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Global Head, Analytics COE
Lead the Data, AI and Decision Intelligence business of a global IT services firm, with P&L ownership and a mandate to build it into a $150M+ business within five years.
The opportunity
Global IT services firm
- Location
- Bengaluru, global remit
- Scope
- P&L, offerings, go-to-market and M&A
- Experience
- 20–25 years in IT services or consulting
Our client, a global IT services firm, is at a strategic inflexion point: moving from a mid-sized services provider to a scaled, differentiated digital and analytics-led enterprise.
The Global Head of the Analytics Centre of Excellence will lead that shift, building an analytics business that becomes a core growth engine for the firm. The role combines P&L ownership, capability building, go-to-market leadership and M&A integration.
Key objectives
- 01Build analytics into a $150M+ business within five years, organically and through acquisitions
- 02Establish the firm as a credible, differentiated Data & AI services player globally
- 03Drive non-linear growth through platforms, IP and AI-led offerings
- 04Win new logos and grow existing accounts through analytics-led transformation
- 05Lead the acquisition and integration of analytics, data and AI capabilities
The role
What you will own.
Growth and revenue
- Be the global face of the firm's analytics and AI services
- Define and deliver a five-year analytics growth strategy
- Scale offerings across data engineering and governance, BI and visualisation, advanced analytics, and AI/ML and decision intelligence
- Build industry solution playbooks for retail, healthcare, BFSI and other sectors
- Lead large deal pursuits with consulting-led solutioning, alongside sales, account teams and alliances
- Build partnerships with hyperscalers, ISVs and data ecosystem players, and raise the firm's profile with analysts and the market
P&L and business building
- Own the analytics business plan: revenue, pipeline and bookings, margins, utilisation and capability investment
- Drive organic growth through new clients, account mining and cross-sell with digital, cloud and engineering
- Identify acquisition targets, support due diligence and lead post-merger integration of teams and offerings
Offerings, IP and differentiation
- Build repeatable, outcome-driven offerings, accelerators and reusable assets
- Create proprietary platforms and IP for non-linear growth
- Embed AI-first thinking across every analytics solution
Leadership and transformation
- Build and lead a high-performance COE across data engineering, BI, AI/ML and industry analytics
- Embed analytics into cloud, digital transformation, application modernisation and automation work across business units
- Set governance for solution quality, architecture standards, estimation and delivery assurance
- Advise the CEO and board on analytics growth and help move the firm from services-led to solutions- and platform-led
Who we are looking for
A builder with a commercial edge.
Experience
- 0120–25 years in IT services or consulting, including 5+ years building and scaling analytics, data or AI practices or COEs
- 02A record of building $50M+ practices, winning and delivering large deals and driving consulting-led sales
- 03Depth across data platforms and engineering, BI, advanced analytics and AI/ML, with industry-specific solutions
- 04Strong P&L ownership and experience building partner ecosystems with hyperscalers and ISVs
- 05Experience of scaling through M&A and integration, IP-led differentiation and non-linear revenue models
Leadership traits
- Visionary and execution-focused
- Influential with CXOs and boards
- A builder with high ownership
- At home in high-growth, evolving environments
Qualifications
BE, B.Tech or M.Tech; an MBA is preferred.
Why this role
Why this role is unique
- 01Direct impact on a journey to a $150M+ analytics business
- 02Build a global analytics business from the scale-up stage
- 03High visibility with the CEO and board
- 04A blend of strategy, execution and transformational leadership
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