Quantitative research Jobs in Mumbai

Strategic Data Analyst

for large scale human transformation projects

FULL-TIME | MUMBAI-BASED | MIN. 2 YRS EXPERIENCE

The Opportunity: 

As a Strategic Analyst, you will play a critical role in improving the effectiveness of Illumine’s human transformation projects on the ground.

ILLUMINE is a design & actualization lab that works on large-scale business & cultural transformation projects with leading corporations, and educational institutions in India. Illumine also works on nation-building projects with the Government to build customer/ citizen-centric services.

Working with Illumine will open up a wide range of possibilities to leverage data, technology & digital tools to ensure large-scale human transformation projects can become more scalable, seamless and highly value creating for clients and beneficiaries.

Key roles and responsibilities:

1. Leveraging data to identify hotspots/ areas where early decisions/ remedial action needs to be taken.
2. Identifying issues early (based on patterns) and flagging off for proactive action.
3. Working with the engagement & deployment teams to take the right strategic decision to improve implementation on ground

1. Interfacing with multiple teams (e.g. facilitators/ trainers, learning architects, assessment designers, intervention leaders, tech platform owners) to translate practice-level requirements into meaningful insights.
2. Identifying interdependencies between different products and generating insights that can improve the overall effectiveness of the intervention.
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You will succeed in this role if you have:

• the desire to make a difference to the nation and the lives of citizens
• the excitement to generate new possibilities with data
• rigor in your thinking and an attention to detail
• a good understanding of business and strategy
• a keen interest to understand & impact how people / institutions think, perform and change
• proven capabilities in taking products to completion (e.g. from conceptualizing the analytical model to building reports, dashboards, presentations)
• focus on meeting goals & outcomes – doing everything possible to make the outcome happen rather than focusing on only ‘your part’ or ‘your existing skillset’

Preferred Experience/expertise:

• at least 2 years of overall work experience with data that could include – Analytics, Engineering / Technology, Strategic Consulting, Social Science Research, Cognitive Science, HR / Learning & Organizational Development, Performance / Sports Science, etc.
• ability to engage with clients/ stakeholders
• good written and verbal communication skills

Explore further before applying

• The  Illumine Labs Website
• Explore our ideas on  YouTube Channel .
• A glimpse into our theory of work  here .

•  The Analyst will work with our Quant Research team and will assist in projects to improve stock selection, portfolio construction or implementation.
•  Main goals for the candidate would be around developing smart beta index portfolios.
•  Research on topics specific to quant trading, including AI/ML, statistical arbitrage, momentum, mean-reversion, factor investing and applications of statistics and econometrics models.