• Developexpertise in assigned educational grants, identify educational gaps, and contribute to the development and execution of education plans. • Understand the scope of educational initiatives and their success criteria. • Maintain consistent communication internally and externally regarding activity status, milestones, and grant execution with guidance. • Develop and deliver activity reports, including but not limited to status reports, metrics, outcomes, and educational effectiveness. • Identify educational needs by analyzing program metrics to propose future grant renewal opportunities to grantors. • Collaborate with educational strategists and the business development team on education strategy and grant execution. • Oversee multiple priorities at once. • Lead and/or participate in live meetings with grantors, as needed.

• Identify High-Value Data Assets • Partner with R&D stakeholders during use case intake and prioritization to identify high-value data opportunities • Evaluate datasets based on business impact, reusability, and analytics/AI potential • Develop and apply a data asset value framework to prioritize datasets for productization • Create Reusable Data Products • Collaborate with engineering, modeling, and governance teams to build scalable, reusable data products that align with Bronze → Silver → Gold medallion architecture • Ensure datasets are governed, standardized, and enriched with business logic, metadata, and quality controls • Enable delivery via analytics-ready datasets, APIs, and AI/ML-ready assets • Publish and promote data products via data catalog and marketplace • Enable Internal Value Creation • Drive cross-functional data reuse and insights across R&D • Enable use cases such as benchmarking, standardized reporting, and AI-driven analytics • Ensure secure and compliant data access in partnership with governance and compliance teams • Promote adoption through governed platforms and standardized processes • Data Governance & Consumption Enablement • Ensure all data products meet standards for data quality, metadata, lineage, and stewardship • Maintain compliance with privacy, regulatory, and security requirements • Define and support data catalog and marketplace strategy • Enable self-service access, provisioning workflows, and documentation • Track and drive data product adoption and usage • Value Realization & Impact Measurement • Define and track KPIs for data product adoption and value realization • Measure impact across Data reuse and adoption, Operational efficiency, Cost savings, Analytics and AI enablement • Develop dashboards and executive reporting on data value • Data Literacy & Culture Enablement • Develop training and guidance to improve data literacy and adoption • Promote data stewardship, metadata usage, and governance practices • Foster a culture of data trust, quality, and informed decision-making • Cross-Functional Collaboration • R&D Business Stakeholders • Data Governance & Stewardship • Data Engineering & Modeling • Analytics & AI/ML Teams • Legal, Compliance & Privacy

• Leads the end-to-end survey lifecycle, serving as project manager across all phases including survey build, launch, close, and reporting • Oversees questionnaire development, data collection, cleaning, analysis, and reporting while documenting requirements and specifications • Manages report production, including layout, table and graph generation, narrative development, proofing, and editing, and understands how survey inputs translate to reporting outputs • Reviews final deliverables (e.g., reports, custom analyses, ad hoc requests) to ensure quality, consistency, and adherence to reporting standards • Ensures consistency in analytical approaches, interpretation of findings, and development of insights and recommendations • Oversees quality assurance practices to ensure the accuracy, completeness, and integrity of survey data and reporting outputs • Performs advanced data cleaning and validation and facilitates structured data-cleaning reviews with support from subject matter experts • Validates survey data structures and reporting tables and reviews code outputs to ensure alignment with reporting expectations • Maintains and updates data dictionary documentation when new fields or derived metrics are introduced • Builds and maintains strong working relationships with consulting partners, clients, and survey team members to support effective collaboration and delivery • Serves as a primary client liaison, responding to questions related to survey data and processes, supporting submissions, and proactively anticipating client needs • Communicates project priorities, workload, and progress to stakeholders and provides regular updates on survey project status and risks • Identifies and implements opportunities to improve survey products, processes, and operational efficiency while supporting standardization • Contributes to research insights, articles, and marketing materials through analysis of survey and data assets and maintains awareness of survey scope, budget considerations, and revenue implications • Utilizes the Databricks workspace to run queries, review SQL notebooks, and leverage Databricks AI Assistant to support analysis and troubleshooting

About XTEL Are you an innovative and ambitious professional eager to excel in a dynamic environment? Join XTEL, a leader in providing advanced, AI-driven solutions to consumer goods companies. Our unique combination of cutting-edge technology, industry expertise, and data management accelerates profitable revenue growth and value realization. Position Overview As a Functional Lead at XTEL, you will bridge client business requirements with the capabilities of our SaaS revenue management platform. You will drive hands-on configuration, implementation, and functional leadership to deliver high-quality solutions for clients in the consumer goods sector, working closely with both client and internal teams to generate real business value. Key Responsibilities - Lead workshops with client teams to gather and challenge requirements, translating them into functional blueprints and configuration specifications that minimize customization. - Drive key configuration decisions, maximizing business value from the XTEL platform by clearly articulating options and aligning them with client TPM processes and data. - Design and configure end-to-end solutions using the XTEL SaaS platform, ensuring scalability, security, and alignment with client needs. - Conduct gap analysis between client requirements and standard platform capabilities, recommending practical configuration or closure strategies. - Provide functional governance throughout the delivery lifecycle, identifying and mitigating business and product risks. - Act as the functional design authority with clients and partners, promoting best practices, reuse of existing patterns, and pre-packaged configurations. - Quality assure partner functional design decisions for compliance with the XTEL core product. - Serve as a communication bridge between client and product teams, providing actionable feedback for continuous improvement. - Coach and mentor functional team members, driving skill development and a culture of quality and discipline. - Drive continuous improvement of methodologies and ways of working, focusing on quality and product best practices. Qualifications - Bachelor's or Master's degree in Business, Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience. - Proven experience designing, configuring, and implementing enterprise software solutions, ideally for a software vendor or systems integrator. - Background in FMCG commercial processes (TPM, Retail Execution, SFA, RGM) is a strong advantage. - Strong analytical skills and passion for data and process optimization. - Excellent communication, facilitation, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to translate business needs into functional solutions. - Commercial awareness and experience supporting pre-sales processes as an SME. - Comfortable with both Agile and Waterfall methodologies. - Highly organized, proactive, and results-driven, with a pragmatic and client-centric approach. - Fluent in English; additional languages are an asset. Geographical Location: - US and North America What We Offer - Full remote working set-up🏡 - Flexible working hours;⌚ - Competitive Salary Package and Bonus scheme;💸 - A challenging role in a fast-growing AI-driven company; 🪄 - A diverse and international team with strong ownership and a can-do mentality.🌏 - Opportunities to contribute meaningfully to the organization’s growth and development.🚀 Equal Opportunities Statement If you have strengths to share, we’d love to hear from you. We value diverse backgrounds and experiences, so don’t hesitate to apply even if you don’t meet all criteria. XTEL is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.