Data & Analytics Solution Lead

Data & Analytics Solution LeadAbout the RoleWe are looking for a motivated, hands-on Data & Analytics Solution Lead with approximately 3–6 years of relevant experience who is ready to take on greater client-facing and solution-delivery responsibility.This is a hands-on individual-contributor role, not a people-management position. You will work closely with client business and IT stakeholders, our Data/BI architects and technical leads, and offshore development teams to understand business needs and drive the design and delivery of Data Engineering, Analytics, and BI solutions.This role is well-suited for someone with strong communication, stakeholder-management, analytical, and data fundamentals who wants to develop deeper expertise in modern data technologies, enterprise business processes, solution design, and eventually Data Architecture.Key ResponsibilitiesBuild strong working relationships with client business and IT stakeholders, internal architects, technical leads, and delivery teams.Lead requirements discussions to understand business processes, challenges, KPIs, reporting needs, and data requirements.Ask the right business and data questions and translate high-level needs into clear requirements, business rules, data requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria.Work with Data Architects, BI Architects, technical leads, and SMEs to translate requirements into practical end-to-end solutions.Collaborate closely with offshore Data Engineering and BI teams during solution design, development, testing, UAT, and Production deployment.Use SQL and data analysis to understand source data, validate requirements and business rules, investigate issues, and verify delivered solutions.Participate in data modeling, source-to-target mapping, ETL/data integration design, and BI/reporting solution design.Review data, KPIs, dashboards, and analytics applications to ensure delivered solutions meet business requirements and expected outcomes.Proactively communicate delivery status, risks, dependencies, issues, and recommendations to client and internal stakeholders.Take ownership of assigned initiatives and drive requirements and deliverables through successful completion.Continuously develop technical and business knowledge to take on broader Data Solution and Data Architecture responsibilities over time.Required Qualifications3–6 years of relevant experience in Data & Analytics, Data Engineering, BI, Technical Business Analysis, Analytics Consulting, or related areas.Strong communication, presentation, relationship-building, and stakeholder-management skills.Experience working directly with business and/or IT stakeholders to understand and translate requirements.Strong working knowledge of SQL and data analysis.Good foundation in relational databases, data modeling, data warehousing, dimensional modeling, and BI/reporting concepts.Understanding of ETL/ELT, data integration, data pipelines, APIs, and source-to-target data flows.Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with an ability to understand both business and technical perspectives.Ability to work effectively with architects, technical leads, and distributed/onshore-offshore development teams.Demonstrated initiative, accountability, curiosity, learning ability, and ownership mindset.Preferred Skills & ExperienceExperience with one or more of the following is beneficial but not required:Snowflake or other modern cloud data platformsQlik Sense, Power BI, Tableau, or similar BI platformsTalend or other ETL/data integration technologiesServiceNow, Oracle Fusion, Agiloft, Salesforce, Veeva, or other enterprise applicationsCloud-based Data & Analytics solutionsLife Sciences/Pharmaceutical industry experienceProcurement, Source-to-Pay (S2P), Procure-to-Pay (P2P), Finance, Commercial, Medical, or other enterprise business processesLearning & Growth OpportunityThe successful candidate will have the opportunity to develop deeper expertise in Snowflake, Qlik Sense, Talend, Data Engineering, BI/Analytics, and modern data solution architecture while working alongside experienced architects and technical leads.The role will also provide exposure to enterprise business processes across Pharmaceutical/Life Sciences, Procurement, S2P/P2P, Finance, Commercial, Medical, and other functional areas.