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Acunor is hiring Senior Manager – Sports & Media Analytics for one of its premier clients. This is a Full-time and Onsite opportunity in New York. Interested candidates are encouraged to apply with the most recent resume to [email protected]

Job title: Senior Manager – Sports & Media Analytics

Location: New York

Full-time Opportunity

Job Description

Our Sports Analytics client is seeking a seasoned and motivated data analytics leader, with a deep passion for coaching and growing others, who can effectively partner with both business stakeholders, and technology leaders to deliver easy, effective data products and insightful analytics. Our team concentrates on high-impact, high-value development, and in this role, you’ll be lynchpin in delivering the solutions that help our clients turn data as an asset into business value. If you’re someone who is versatile, methodical, excited by modern technology and enjoys tackling novel and complex business problems in the realm of sports, then this is your sweet spot.

Role and Responsibilities:

•Lead a global high performing team of Data Scientists, Analysts & Engineers that enables data driven decision making through highly scalable & performant modern analytics products

•Engage with client, understand business requirements & suggest best-of-breed data solutions

•Translate business requirements from the client into equivalent analytics tasks

•Oversee the building of data products / ML solutions through all phases of development lifecycle, from research, ideate and design through build, test and implement

•Supervise the use of a broad stack of technologies — Python, AWS, Spark, Databricks and more — to reveal the insights hidden within huge volumes of numeric and textual data

•Ensure thorough quality check of the output and provide tangible insights / recommendation to the client

•Communicate technical information clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.

•Establish best practices and governance routines to ensure adherence to model management policies, peer reviews, and compliance to policy standards for privacy, ethics, and bias

•Coach, grow and empower team members

•Collaborate with other analytics leaders to develop annual roadmaps for Sports Decision Science projects and hiring, and translate those into quarterly plans

•Stay informed on the latest advancements in data and technology space especially cloud infra, finding ways to deliver value by applying and customizing these to our specific problem space

Requirement/Competencies:

•Bachelor’s or Master’s (preferred) degree in in a quantitative or technical field such as Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Technology, Computer Engineering or equivalent.

•8+ years post academic professional experience in in the areas of Strategic Analytics, Business Intelligence, Data Science, or Consulting in a sports, media & entertainment environment or in a related field.

•6+ years people management experience leading Data Science & Engineering teams in a direct manager capacity.

•Able to work with minimal instruction and oversight, conduct multiple tasks and projects simultaneously, maintain relationships with senior leaders, and own deliverables end to end.

•Track record of delivering data-driven products, insights, and influencing product and engineering decisions.

•Expertise in scripting languages (such as SQL, Python, etc.) and the tools (such as MS excel, PowerPoint, etc.) required to perform analysis Senior Manager – Sports & Media Analytics New York.

•Strong project management skills, including managing technical resources and multiple priorities & milestones.

•High sense of ownership and results driven.

•Experience using data for storytelling and presenting research findings to technical and non[1]technical audiences.

•Attention to detail, accuracy, and strong problem-solving abilities are crucial.

•Knowledge of ETL/ELT development principles, data warehousing, data lake & lakehouse essentials, data modeling and cloud architecture is a plus.

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Acunor is hiring Senior Manager – Fan & Marketing Analytics for one of its premier clients. This is a Fulltime and Onsite opportunity in New York. Interested candidates are encouraged to apply with the most recent resume to [email protected]

Job title: Senior Manager – Fan & Marketing Analytics

Location: New York

Fulltime Opportunity

Job Description

My client is seeking a seasoned and motivated fan & marketing analytics leader, with a deep passion for coaching and growing others, who can effectively partner with both business stakeholders, and technology leaders to deliver easy, effective data products and insightful analytics. Our team concentrates on high-impact, high-value development, and in this role, you’ll be lynchpin in delivering the solutions that help our clients turn data as an asset into business value. If you’re someone who is versatile, methodical, excited by modern technology and enjoys tackling novel and complex business problems in the realm of sports, then this is your sweet spot.

Role and Responsibilities:

• Manage a group of marketing analysts, strongly understand the marketing ecosystem, marketing KPIs/measurement, growth & analytics to improve engagement & fan experience through strategic campaigns

• Engage with client, understand business requirements & suggest best-of-breed data solutions

• Translate business requirements from the client into equivalent analytics tasks

• Oversee the building of data products / ML solutions through all phases of development lifecycle, from research, ideate and design through build, test and implement

• Supervise the use of a broad stack of technologies — Python, AWS, Spark, Databricks and more — to reveal the insights hidden within huge volumes of numeric and textual data

• Ensure thorough quality check of the output and provide tangible insights / recommendation to the client

• Communicate technical information clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Establish best practices and governance routines to ensure adherence to model management policies, peer reviews, and compliance to policy standards for privacy, ethics, and bias

• Coach, grow and empower team members • Collaborate with other analytics leaders to develop annual roadmaps for Sports Decision Science projects and hiring, and translate those into quarterly plans

• Stay informed on the latest advancements in data and technology space especially cloud infra, finding ways to deliver value by applying and customizing these to our specific problem space.

Requirement/Competencies:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s (preferred) degree in in a quantitative or technical field such as Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Technology, Computer Engineering or equivalent

• 8+ years post academic professional experience in in the areas of Strategic Analytics, Business Intelligence, Data Science, or Consulting in a sports, media & entertainment environment or in a related field

• 6+ years people management experience leading Customer & Marketing analytics teams in a direct manager capacity

• Able to work with minimal instruction and oversight, conduct multiple tasks and projects simultaneously, maintain relationships with senior leaders, and own deliverables end to end

• Track record of delivering data-driven products, insights, and influencing product and engineering decisions

• Expertise in scripting languages (such as SQL, Python, etc.) and the tools (such as MS excel, PowerPoint, etc.) required to perform analysis

• Strong project management skills, including managing technical resources and multiple priorities & milestones

• High sense of ownership and results driven

• Experience using data for storytelling and presenting research findings to technical and nontechnical audiences

• Attention to detail, accuracy, and strong problem-solving abilities are crucial

• Knowledge of ETL/ELT development principles, data warehousing, data lake & lakehouse essentials, data modeling and cloud architecture is a plus.

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Acunor is hiring Digital Solutions Sales Lead for one of its premier clients. This is Fulltime and Hybrid opportunity. Interested candidates are encouraged to apply with the most recent resume.

Title: Digital Solutions Sales Lead

Location: NY/NJ (Hybrid)

Employment Type: Full Time Opportunity

Primary Responsibilities

• Define and implement the go-to-market strategy for digital solutions for the target industry segments
• Collaborate across services lines and BU teams to originate and shape new digital solution led transformation opportunities
• Consultatively engage with clients to shape opportunities and generate buy-in across multiple stakeholders, both technical and business leaders
• Proactively drive pipeline volume and velocity for the target business areas and convert wins for Digital Solutions/products
• Articulate the business and economic value of digital-solutions-led transformation opportunities
• Research the competitive landscape for target digital solutions, and help the Solution Leads in differentiating the product in the market through better targeting and prioritization of the product roadmap
• Develop a network of contacts with existing and new clients to mine opportunities for digital solutions
• Research new market opportunities across the target industry segments and their value chain to address problem statements that can be addressed by our digital solutions
• Create sales projections for digital solutions basis existing pipeline and new pursuits
• Source higher margin, TBP- and Outcome-linked transformation opportunities across Digital Operations and Digital consulting and Implementation engagement models
• Facilitate creation of solution design and roadmap, and collaborate across teams for development and deployment
• Work with BU/account leadership to define a clear and compelling digital strategy for clients for target business/industry areas
• Foster deep relationships with CXO stakeholders by demonstrating insight and thought leadership on application of digital in their context to help them meet their business goals

Skills and Capabilities

• Work with clients in a consultative way
• Co-define solution opportunities with clients
• Lead conversations on digital transformation with CXOs
• Be the trusted advisor to clients on how to create value through digital
• Lead with deep domain and technical acumen
• Proven influencing and collaboration skills
• Have an innovative and disruptive mindset, constantly
• looking forward
• Structured leadership communication and presentation skills with strong executive presence
• Digital portfolio management and strong client/stakeholder management capabilities

Experience

• 12+ years of proven track record in leading business development for digital solutions and product for target industry segments
• Should have led large technology-led organizational change initiatives
• Should have led solutioning opportunities with teams comprising multi-disciplinary capabilities including solution owners, solution architects, delivery leaders, technical architects and developers.
• Demonstrated experience in working with both senior business and technology stakeholders

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