Analytics Director

Who is Quantium? Quantium is a world leader in data science and artificial intelligence. Established in Australia in 2002, Quantium is a global team of more than 1,200 people across 14 locations with a unique blend of capabilities across product and consulting services to help businesses unlock value from data and analytics. Quantium partners with the world’s largest corporations to forge a better, more intelligent world. Our US retail practice partners with leading retailers in North America, transforming their business with a mix of analytical products designed specifically for retailers and consumer packaged goods companies, and bespoke consulting engagements. How will you make an impact? Strategic leadership: Own senior level relationships within the client’s organization, building trust as an embedded partner who understands their planning cycles, constraints, and decision‑making processes. Insight‑to‑action: Lead your team to deliver insights that seamlessly bridge from analysis to business application, inspiring commitment to act and driving tangible commercial impact. Pattern recognition: Proactively identify patterns across ad hoc merchant requests and propose strategic initiatives that address underlying business challenges, utilizing AI‑driven analytics capabilities. Value pool discovery: Identify and scope quick‑win analytics that prove out value pools for potential 6–12 month data science and AI programs in macro space, assortment, and pricing optimization. Team leadership: Manage dedicated onsite (US) and offshore (India) data scientists and consultants, balancing urgent tactical requests with strategic value discovery and developing team capabilities. Change management: Drive initiatives to embed insights and AI‑powered recommendations into established merchant workflows and decision‑making processes, ensuring analytical outputs translate to measurable business outcomes. The superpowers you’ll be bringing to the team 8+ years in retail merchandising, planning, category management, or embedded analytics within a retailer organization. Experience with retail/CPG data science and consumer insights companies is highly desirable. Proven track record of transforming data from descriptive outputs to decision‑ready insights that inspire stakeholders to act. Experience with AI and machine learning applications in retail analytics, with a genuine passion for applying AI to solve real‑world business challenges. Strong knowledge analyzing customer, transaction, or sales data in a retail context. Ability to build trusted advisor relationships and influence without authority. Demonstrated ability to coach team members on insight delivery and storytelling, with experience managing geographically distributed teams. Effective communication and presentation skills, with the ability to sell ideas and explain complex concepts including AI methodologies to non‑technical audiences. Skilled at saying no diplomatically and managing competing priorities. Strong experience embedding analytical insights and AI‑powered recommendations into established business workflows and decision‑making processes. Demonstrated ability to translate ambiguous business problems into structured analytical approaches and identify patterns across multiple requests to propose strategic initiatives. Ability to thrive in a fast‑paced and regularly changing environment, juggling multiple stakeholders and projects. Tertiary qualifications in a related discipline. Remember — you might not tick all the boxes, but don’t let that stop you from applying. We’re more interested in how you work, your ability to solve problems and think big. What could your Quantium experience look like? Working at Quantium will allow you to challenge your imagination. You will get to solve complex problems using rigor, precision and by asking great questions — but it also means you can think big, outside the box and push your problem‑solving skills to the max. By Joining The Quantium Team, You’ll Get To Forge your path: So many of our team have moved around different teams or offices. You’ll be in the driver’s seat, and we empower you to make your career your own. Find your kind: Embrace diversity and connect with like‑minded colleagues across the business (think foodies, dog lovers, readers, or runners). Make an impact: Leave your mark. Your contributions resonate, regardless of your role or rank. On top of the Quantium experience, you will enjoy a range of great benefits. Some of these include: Competitive compensation: We know our team go above and beyond, which is why we reward our team with market‑leading compensation. Medical, dental, vision and life insurance: Comprehensive coverage for you and your family. Retirement 401(k) plan: With 6% employer contribution (no vesting time, no need to match). Quantium are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. We are a multicultural team of various beliefs, sexual orientations and gender identities. We celebrate our diversity of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status and disability status. If you submit an application or expression of interest to The Quantium Group Pty Ltd, we may disclose your application or expression of interest on a confidential basis to our related companies, and joint venture companies, including Quantium Health Pty Limited. 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