical, political, and organizational roadblocks that can emerge.

 Desired Profile 

o 6-8 years of experience in executing multiple analytics projects end to end

 o Entrepreneurial mind-set o Should have played hands on data sciences role in the past with full knowledge of which analytics technique to apply 

o Background of core consulting / start up handling end to end projects o Excellent communication and project management skills o Ability to lead both business and analytics team to generate ROI and success for business o Expertise across the spectrum of analytics - Dashboards, Visualizations, Insights, Data Science driven AI, ML Projects  

About Graphene  

Graphene is a Singapore Head quartered AI company which has been recognized as Singapore’s Best  

Start Up By Switzerland’s Seedstarsworld, and also been awarded as best AI platform for healthcare in Vivatech Paris. Graphene India is also a member of the exclusive NASSCOM Deeptech club. We are developing an AI plaform which is disrupting and replacing traditional Market Research with unbiased insights with a focus on healthcare, consumer goods and financial services.  

Graphene was founded by Corporate leaders from Microsoft and P&G, and works closely with the Singapore Government & Universities in creating cutting edge technology which is gaining traction with many Fortune 500 companies in India, Asia and USA.  

Graphene’s culture is grounded in delivering customer delight by recruiting high potential talent and providing an intense learning and collaborative atmosphere, with many ex-employees now hired by large companies across the world.  

Graphene has a 6-year track record of delivering financially sustainable growth and is one of the rare start-ups which is self-funded and is yet profitable and debt free. We have already created a strong bench strength of Singaporean leaders and are recruiting and grooming more talent with a focus on our US expansion.   

Job title: - Data Analyst 

Job Description  

Data Analyst responsible for storage, data enrichment, data transformation, data gathering based on data requests, testing and maintaining data pipelines. 

Responsibilities and Duties  

• Managing end to end data pipeline from data source to visualization layer 
• Ensure data integrity; Ability to pre-empt data errors 
• Organized managing and storage of data 
• Provide quality assurance of data, working with quality assurance analysts if necessary. 
• Commissioning and decommissioning of data sets. 

• Processing confidential data and information according to guidelines. 
• Helping develop reports and analysis. 
• Troubleshooting the reporting database environment and reports. 
• Managing and designing the reporting environment, including data sources, security, and metadata. 
• Supporting the data warehouse in identifying and revising reporting requirements. 

• Supporting initiatives for data integrity and normalization. 
• Evaluating changes and updates to source production systems. 
• Training end-users on new reports and dashboards. 
• Initiate data gathering based on data requirements 
• Analyse the raw data to check if the requirement is satisfied 

Qualifications and Skills   

• Technologies required: Python, SQL/ No-SQL database(CosmosDB)     
• Experience required 2 – 5 Years. Experience in Data Analysis using Python 

•  Understanding of software development life cycle   

• Plan, coordinate, develop, test and support data pipelines, document, support for reporting dashboards (PowerBI) 
• Automation steps needed to transform and enrich data.   
• Communicate issues, risks, and concerns proactively to management. Document the process thoroughly to allow peers to assist with support as needed.   
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills   

• Must Have 3-4 Experience in SSIS, Mysql
• Good Experience in Tableau
• Experience in SQL Server.
• 1+ year of Experience in Tableau
• Knowledge of ETL Tool
• Knowledge of Dataware Housing

Role: Data Analytics Lead / Manager

1. Lead cross-functional projects using advanced data modelling and analysis techniques to discover insights that will guide strategic decisions and uncover optimization opportunities.
2. Build, develop and maintain data models, reporting systems, data automation systems, dashboards and performance metrics support that support key business decisions.
3. Coordinate with different teams to determine requirements for data warehousing, reporting and analytical solutions, and ensure customer satisfaction on deliverables
4. Oversee analytics projects to extract, manage, and analyse data from multiple applications, ensuring that deadlines are met.
5. Apply statistics and data modelling to gain actionable business insights and boost customer productivity and revenue.
6. Enforce company policies and procedures to ensure quality and prevent discrepancies.
7. Communicate and track key performance metrics across departments.
8. Keep abreast of industry best practices and policies.
9. Research Latest trends, analyse data, identify opportunities and incorporate changes into business strategies.
10. Manage and optimize processes for data intake, validation, mining and engineering as well as modelling, visualization and communication deliverables.
11. Examine, interpret and report results of analytical initiatives to stakeholders in leadership, technology, sales, marketing and product teams.
12. Oversee the data/report requests process: tracking requests submitted, prioritization, approval, etc.
13. Develop and implement MLDevOps, quality controls and departmental standards to ensure quality standards, organizational expectations, and regulatory requirements.
14. Anticipate future demands of initiatives related to people, technology, budget and business within your department and design/implement solutions to meet these needs.
15. Organize and drive successful completion of data insight initiatives through effective management of data analyst and effective collaboration with stakeholders.

Essential Skills

1. Working knowledge of data mining principles: predictive analytics, mapping, collecting data from multiple data systems on premises and cloud-based data sources.
2. Strong SQL skills, ability to perform effective querying involving multiple tables and subqueries.
3. Understanding of and experience using analytical concepts and statistical techniques: hypothesis development, designing tests/experiments, analyzing data, drawing conclusions, and developing actionable recommendations for business units.
4. Experience and knowledge of statistical modelling techniques: multiple regression, logistic regression, log-linear regression, variable selection, etc.

 We’re looking for someone with at least 10+ years of experience in a position monitoring, managing, transforming and drawing insights from data, and someone with at least 5 years of experience leading a data analyst team.

Experience in Azure is preferred