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**.