Hiring: Assistant Director: Global Analytics Delivery Company: Mayer Brown Location: Chicago, IL Job Posted Time: 2026-09-16 10:59:42 Employment Type: Contract Target Skills & Keywords : Azure, Azure DevOps, CV, Databricks, Foundry, GitHub, Portfolio Management, Project Management, Python, Quality Assurance, RAG, Risk Management About the job Experience: •8-10 years of progressive experience in analytics, business intelligence, or data science, including five or more years leading delivery teams and owning business-facing delivery accountability •Demonstrated track record delivering complex, multi-stakeholder programs spanning both business intelligence and data science on time, on quality, and at scale – including ownership of delivery budgets and vendor/contractor relationships •Strong people leadership with proven ability to develop talent, manage performance, and run a high-throughput delivery team Required Skills: •Lead, develop, and manage a blended team of 8-10 BI and data science professionals; set direction, manage workload, review performance, and ensure throughput and quality •Build and own the analytics delivery roadmap: a prioritized, capacity driven queue of BI, data science, and AI-agent projects sequenced with stakeholders and the firm’s strategic programs to maximize business value •Translate firm and senior-leadership priorities into scoped, estimated, committed work, matching the right technique to the right problem and making explicit trade-offs on scope, quality, and timeline; continuously update the portfolio as priorities, capacity, and platform capabilities evolve •Own delivery cadence, prioritization, and quality for all business and practice facing analytics output, holding the team and stakeholders to standards, timelines, and strict adherence to scope •In coordination with the Director and program managers, establish and continuously refine the delivery operating model, including intake, scoping, build, review, release, and adoption •Define, track, and report delivery and value-realization metrics, including throughput, on-time performance, quality, adoption, and business impact, to IT and firm leadership •Oversee data science research and proof-of-concept activity that enhances analytical capabilities and strengthens controls for AI agents, model output, and automated workflows •Ensure delivered solutions comply with the firm's data governance, security, and AI controls, partnering with Enterprise Data, Information Governance and Information Security Qualifications: •Required: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Business Analytics, or a related quantitative or technical field Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!