Analytics

Data Specialist - Growth, Marketing & Sales

Job ID: 83979
  • San Jose


Do you want to work on complex and pressing challenges—the kind that bring together curious, ambitious, and determined leaders who strive to become better every day? If this sounds like you, you’ve come to the right place.

Your Impact

You will perform data transformation, modeling and validation activities as well as configure applications to client context.
In this role, you will touch upon data extraction and data manipulation. You will take ownership in extracting data for the various projects and organizing the ETL developments. You will design and drive the ETL development as well as plan, organize and drive the development work and undertake complex analysis to accomplish the project objective. You will develop ETL core modules and lead junior resources in the development of remaining ETL.
You will work on existing sub-optimized processes to identify room for improvements. You will design and drive the work plan for the optimization/automation and standardization of the processes incorporating best practices to achieve efficiency gains that will provide a sustainable  set-up that can be supported on a long term. 
You will independently design presentations to summarize the results of analysis. You will also have the opportunity to develop a deep understanding of the domain/function (across pricing, promotions, trade architecture and assortment) and manage the business process in the work area along with developing cross-site relationships to enhance idea generation. You will also define and manage partner expectations and you'll coach and mentor new hires by sharing your business, functional and technical expertise.
You will also collaborate with the team in coding, testing and executing project requests. You will support ongoing business processes by delivering high-quality end products on time and by performing quality checks wherever required.
You will be based in Costa Rica office and will be part of our Growth, Marketing & Sales practice.
The Growth, Marketing & Sales Practice strives to help clients in both consumer and business-to-business environments on a wide variety of marketing and sales topics. Our clients benefit from our experience in core areas of marketing such as branding, customer insights, marketing ROI, digital marketing, CLM, pricing, and sales and channel management. Our practice offers an exceptional opportunity to work at the intersection of marketing, sales and consulting. Focusing on issues like redefining marketing and sales operations and commercial transformation, our people help clients build capabilities and transform how companies go to market - moving them to customer centric organizations.
Periscope by McKinsey is the technology backbone of McKinsey’s Growth, Sales & Marketing Practice. Founded in 2007, it combines world-leading intellectual property, prescriptive analytics and cloud-based tools, with expert support and training. This unique combination drives revenue growth –now, and in the future. We enable our clients to make better commercial decisions faster by uncovering actionable insights.
Periscope’s suite of solutions helps organizations accelerate and transform their category management and revenue growth management. It combines world-class IP, enriched data, cloud-based tools, and end-to-end capability building to create actionable insights and new ways of working. This combination helps to drive lasting performance improvement, a 2-7% increase in return on sales (ROS), and margin management. With experts and analysts around the world, the portfolio of solutions is comprised of: Marketing Solutions, Customer Experience Solutions, Category Solutions, B2C Pricing Solutions, B2B Pricing Solutions and Sales Solutions. These are complemented by ongoing client service and custom capability building programs.
Periscope has a presence in 28 locations across six continents, 35+ capabilities, and a team of 800+ IT and business professionals and 300+ experts. To learn more about how Periscope’s solutions and experts are helping businesses continually drive better performance, visit www.mckinsey.com/periscope

Your Growth

Driving lasting impact and building long-term capabilities with our clients is not easy work. You are the kind of person who thrives in a high performance/high reward culture - doing hard things, picking yourself up when you stumble, and having the resilience to try another way forward.
In return for your drive, determination, and curiosity, we'll provide the resources, mentorship, and opportunities you need to become a stronger leader faster than you ever thought possible. Your colleagues—at all levels—will invest deeply in your development, just as much as they invest in delivering exceptional results for clients. Every day, you'll receive apprenticeship, coaching, and exposure that will accelerate your growth in ways you won’t find anywhere else.
When you join us, you will have:
  • Continuous learning: Our learning and apprenticeship culture, backed by structured programs, is all about helping you grow while creating an environment where feedback is clear, actionable, and focused on your development. The real magic happens when you take the input from others to heart and embrace the fast-paced learning experience, owning your journey.
  • A voice that matters: From day one, we value your ideas and contributions. You’ll make a tangible impact by offering innovative ideas and practical solutions. We not only encourage diverse perspectives, but they are critical in driving us toward the best possible outcomes.
  • Global community: With colleagues across 65+ countries and over 100 different nationalities, our firm’s diversity fuels creativity and helps us come up with the best solutions for our clients. Plus, you’ll have the opportunity to learn from exceptional colleagues with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
  • World-class benefits: On top of a competitive salary (based on your location, experience, and skills), we provide a comprehensive benefits package, which includes medical, dental, mental health, and vision coverage for you, your spouse/partner, and children.

Your qualifications and skills

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems or closely related field
  • 5+ years of experience in data architecture in a professional services environment is highly preferred
  • Strong data architecture knowledge including building data models, ER diagrams and data interaction pipeline
  • Hands on experience in data extraction (extract, Schemas, corrupt record handling and parallelized code), transformations and loads (user - defined functions, join optimizations)
  • Strong coding skills in Python, PySpark
  • Good knowledge of SQL performance tuning
  • Experience in developing Spark applications using Spark - SQL in Databricks for data extraction, transformation, and aggregation from multiple file formats for analyzing and transforming the data
  • Good knowledge of Jenkins, code version control
  • Ability to interact in a fluid, demanding and unstructured environment where priorities evolve constantly and methodologies are regularly challenged
  • Comfortable with ambiguity; self-motivated with strong sense of ownership
  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to disaggregate issues, identify root causes and recommend solutions
  • Collaborative and able to motivate team members; ability to work well within teams across continents/time zones

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Job Skill Group - N/A
Job Skill Code - SSDC - Software Delivery Specialist, Data
Function - Marketing & Sales
Industry - High Tech;Semiconductors
Post to LinkedIn - Yes
Posted to LinkedIn Date - Tue Aug 15 00:00:00 GMT 2023
LinkedIn Posting City - San Jose
LinkedIn Posting State/Province -
LinkedIn Posting Country - Costa Rica
LinkedIn Job Title - Data Specialist - Growth, Marketing & Sales
LinkedIn Function - Consulting;Information Technology
LinkedIn Industry - Computer Software;Information Technology and Services
LinkedIn Seniority Level - Mid-Senior level