Data & Analytics Manager

BATJ

SENIORITY LEVEL: Manager

FUNCTION: Digital Business Solutions

LOCATION: Tokyo, Japan

ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES

Manage a team of data scientists, data engineers and BI engineers to build and improve D&A products for the DRBU (Direct Reporting Business Units). The Data & Analytics Manager is a key pilar of the digital transformation across the organization. This role is reporting directly to the DRBU Head of Data & Analytics.

WHAT YOU WILL BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR

• Accountable for all data & analytics related activities within the Business Units, acting as a point of contact for both DRBU top team and global D&A teams
• Act as enthusiast for data & analytic ensuring senior business understanding and on board for the insights & foresights and how it can directly chip in to DRBU P&L and business objectives
• Ownership of D&A products, responsible for the product design, development, release, and life cycle management
• Bridging the business objectives of the company with the latest data & analytics capabilities
• Lead the landing of data strategy, ensuring DRBU data governance & standards are in place for all data
• Drive adoption and utilisation of the D&A tools
• Track and manage investment & benefits realization through analytics at a DRBU level, (e.g. business value, solution spend, etc.)
• Working with DRBU data consumers e.g. citizen data analyst, activation:
  • Build, maintain and spearhead DRBU D&A roadmap with stakeholders (e.g. Activation team, Insights & Foresights Team, Trade team)
  • Build, maintain & prioritize backlog of use cases and data activities.
  • Resolve impediments in delivery of roadmap by working closely with D&A hub, RSU and solution delivery team.
  • Set, measure and report on D&A critical metrics.
  • Assist DRBU citizen data analyst to deliver insights to the business either directly or with assistance with DBS & D&A team.
• Working with Data & Analytics hub team:
  • Coordinate, run & prioritise DRBU demand for analytics solutions
  • Align on delivery approach working together to deliver analytics products & solutions

ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE, SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE

• Ability to interpret the business D&A and functional strategies, understand the Group operating model, and the implications actions in one area have on other functions
• Understand the background, issues and implications of company and functional strategic imperatives
• Business-facing D&A experience in a global environment with special focus in Trade Marketing & Distribution and Route to Market
• Ability to land Marketing solutions underpinned by D&A Technology and Innovation
• Practical experience in BI (Power BI), Data & Analytics including data modelling (Python or R), data lake, translating data into usable valuable information.
• Experience working with: Power BI, Python (or R), SQL, Snowflake
• Handling a D&A team for over 2 years
• At least 4 years of experience in developing and leading Data & Analytics/BI systems with programming languages and technologies like Java, JavaScript/Node.js, Python, R, SQL, Tableau, Power BI
• Language: English – fluent, Japanese - business,  Korean or Chinese is a plus

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