Contract Data Analytics Manager Jobs in Reston, VA

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The Team - Data & Analytics

Our Data & Analytics practice is comprised of functional and technical experts across data strategy, data engineering, analytics, and transformation. We help clients maximize the value of their data by designing modern data platforms, building scalable pipelines, and delivering analytics and reporting solutions that enable better decision-making. Our consultants are hands-on problem solvers who partner closely with clients in fast-paced, project-based environments.

You Are

You are a team-builder and problem-solver. You stay updated on new products and technologies. You have hands-on experience using f data, automation, and AI/ML tools and applications to creatively design, prototype, and implement solutions for your clients. You know that collaboration is key, so you look for ways to share and source best practices. If there's a new way to do something that improves outcomes for clients, you'll find it.

Your Impact

• Design and build modern data warehouses and analytics-ready data models
• Develop scalable, reliable data pipelines using cloud-based data platforms
• Implement analytics, reporting, and visualization solutions that translate complex data into clear, actionable insights for client stakeholders
• Partner with client teams to understand business objectives, data challenges, and success metrics through interviews and working sessions
• Manage discrete project workstreams, balancing technical execution with client communication and delivery timelines
• Present findings, recommendations, and solution designs to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Leverage AI-assisted development environments to design, generate, test, and iterate on production-quality analytics and data engineering code
• Support broader data transformation initiatives, including system implementations, migrations, and modernization efforts
• Actively participate in internal knowledge sharing, mentoring, and career development activities
• Perform in a leadership and Solution Architect role, helping with shaping the strategic direction of our growing AI/ML, automation, and Data Analytics practice.
• Deliver on projects in the areas of data management, data governance, dashboard monitoring, DQ dashboards, data controls, data lineage, and data mapping.
• Support data transformation initiatives across a range of service lines, including:
  • M&A Lifecycle (integrations, divestitures, and carveouts)
  • Finance Transformation
  • Enterprise Data Strategy / Governance Standup
  • Process Improvement and Automation
  • System Implementations / Migrations
  • Data and Automation Strategy and Road mapping (including how companies can leverage AI, ML, and other advanced data modeling concepts)
• Identify insights through use of statistical, algorithmic, mining and visualization techniques.
• Conduct interviews with client stakeholders to identify process and data challenges.
• Document and present findings to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Develop analytical proof-of-concept prototypes and/ or deliver large-scale analytical platform implementations to fulfill clients' tactical and strategic requirements.
• Develop business procedures and data management policies for ensuring data accuracy and control.
• Create model documentation, develop implementation roadmaps, and perform knowledge transfers.

At a minimum, you will have:

• 5+ years of data analytics, AI, ML, or GenAI experience
• Tier 1/Tier 2 consulting or professional services firms.
• Experience architecting and developing AI/ML solutions.
• Experience programming in Python, SQL, and/or R.
• Experience using GitHub (e.g., source code management).
• Comprehensive knowledge of modern statistical learning methods.
• Experience using applied statistics or machine learning in a professional or other intensive problem-solving environment with large, complex datasets.
• Experience with any of the following commercial analytics, automation, and AI/ML tools: Alteryx, Power BI, Tableau, Power Automate, UiPath, Automation Anywhere, AI/ML/GenAI platforms, Informatica, Oracle EDMC, etc.
• Proven ability to lead, motivate and build teams that deliver services and solutions that surpass client expectations.
• Ability to lead workshops, including the gathering/documenting of requirements and use-cases and recommendation of envisioned processes.
• Experience presenting to CXO suite.
• Industry experience within Financial Services, Technology/SaaS, and/or Supply Chain.
• Understanding of typical software development lifecycles (Waterfall and Agile) and their associated lifecycle artifacts.
• Experience with identifying and correcting problems in imperfect data and processes.
• Bachelor's degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Information Systems, or other technology-related field or equivalent number of years of experience
• Flexibility to accommodate travel up to 25%.

Preferably, you will have:

• Strong business skills and experience in accounting, corporate finance, and FP&A.
• Familiarity with the M&A transaction lifecycle.
• Master's degree in Information Technology, Statistics, Physics, Analytics or related field.
• Experience managing technical development by acting as a liaison between the technical team and the user community.

The Kind of Person Who Thrives in This Role

We are not looking for someone who fits neatly into a single box. The ideal candidate is a "bridger"-someone who can move fluidly between a technical deep dive and an executive conversation. Specifically:

• You're a builder, not just an analyst. When you see a gap in a process or a tool, your instinct is to prototype something-a script, a template, a dashboard, not just write a slide about it.
• You're curious about "why" and "so what." You don't just want to understand how a transformer model works; you want to understand what that means for how organizations should govern and secure it.
• You write well. A significant portion of this role involves producing written work-reports, frameworks, articles-and clarity of writing is non-negotiable.
• You're comfortable being the least experienced person in the room. You'll be in meetings with CIOs, CISOs, and senior partners. You need the confidence to contribute and the humility to learn.

What We Offer

• Accelerated growth trajectory: You'll be building a practice from the ground up alongside senior leadership, gaining exposure and responsibility that would take years to earn in a larger, more established team.
• Investment in your learning: Budget for certifications, training programs, and conference attendance.
• Client diversity: Work across industries and with organizations at different stages of AI maturity-from Fortune 500 companies to mid-market firms navigating their first AI initiatives.