Lead Data Analyst
Role Overview
The Lead Data Analyst provides technical leadership across analytical engagements while driving high-quality, client-ready deliverables.
The role combines advanced analytical expertise, stakeholder partnership and team leadership to translate complex business challenges into scalable data-driven solutions.
The Lead Data Analyst establishes analytical best practices, mentors team members, and champions continuous improvement to strengthen delivery excellence across projects.
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Job Purpose
The Lead Data Analyst provides technical leadership across analytical engagements while driving high-quality, client-ready deliverables.
The role combines advanced analytical expertise, stakeholder partnership and team leadership to translate complex business challenges into scalable data-driven solutions.
The Lead Data Analyst establishes analytical best practices, mentors team members, and champions continuous improvement to strengthen delivery excellence across projects.
Analytical Leadership
- Lead complex analytical engagements.
- Define analytical approaches, methodologies and success measures for business and marketing initiatives.
- Translate complex business questions into scalable analytical solutions that drive decision making.
Delivery Excellence
- Oversee the quality, accuracy and consistency of analytical deliverables across projects.
- Review analytical outputs and provide technical guidance to ensure client-ready delivery.
- Establish best practices for reporting, visualization, documentation and analytical governance.
Team Leadership
- Present complex analytical findings and influence business decisions through compelling storytelling.
- Mentor and coach analysts to strengthen technical capability and business acumen.
- Promote knowledge sharing, collaboration and analytical best practices across the team.
- Support capability development through coaching, feedback and technical leadership.
Innovation & Continuous Improvement
- Drive automation, standardization and process improvement initiatives that improve delivery efficiency and quality.
- Evaluate and adopt emerging analytical tools, AI capabilities and technologies that enhance business value.
- Contribute to the evolution of analytical frameworks, governance standards and reusable assets.
Required Skills
- Expert SQL skills for complex data extraction, transformation and optimization.
- Advanced proficiency in Python and Excel for analytical automation and data analysis.
- Strong experience with reporting and visualization platforms (Power BI, Tableau or similar).
- Strong understanding of statistical analysis, experimentation and marketing analytics.
- Experience designing scalable analytical solutions and implementing governance best practices.
- Demonstrated ability to mentor analysts and lead technical delivery across multiple projects.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Data Science, or another quantitative discipline.
- Working experience: 8+ years.
- Intermediate English proficiency (B2 reading, writing and conversation).
Leadership & Communication
- Influences stakeholders through clear communication and data-driven recommendations.
- Communicates effectively with technical teams, business stakeholders and leadership.
- Builds trusted relationships through credibility, collaboration and professionalism.
Strategic & Analytical Thinking
- Defines analytical approaches for complex and ambiguous business problems.
- Connects analytical outcomes to strategic business objectives and measurable impact.
- Balances technical rigor with commercial and client priorities.
Location & Schedule
- Location: Bangalore, Chennai & Hyderabad.
- Shift: 2 to 11 pm.
- Hybrid model.
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