Conversational Ai - Developer - Manager

Line of Service

Advisory

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

Data, Analytics & AI

Management Level

Manager

Job Description & Summary

At PwC, our people in data and analytics focus on leveraging data to drive insights and make informed business decisions. They utilise advanced analytics techniques to help clients optimise their operations and achieve their strategic goals.

In data analysis at PwC, you will focus on utilising advanced analytical techniques to extract insights from large datasets and drive data-driven decision-making. You will leverage skills in data manipulation, visualisation, and statistical modelling to support clients in solving complex business problems.

Enhancing your leadership style, you motivate, develop and inspire others to deliver quality. You are responsible for coaching, leveraging team member’s unique strengths, and managing performance to deliver on client expectations. With your growing knowledge of how business works, you play an important role in identifying opportunities that contribute to the success of our Firm. You are expected to lead with integrity and authenticity, articulating our purpose and values in a meaningful way. You embrace technology and innovation to enhance your delivery and encourage others to do the same.

Examples of the skills, knowledge, and experiences you need to lead and deliver value at this level include but are not limited to:

• Analyse and identify the linkages and interactions between the component parts of an entire system.
• Take ownership of projects, ensuring their successful planning, budgeting, execution, and completion.
• Partner with team leadership to ensure collective ownership of quality, timelines, and deliverables.
• Develop skills outside your comfort zone, and encourage others to do the same.
• Effectively mentor others.
• Use the review of work as an opportunity to deepen the expertise of team members.
• Address conflicts or issues, engaging in difficult conversations with clients, team members and other stakeholders, escalating where appropriate.
• Uphold and reinforce professional and technical standards (e.g. refer to specific PwC tax and audit guidance), the Firm's code of conduct, and independence requirements.

As a 

Position: Manager 

Industry: Digital Contact Solutions (DCS), Telecommunications-Media-Technology (TMT), Health Industries (Payers, Providers, Life Sciences), CPG/Retail, Financial Services, Industrial Products and Services (IPS), Deals 

Domain: Data Science – Conversational AI 

 

About Acceleration Center Mumbai/Bangalore 

 

At PwC, we connect people with diverse backgrounds and skill sets to solve important problems together and lead with purpose—for our clients, our communities and for the world at large. It is no surprise therefore that 429 of 500 Fortune global companies engage with PwC. Acceleration Centers (ACs) are PwC’s diverse, global talent hubs focused on enabling growth for the organization and value creation for our clients. The PwC Advisory Acceleration Center in Bangalore is part of our Advisory business in the US. The team is focused on developing a broader portfolio with solutions for Risk Consulting, Management Consulting, Technology Consulting, Strategy Consulting, Forensics and vertical specific solutions. PwC's high-performance culture is based on passion for excellence with a focus on diversity and inclusion. You will collaborate with and receive support from a network of people to achieve your goals. We will also provide you with global leadership development frameworks and the latest in digital technologies to learn and excel in your career. At the core of our firm's philosophy is a simple construct: We care for our people. Globally PwC is ranked the 3rd most attractive employer according to Universum. Our commitment to Responsible Business Leadership, Diversity & Inclusion, work-life flexibility, career coaching and learning & development makes our firm one of the best places to work, learn and excel    

 

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Manager in the field of Data Science, with a specialization in Conversational AI (and overall professional experience of 9+ years) to work in our Digital Contact Solutions team within the Analytics Consulting practice. 

 

Managers will work as an integral part of business analytics teams in India alongside clients and consultants in the U.S., leading teams for high-end analytics consulting engagements and providing business recommendations to project teams.   

 

 

Position Overview: As a Manager in Data Science Consulting for the Conversational AI (Convo AI) domain, you will play a pivotal role in leading a team of skilled data scientists and consultants to deliver impactful solutions in the Convo AI space. Your expertise in data science and conversational AI will be instrumental in driving innovation, improving efficiency, and providing actionable insights to our clients. 

 

 

Education: Advanced Degree in a quantitative discipline such as Computer Science, Engineering, Econometrics, Statistics or Information Sciences such as business analytics or informatics    

 

   

Required Skills: 

• Familiarity with the Conversational AI domain, conversational design & implementation, customer experience metrics, and industry-specific challenges 

• Understanding of conversational (chats, emails and calls) data and its preprocessing (including feature engineering if required) to train Conversational AI systems. 

• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills to troubleshoot and optimize conversational AI systems. 

• Familiarity with NLP/NLG techniques such as parts of speech tagging, lemmatization, canonicalization, Word2vec, sentiment analysis, topic modeling, and text classification. 

• NLP and NLU Verticals Expertise: Text to Speech (TTS), Speech to Text (STT), SSML modeling, Intent Analytics, Proactive Outreach Orchestration, OmniChannel AI & IVR (incl. Testing), Intelligent Agent Assist, Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS), Modern Data for Conversational AI and Generative AI. 

• Experience building chatbots using bot frameworks like RASA/ LUIS/ DialogFlow/Lex etc. and building NLU model pipeline using feature extraction, entity extraction, intent classification etc.  

• Understanding and experience on cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Omilia Cloud Platform, Kore.ai, OneReach.ai, NICE, Salesforce, etc.) and their services for building Conversational AI solutions for clients 

• Expertise in Python or PySpark. R and JavaScript framework. 

• Expertise in visualization tools such as Power BI, Tableau, Qlikview, Spotfire etc. 

• Experience with evaluating and improving conversational AI system performance through metrics and user feedback 

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work effectively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders. 

• Proven track record of successfully delivering conversational AI projects on time and within budget. 

• Familiarity with Agile development methodologies and version control systems. 

• Ability to stay updated with the latest advancements and trends in conversational AI technologies. 

• Strong strategic thinking and ability to align conversational AI initiatives with business goals. 

• Excellent project management skills to prioritize tasks, manage resources, and ensure project success. 

• Knowledge of regulatory and compliance requirements related to conversational AI applications 

• Experience in the telecom industry or a similar field 

• Familiarity with customer service operations and CRM systems  

• Certifications in AI, project management, or related areas 

 

 

Nice to Have:   

• Familiarity with data wrangling tools such as Alteryx, Excel and Relational storage (SQL) 

• ML modeling skills: Experience in various statistical techniques such as Regression, Time Series Forecasting, Classification, XGB, Clustering, Neural Networks, Simulation Modelling, Etc. 

• Experience in survey analytics, organizational functions such as pricing, sales, marketing, operations, customer insights, etc. 

• Understanding of NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB, Cassandra) for handling unstructured and semi-structured data.   

 

 

Project Delivery and Management:  

• Work closely with the practice leadership in leading the team and developing capabilities  

• Foster a collaborative and innovative work environment to drive the team's success.   

• Manage and oversee end-to-end project delivery, navigate complex data concepts, and ensure accomplishment of timelines and objectives  

• Work closely with practice leadership to build proposals, RFP and accounting for budgetary plans  

• Lead and advise consultants/clients as a SME to formalize solutions, data sources, datasets, data & use case clarifications that are required to get a strong hold on the business solution   

• Translate business needs into data science solutions and actionable insights  

• Drive and conduct analysis using advanced analytics tools and coach the junior team members  

• Implement necessary quality control measures in place to ensure the deliverable integrity  

• Validate analysis outcomes, recommendations with all stakeholders including the client team   

• Build storylines and make presentations to the client team and/or PwC project leadership team  

• Foster a collaborative and innovative work environment to drive the team's success  

• Collaborate with clients to understand their business goals and challenges in the Convo AI domain 

• Communicate complex concepts to technical/non-technical stakeholders.  

 

 

Firm development & Intellectual Capital development:  

• Contribute to research, white papers, blogs, and other IC development activities  

• Contribute to the knowledge and firm building activities  

 

What we offer:  

• At PwC, we care for the mental & physical wellbeing of our people and respect the flexibility that is needed in these difficult times. Keeping these factors in mind, we have introduced policies around Work-from-Home. Anywhere and flexible working hours.  

• Mid-year appraisal cycle to reward performance on time  

• Opportunities to solve problems which matter to our clients and have a strong, long-lasting impacts  

• Continuous learning and upskilling opportunities nurturing you to become a better leader and consultant of tomorrow. We provide you access to Massive Online Open Courses (MOOC) at no cost.  

• A world class leadership to guide you on gaining expertise across various functions and a top notch  

• Diverse peer group to support you throughout the journey  

• Interaction with the senior client leadership and a chance to meet them in person by visiting client locations (as needed) and/or permanent relocation 

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Optional Skills

Accepting Feedback, Accepting Feedback, Active Listening, Algorithm Development, Alteryx (Automation Platform), Analytical Thinking, Analytic Research, Big Data, Business Data Analytics, Coaching and Feedback, Communication, Complex Data Analysis, Conducting Research, Creativity, Customer Analysis, Customer Needs Analysis, Dashboard Creation, Data Analysis, Data Analysis Software, Data Collection, Data-Driven Insights, Data Integration, Data Integrity, Data Mining, Data Modeling {+ 43 more}

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Government Clearance Required?

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