Senior Manager, Customer Insights- Onsite- Illinois

SymphonyAI is now hiring a Senior Manager, Customer Insights to be onsite with our client located in Chicago. This is a role for someone who doesn't just deliver insights — they embed themselves in the client's world, become indispensable to the team, and make the analytics platform part of how the client thinks every day. As a Senior Manager, Customer Insights, you will be the dedicated consulting presence inside one of our grocery retail clients — working alongside category managers, merchant teams & leaders to translate customer data into decisions. You will own your client relationships, manage your own priorities, and deliver high-quality, actionable work without waiting to be told what to do. What sets the best people in this role apart isn't just analytical skill — it's curiosity. The ability to hear a business question and ask three more questions before touching the data. To probe, spiral, and get to the real problem underneath. And then to bring the answer back in a way the client can actually use. You will also be a champion for SymphonyAI tools — including the AI-powered capabilities that are increasingly central to what we deliver. That means actively using AI tools in your own work, helping clients understand what AI-driven insights mean for their business, and being the person who makes new technology feel accessible rather than intimidating.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

Embedded Client Consulting Serve as the day‑to‑day customer insights partner for your assigned clients — present, engaged, and proactively adding value. Build trusted relationships with category managers, merchants, and senior leaders through consistent delivery and deep business understanding. Represent SymphonyAI on‑site or virtually as a seamless extension of the client’s team; not a vendor relationship. Manage your own project queue, prioritize competing demands, and deliver without relying on escalation or hand‑holding. Probe, Spiral & Deliver Actionable Insights When a client asks a question, ask three more — understand the business problem behind the business question before building anything. Lead end‑to‑end analytical projects from data pull through synthesis, story, and recommendation. Convert complex outputs from customer, loyalty, and merchandising data into clear, decision‑ready insights. Ensure every deliverable answers "so what?" and "now what?" — not just "what happened." Maintain a high bar for quality and rigor; validate your own work before it reaches the client. AI & Tool Advocacy Actively use AI tools in your own day‑to‑day work for analysis, synthesis, drafting, and problem‑solving — and bring that hands‑on familiarity into client conversations. Help clients understand, interpret, and trust AI‑driven insights from SymphonyAI platforms, translating outputs into plain language and clear business implications. Bridge the gap between "the AI said this" and "here’s what you should do about it" — making AI‑powered recommendations actionable and credible. Train client teams on SymphonyAI tools, actively demonstrating how AI‑driven features connect to their specific business outcomes. Bring a consultative‑sales mindset to tool adoption: understand the client’s goals well enough to show — not tell — why the tools matter. Relay client feedback on AI features and tools back to internal product and delivery teams. Cross‑Functional Collaboration Partner with CPG‑focused groups on joint business planning and category‑level insights. Contribute to best practices, training materials, and team knowledge‑sharing. Participate in quality control and validation of reporting and data outputs. Support team and client meeting preparation, bringing your client knowledge to the table. Key Qualities Deep Ownership: Treats the client’s business like their own; doesn't wait to be asked, spots problems, flags them, and acts; no task too big or too small. Probe & Spiral: Asks the question behind the question; digs to understand the real business problem before building a single slide. Independent Operator: Works without a playbook; manages their own priorities, deadlines, and client relationships; self‑directed with high accountability and low need for hand‑holding. AI Curiosity: Actively uses AI tools in their own work and brings that enthusiasm into client conversations; helps clients understand what AI‑driven insights mean and why they should trust them. Tool Champion: Genuinely enthused about SymphonyAI tools; teaches, advocates, and finds creative ways to get clients using them; has a consultative‑sales instinct. Insight Translator: Bridges data and decisions; can take a complex output from a BI or AI‑driven tool and make it immediately actionable for a category manager or merchant. Client Embedment: Becomes part of the client’s team — not a vendor on the side; earns trust by showing up, knowing the business, and delivering consistently.

A DAY IN THIS ROLE

Sitting with a category manager who wants to know why sales dipped and with which customer segments — realizing that the real question is about a promotional strategy shift. Walking a merchant team through an AI‑driven SymphonyAI insight they’ve never seen before and helping them understand what it means for their next planogram decision. Using an AI tool to draft the first cut of a synthesis deck, then sharpening it into something client‑ready. Getting a last‑minute request that changes your whole day and figuring it out in a fast‑paced environment.

EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS

Essential 5–7 years in consulting, category management, or merchandising. Direct client‑facing experience in grocery retail or CPG. Proven ability to work independently in a client‑embedded environment. Experience coaching or training client teams on analytics tools. Proficiency with BI tools (Power BI, Tableau, or similar). Strong working knowledge of customer/loyalty data. Bachelor’s degree in Business, Analytics, or related field. Demonstrated consultative problem‑solving approach. Desirable Active use of AI tools (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot, etc.) in day‑to‑day work. Experience helping clients adopt or trust AI‑driven analytics outputs. MBA or Master’s degree. Hands‑on SQL or data querying capability. Experience with SymphonyAI or similar retail analytics SaaS. Track record of expanding tool adoption within a client organization. Experience at a management consulting firm. Experience in pricing, promotion, or assortment analytics.

LIVING OUR VALUES

Innovation at Speed: Be courageous. Take risks, learn from mistakes, and bring new ideas. Customer Focus: Build lasting client relationships. Act with integrity in every interaction. Targeted Performance: Own your outcomes. Be accountable and persevere through complexity. Unified as One: Break down silos. Share wins, support teammates, and enjoy the work.

ABOUT US

SymphonyAI is building the leading enterprise AI SaaS company for digital transformation across the most critical and resilient growth industries, including retail, consumer packaged goods, financial crime prevention, manufacturing, media, and IT service management. Since its founding in 2017, SymphonyAI today serves 1,500+ enterprise customers globally and has grown to 3,000 talented leaders, data scientists, and other professionals across over 30 countries. #J-18808-Ljbffr Symphony Industrial AI, Inc.