Practice Lead, Data & Analytics

Who We AreQvest.US is the global leader in technology and business consulting for media, entertainment, consumer packaged goods and retail. We bring our clients closer to their customers, data, and content. With a global footprint across five continents, we have deep expertise across Program Management, Digital Media Supply Chain, IP & Rights Management, Data & Analytics, GenAI/ML, Customer Experience and Salesforce, Content Security, & Media Transformation.
Who We're Seeking
Qvest.US is seeking an experienced Data & Analytics practitioner to lead our US Data & Analytics practice. You will be responsible for the entire practice including sales, team development and project delivery. This includes leading interactions with customers and channel partners, as well as actively participating in marketing activities such as social media (e.g., LinkedIn) engagement, webinars, and more.
The Practice Lead will work closely across Practices, Business Units, and Sales & Marketing to communicate strategy, offerings, and innovation within the practice, identifying opportunities for new and existing services and solutions that can be offered to clients. The role will also be responsible for working closely with clients in identifying their business needs and providing technical solutions.  You will provide operational management on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis to ensure that the Data & Analytics business is organized and executing so as to positively impact customer revenue, retention, growth, and satisfaction.
Our clients are looking for our expertise to help them build modern data & analytics solutions. We work closely with clients to understand their IT infrastructure, data estate, business objectives, and how modern analytics solutions can help them achieve those objectives. Our industry focus includes the Media & Entertainment and Consumer Products industries, while still driving for growth in other industries.

What You'll Do

• Be the face of the practice, develop the practice’s external presence, evangelize and champion our services and products
• Stay abreast of industry and technology changes, especially in the areas of cloud data and analytics technologies
• Cultivate and manage the portfolio of offerings, SOWs, IP, and products to maximize profitability and achieve revenue/margin objectives
• Partner with sales to identify customer business objectives and challenges, establish trust and set vision with the customer, develop proposals, and win work for the practice
• Architect solutions, creating documentation artifacts, and producing estimations for delivery
• Work with customers to understand their business needs and translate them into written requirements that can be understood by technical and non-technical audiences
• Manage the day-to-day operations of the team, including project management, resource allocation, and budgeting, and manage a practice-level profit and loss statement 
• Articulate the value proposition and ROI of our services and proposed solutions to prospective customers
• Lead & advise project teams through all core project phases, including project setup, requirements gathering, design, development, testing, and deployment
• Manage project teams through hands-on development by coding in SQL and occasionally Python, creating data visualizations in Tableau, Power BI, or similar, and designing data models in platforms such as Snowflake and Databricks
• Ensure client satisfaction and maintain relationships through consistent support, impactful thought leadership and high-quality project execution
• Understand, develop and articulate complex business challenges into actionable plans with clear and concise communication
• Facilitate workshops, provide status updates, and lead meetings across the executive levels of client organizations
• Contribute to internal growth initiatives including mentorship, recruitment, strategy and/or methodology enhancement

What You'll Bring

• Eagerness to help build and lead a best-in-class Data & Analytics Practice
• 10+ years Project Management, Process, Implementation, System Integration, and SDLC experience working closely with data professionals in an Agile environment
• Experience with project planning, including tasks, budgeting, resource allocation and balancing
• 3+ years’ experience in professional services and pre-sales as a data architect
• 10+ years in a consulting or a data-focused role, and expert-level experience with SQL in particular in platforms such as Snowflake, Databricks, Teradata, Redshift, BigQuery, Synapse, Fabric, or similar
• Significant experience designing and building relational da