Data & Analytics Leader – BFSI

# Data & Analytics Leader – BFSI&

📍 **Location:** Toronto, Ontario, Canada

🏢 **Work Model:** Hybrid

💰 **Pay:** CAD $170–$200

📅 **Experience:** 18+ years

## About the Role

We are seeking an experienced **Data & Analytics Leader** to shape and grow enterprise transformation programs across the **Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance (BFSI)** sector.

This leadership role combines **enterprise data strategy, analytics, AI, consulting, business development, executive advisory, and delivery leadership**.

You will work closely with senior client stakeholders to define transformation priorities, develop large-scale business opportunities, and lead teams from strategy and solution design through delivery and measurable business value realization.

## Key Responsibilities

• Build trusted relationships with **CDOs, CIOs, CAIOs, business executives, and senior technology leaders**.

• Advise BFSI clients on enterprise data strategy, analytics transformation, AI adoption, governance, modernization, and operating models.

• Translate complex business challenges into practical transformation roadmaps, investment priorities, and measurable outcomes.

• Lead executive workshops, discovery sessions, steering committee discussions, and strategic client conversations.

• Drive growth for Data, Analytics, and AI services, from opportunity identification and qualification through proposals, negotiation, and closure.

• Shape large consulting and transformation engagements, including solution direction, value propositions, commercial approaches, and delivery roadmaps.

• Lead RFPs and proactive proposals, ensuring solutions are differentiated, feasible, and focused on business outcomes.

• Build joint opportunities with account teams, alliance partners, technology providers, and consulting practices.

• Define target-state strategies across cloud data platforms, data products, analytics, AI/ML, GenAI, governance, and responsible AI.

• Provide executive oversight from opportunity shaping and mobilization through delivery, governance, and value realization.

• Lead and mentor consulting, architecture, engineering, analytics, and AI teams across multiple locations.

• Develop reusable offerings, reference architectures, case studies, estimators, executive narratives, and delivery playbooks.

## Required Skills & Qualifications

• **18+ years of experience** across data, analytics, AI, consulting, and enterprise transformation, including leadership of large-scale programs.

• Deep expertise in:

• Enterprise Data Strategy

• Data Architecture and Governance

• Data Operating Models

• Data Products and Data Modernization

• Strong understanding of data engineering, including:

• ETL/ELT and data integration

• APIs and orchestration

• Data quality and observability

• DataOps and platform engineering

• Experience leading analytics and Business Intelligence (BI) initiatives, including:

• Enterprise reporting

• Self-service analytics

• Semantic layers

• Advanced analytics

• Decision intelligence

• Knowledge of AI, Machine Learning, Generative AI, Agentic AI, MLOps/LLMOps, responsible AI, and AI-led business transformation.

• Experience defining enterprise solutions across **Azure, AWS, GCP, Databricks, Snowflake**, and other modern data platforms.

• Strong understanding of BFSI requirements, including regulatory compliance, privacy, security, resilience, auditability, and risk management.

• Proven success in consulting, business development, presales, solutioning, opportunity qualification, proposals, pricing support, and executive stakeholder management.

• Ability to lead global, cross-functional teams and engage effectively with CXOs and senior business leaders.

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline.

## Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree or MBA.

• Relevant certifications in cloud, architecture, data, analytics, AI, or program management.

• Demonstrated experience leading enterprise-scale BFSI transformation initiatives.

• Strong executive advisory, strategic consulting, and business growth experience.

## Key Skills & Search Keywords

**Data & Analytics Leadership | BFSI | Enterprise Data Strategy | Data Architecture | Data Governance | Data Modernization | Data Products | Analytics Transformation | Business Intelligence | AI/ML | Generative AI | Agentic AI | MLOps | LLMOps | Azure | AWS | GCP | Databricks | Snowflake | Data Engineering | ETL/ELT | DataOps | Presales | Consulting | Business Development | Solutioning | RFP | Executive Stakeholder Management | Enterprise Transformation**

## Ideal Candidate Profile

We are looking for a senior leader who combines deep data and analytics expertise with **BFSI consulting, executive stakeholder management, presales, and business development capabilities**.

The ideal candidate should have a proven track record of shaping large transformation opportunities, advising senior executives, leading multidisciplinary teams, and delivering measurable business outcomes.

## How to Apply

Interested candidates can share their updated resumes highlighting their experience in **BFSI, enterprise data strategy, analytics and AI transformation, consulting, presales, business development, and executive client engagement**.