Data & Analytics leader
- Toronto, ON, Canada
Full-time
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Job details
- Job type
- Full-time
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- Experience
- 18+ years of experience across data, analytics, AI, consulting, and enterprise transformation, including leadership of large-scale programs.
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
Inclusion without Exception
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is an equal opportunity employer, and embraces diversity in race, nationality, ethnicity, gender, age, physical ability, neurodiversity, and sexual orientation, to create a workforce that reflects the societies we operate in. Our continued commitment to Culture and Diversity is reflected in our people stories across our workforce and implemented through equitable workplace policies and processes.
TCS is an IT services, consulting, and business solutions organization that has been partnering with many of the world’s largest businesses in their transformation journeys for over 55 years. Its consulting-led, cognitive-powered portfolio of business, technology, and engineering services and solutions is delivered through its unique Location Independent Agile™ delivery model, recognized as a benchmark of excellence in software development. A part of the Tata group, India's largest multinational business group, TCS operates in 55 countries and employs over 607,000 highly skilled individuals, including more than 10,000 in Canada. The company generated consolidated revenues of US $30 billion in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025, and is listed on the BSE and the NSE in India. TCS' proactive stance on climate change and award-winning work with communities across the world have earned it a place in leading sustainability indices such as the MSCI Global Sustainability Index and the FTSE4Good Emerging Index.
The opportunity
We are seeking an experienced Data & Analytics Leader to help shape and grow enterprise transformation programs across the Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance sector. This role brings together data strategy, analytics, AI, consulting, business development, executive advisory, and delivery leadership. You will work with senior client stakeholders to define transformation priorities, shape large-scale opportunities, and guide teams from strategy through measurable value realization.
What you will do
- 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 proposal, negotiation, and closure.
- Shape large consulting and transformation engagements, including solution direction, value proposition, commercial approach, and delivery roadmap.
- 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 locations.
- Develop reusable offerings, reference architectures, case studies, estimators, executive narratives, and delivery playbooks.
What you bring
- 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, governance, operating models, data products, and data modernization.
- Strong understanding of data engineering, including ETL/ELT, integration, APIs, orchestration, data quality, observability, DataOps, and platform engineering.
- Experience leading analytics and BI initiatives, including enterprise reporting, self-service analytics, semantic layers, advanced analytics, and 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 knowledge 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. A master's degree, MBA, and relevant cloud, architecture, data, analytics, AI, or program certifications are preferred.
TCS does not use artificial intelligence tools for candidate screening or evaluation. This post is for a current vacancy. The hiring process includes an initial screening, followed by a technical evaluation and managerial discussion.
Tata Consultancy Services Canada Inc. is committed to meeting the accessibility needs of all individuals in accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) and the Ontario Human Rights Code (OHRC). Should you require accommodation during the recruitment and selection process, please inform Human Resources.
Thank you for your interest in TCS. Candidates that meet the qualifications for this position will be contacted within a 2-week period. We invite you to continue to apply for other opportunities that match your profile.
More about this job
Responsibilities
Advise BFSI clients and senior executives on data strategy, analytics, AI adoption, governance, modernization, and enterprise transformation, translating business challenges into roadmaps and measurable outcomes. Lead business development and consulting engagements from opportunity shaping and proposals through delivery oversight and value realization, while mentoring global cross-functional teams and developing reusable offerings.
Requirements
Requires 18+ years of experience in data, analytics, AI, consulting, and enterprise transformation, with leadership of large-scale programs and deep expertise in data strategy, architecture, governance, engineering, analytics, and modern cloud platforms. Candidates should understand BFSI regulatory and risk requirements and have a record of consulting, presales, business development, solutioning, and executive engagement; a relevant bachelor's degree is required, while a master's degree, MBA, and relevant certifications are preferred.
Skills
- Enterprise Data Strategy
- Data Architecture
- Data Governance
- Data Modernization
- Data Engineering
- Analytics and Business Intelligence
- Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
- Generative AI
- Cloud Data Platforms
- BFSI Industry Knowledge
- Consulting
- Business Development
- Solutioning and Presales
- Executive Stakeholder Management
- Program Leadership
- Team Leadership and Mentoring
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Categories
- Data & Analytics
- Technology
- Management & Leadership
- Consulting
- Finance & Accounting
Keywords
- Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance
- Enterprise Transformation
- Data Strategy
- Data Architecture
- Data Governance
- Data Products
- Data Modernization
- Data Engineering
- ETL/ELT
- APIs
- Data Orchestration
- Data Quality
- Data Observability
- DataOps
- Platform Engineering
- Analytics
- Business Intelligence
- Self-Service Analytics
- Decision Intelligence
- Artificial Intelligence
- Machine Learning
- Generative AI
- Agentic AI
- MLOps/LLMOps
- Responsible AI
- Azure
- AWS
- Google Cloud Platform
- Databricks
- Snowflake