Practice Director

Job Location: Noida/Chennai/Bangalore
About the Role:
We are looking for a transformational leader to drive our Simplify Insights service offering, revolutionizing business intelligence through AI-powered analytics and extreme self-service capabilities. This role demands a technical visionary who can modernize traditional BI landscapes while building next-generation conversational AI and autonomous analytics platforms.
Key Responsibilities:
Strategic Leadership:
- Lead Simplify Insights service offering, enabling extreme self-service analytics with Natural Language processing
- Drive the vision and roadmap for AugmentInsights.ai platform development
- Transform traditional BI implementations into AI-powered, conversational analytics experiences
- Enable every persona to consume insights without friction through innovative AI solutions
Technical Innovation:
- Architect and build conversational AI interfaces for business intelligence platforms
- Modernize existing BI tools (Tableau, Power BI, Looker) with AI/Gen AI capabilities
- Develop autonomous analytics solutions that proactively surface insights
- Implement Natural Language to SQL/Query generation for self-service analytics
- Build intelligent data storytelling and automated insight generation capabilities
Platform Modernization:
- Lead transformation of traditional BI landscapes to AI-first analytics platforms
- Integrate LLMs and Gen AI into existing visualization and reporting tools
- Develop semantic layers and knowledge graphs for enhanced AI understanding
- Implement automated data preparation and feature engineering pipelines
- Build real-time analytics with predictive and prescriptive capabilities
Solution Delivery:
- Design and deliver end-to-end AI-powered analytics solutions for enterprise clients
- Create industry-specific analytics accelerators and templates
- Implement automated dashboard generation and dynamic visualization
- Build anomaly detection and intelligent alerting systems
- Develop self-learning analytics systems that improve over time
Required Qualifications:
Technical Expertise:
- Deep expertise in BI/Analytics platforms (Tableau, Power BI, Looker, Qlik, MicroStrategy)
- Extensive experience with SQL, data modeling, and data warehousing
- Strong programming skills in Python, R, and JavaScript
- Hands-on experience with Gen AI/LLMs for analytics use cases
- Experience with Natural Language Processing and understanding
- Proficiency in building conversational AI interfaces and chatbots
Analytics & AI Experience:
- 10+ years in BI/Analytics solution development and deployment
- 5+ years modernizing BI tools with AI/ML capabilities
- Experience with semantic search and knowledge graphs
- Proven track record of building self-service analytics platforms
- Experience with real-time streaming analytics and complex event processing
- Knowledge of statistical analysis and predictive modeling
Data Platform Knowledge:
- Experience with modern data platforms (Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery)
- Understanding of data mesh and data fabric architectures
- Knowledge of DataOps and analytics engineering practices
- Experience with data quality and master data management
- Familiarity with data governance and compliance requirements
Leadership Skills:
- Proven experience leading analytics and data science teams (15+ members)
- Track record of digital transformation initiatives in analytics
- Excellent stakeholder management and consulting skills
- Ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions
- Experience in pre-sales, solution architecture, and proposal development
Preferred Qualifications:
- Advanced degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or related field
- Certifications in major BI platforms and cloud technologies
- Experience with AutoML and automated insights platforms
- Knowledge of industry-specific analytics requirements (Finance, Retail, Healthcare)
- Published work or speaking experience in AI-powered analytics
- Experience with embedded analytics and white-label solutions

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