POSITION OVERVIEW:We are seeking a highly accomplished Senior Engagement Manager to lead strategic Data, Analytics, and AI engagements for one of key clients. This role requires a seasoned consulting professional with deep expertise in payments analytics, fraud risk management, and advanced analytics delivery. The ideal candidate will bring a strong blend of business consulting, stakeholder management, thought leadership, and delivery excellence.
They will serve as a trusted advisor to senior client stakeholders while ensuring successful execution of complex analytics initiatives that drive measurable business outcomes.
This position is heavily client-facing and requires exceptional communication skills, executive presence, and the ability to translate complex analytical insights into actionable business strategies.
Client Engagement & Relationship Management:- Serve as a strategic partner and trusted advisor to stakeholders across Risk, Fraud, Payments, Analytics, and Product organizations.
- Understand client priorities, business challenges, and emerging opportunities within the payments and fraud ecosystem.
- Drive executive-level discussions and present analytical insights, recommendations, and transformation roadmaps.
- Partner with client leadership to identify opportunities for leveraging Data, Analytics, and AI to improve business performance.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with senior business and analytics leaders.
- Contribute to account growth through consultative engagement and value creation.
Analytics Delivery Leadership: - Lead end-to-end delivery of large-scale analytics and AI programs focused on fraud risk, payment risk, transaction monitoring, customer protection, and decision intelligence.
- Manage cross-functional teams of data scientists, analysts, consultants, and engineering resources.
- Ensure delivery excellence, quality governance, stakeholder alignment, and achievement of business objectives.
- Translate business requirements into analytical frameworks, models, and actionable recommendations.
- Oversee project planning, resource allocation, risk management, and executive reporting.
- Drive adoption of advanced analytics, machine learning, AI, and automation solutions.
- Establish best practices for analytics consulting, solution design, and program execution.
Thought Leadership: - Act as a recognized subject matter expert in payments analytics, fraud analytics, and risk management.
- Stay current with emerging industry trends, regulatory developments, AI innovations, and fraud prevention technologies.
- Develop executive-level points of view, whitepapers, frameworks, and client presentations.
- Mentor teams and promote a culture of innovation and analytical excellence.
- Represent the organization in client workshops, industry forums, and leadership discussions.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: - Bachelor's degree from a highly reputed university in Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Finance, or a related quantitative discipline.
- Master's degree (MBA, MS, Analytics, Data Science, Statistics, or related field) preferred.
- 10+ years of experience in Analytics Consulting, Risk Analytics, Fraud Analytics, Payments Analytics, or Data Science.
- Proven experience managing large client-facing analytics engagements.
- Deep domain expertise in:
- Payments Analytics
- Fraud Detection & Prevention
- Credit Risk & Transaction Risk
- Card Payments Ecosystem
- Digital Payments & Consumer Banking Analytics
- Financial Services Analytics
- Prior consulting experience with leading firms such as:
- Leading analytics consulting organizations.
- Strong understanding of AI/ML applications in risk, fraud, and financial services.
- Demonstrated success managing executive stakeholders and delivering measurable business impact.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: - Experience leading AI-driven transformation initiatives.
- Familiarity with cloud analytics ecosystems and modern data platforms.
- Experience managing multi-million-dollar consulting engagements.
LOCATION: Washington, DC (Hybrid)
Job ID# 3614898
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