About Saikat
Strategic Data Analytics Leader with over 10 years of experience delivering high-impact machine learning, experimentation, and data storytelling solutions for global organizations. I specialize in bridging the gap between technical data science and organizational strategy, having spearheaded global culture transformations and scaled advanced analytics adoption for C-suite stakeholders.
English
Native or bilingual
French
Basic
German
Basic
Can work on-site
Basel (up to 50km), Delémont (up to 50km), Zurich (up to 50km), Bern (up to 50km)
Experience
- NihilentSenior Consultant (G6 - Manager), Data Science PracticeMay 2025 - September 2025 (4 months)Kolkata, IndiaProject Leadership & Value Delivery: Spearheaded a high-impact supply chain project for Domino's (India), managing a team of 8 data professionals to rebuild critical availability optimization models.Operational Efficiency: Delivered a 5% improvement in waste efficiency across 150+ SKUs without compromising a 95% product availability threshold.Scalable Engineering: migration forecasting pipelines Snowflake, machine model Enhanced data refresh efficiency real-time Power executive dashboards, accelerating data-driven leadership decisions operational agility. Incentive Modeling: (MLP) for (India) mechanic engagement through data-driven behavioral modeling.
- Gartner,Lead Data Analyst (Global Product Management)June 2022 - May 2025 (2 years and 11 months)Gurugram, Haryana, IndiaDecision Enablement: Automated real-time Power BI dashboards to track content consumption and engagement funnels, enabling faster data-driven leadership decisions.Product Strategy: Partnered with Product Directors to optimize discovery and engagement for a global content ecosystem, contributing to measurable CTR uplift.Advanced Analytics: Built a churn prediction model with 92% accuracy, allowing the sales team to proactively retain high-value clients. Collaboration: Partnered with Product and Engineering teams to implement A/B testing frameworks that increased user conversion by 15%.Prototyping: Led the rapid prototyping of a RAG solution using OpenAI API, delivering a functional PoC for browsing proprietary research content.Leadership: Mentored 3 junior analysts into Senior roles; established a center of excellence for AI enablement.
- Fractal Analytics,Senior Consultant, Analytics ConsultingMarch 2019 - May 2022 (3 years and 2 months)Bengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaTransformation: Drove a data-driven culture transformation for a global audit function, achieving a 90% analytics adoption rate, & automated the key reports in Qlik Sense.Financial Risk: Built fraud detection and risk scoring frameworks that delivered €25K annual savings for Royal Philips (Nederland) in the EMEA region.People Analytics: Developed predictive attrition models and interactive dashboards in Power BI for P&G (India) to identify burnout risks and enable proactive retention.Sustainability: Achieved a 7% margin improvement through product lifecycle-based modeling, reducing landfills and meeting sustainability goals for Philips (USA).
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Education
- MSc in Data ScienceLiverpool John Moores University2020Thesis: Early Detection of Liver Disease using Machine Learning
- PG Diploma in Data ScienceIIIT Bangalore2018Specialization: Banking & Finance Analytics