Nitika Sharma
Scotch Plains
Summary
Data science leader with 10+ years of hands-on experience leveraging data and advanced analytics to uncover insights and drive business growth.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Director People Analytics and Data Science
Gartner
Stamford
11.2023 - Current
- Lead a team of data scientists and product managers to deliver strategic HR analytics projects focused on improving hiring and retention.
- Devised an analytical tool comparing candidate resumes with successful hires, predicting first-year success.
- Designed a model to forecast potential employee turnover, allowing implementation of preventative retention measures.
- Worked alongside engineering to phase in external data, refining the depth and accuracy of predictive models.
- Work with IT teams to integrate models seamlessly into Workday systems, ensuring smooth adoption and operational efficiency.
- Partnered closely with HR leadership to translate insights into actionable strategies, improving talent acquisition and retention outcomes.
Director Fan Data
NBA
New York
01.2022 - Current
- Lead team of data scientists and analysts in scoping, design and execution of various analytics projects to provide deeper insights about the NBA fan
- Working closely with business stakeholders, engineering and data scientists to understand business needs and build out fan data products accordingly
- Worked with engineering and stakeholders to build out a consolidated view of the fan using various data sources
- Lead a team of data scientists to build and deploy a retention model to help prevent fans from churning from our direct to consumer product
Sr. Data Scientist/Sr. Manager
NBA
New York
05.2018 - 01.2022
- Lead team of data engineers, product managers and data scientists to migrate data from on-prem to cloud and build advanced analytics products in the cloud
- Built and managed machine learning products to help the business make more data driven decisions, including the first ever ML product in marketing for the league
- Lead initiatives to build reporting using various tools (Tableau, RShiny, RMarkdown) to help inform business decisions
- Introduced version control process along with project tracking to make collaboration within the team more seamless
- Owned an automated solution, which included a user facing app, to share fan data across the league and teams
- This solution allowed teams to receive new leads from the league which the teams could target and potentially monetize
- Built and managed an email propensity model to help the email marketing team send the most relevant email messages to customer segments
- Built and managed a funnel targeting model with the goal of targeting different segments (aware vs intender) with various display ads and tracking conversion
- Managed various high level and deep dive dashboards for stakeholders and executive members of the league to help them track business KPIs
Sr. Manager II Advanced Analytics (Retail)
Jet.com
Hoboken
08.2016 - 05.2018
- Lead team of analysts to inform critical business decisions focusing on site experience
- Established metrics and reporting to optimize internal team workflows
- Designed workflows and tools to automate processes for retail organization
- Prepared and presented executive and board team communication materials
- Built analysis tool using R Shiny to test the impact of changes made to site by running a paired ttest on the back end
- Automated and managed a product optimization tool that outputted a hybrid of algorithmic and manual rankings for shelves on site
- Built several automated email reports for scheduled analytics projects
- Lead team of analysts and engineers to build consolidated dataset with aggregated data from various sources and platforms
Data Scientist
CA Technologies
Islandia
01.2016 - 07.2016
- Formulated and perform data investigation, mathematical modeling, statistical/quantitative algorithms and analyses, predictive analytics, and reporting to support the Customer Success Team
- Used features related to support and customer experience metrics, to build a model that identified customers more likely to churn
- Identified topics associated with NPS (Net Promoter Score) open text comments using NLP and Topic Modeling
- Used historically tagged NPS open text comments to classify new untagged comments into themes
Business Analyst
CA Technologies
Islandia
08.2014 - 01.2016
- Work in conjunction with internal clients to support their business needs while driving a level of standardization
- Lead analysis work streams by structuring approach, resources required, and execution timeline coordinating with various internal clients
- Assist in building quantitative analysis models to support business decisions
- Effectively work across relevant CA internal systems in order to access data
- Manage all aspects of a project from initiation through delivery
- Create, manage, and execute project work plans and revise plans as appropriate to meet the ever changing project needs and requirements
- Focus on the deliverables, milestones, and tasks for multiple projects
Data Analyst
Columbia University- CHAIN
New York
09.2012 - 06.2014
- Provided programming support for analysis of primarily quantitative survey data using STATA
- Maintained client tracking and data management systems in Access
- Updated Computer Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI) programs using Sawtooth Ci3
- Assisted project senior investigators with data analysis and report writing
Data Analyst
IPAS Mexico
Mexico City
08.2011 - 01.2012
- Conducted data analysis on obstetric data collected in Mexico to find characteristics associated with post abortion contraceptive uptake
- Analyzed and cleaned raw data using STATA 11
Education
Certification - Data Science
Metis Data Science Bootcamp
01.2016
MPH - Evaluative Sciences
Stony Brook University
01.2012
BA - Anthropology
Stony Brook University
01.2008
Skills
- Data visualization
- Team leadership
- Machine learning
- HR analytics
- Predictive modeling
- Talent acquisition
- Employee retention
- Project management
- Stakeholder engagement
- Statistical analysis
- R, Python, Tableau
- Effective communication
Websites
Timeline
Director People Analytics and Data Science
Gartner
11.2023 - Current
Director Fan Data
NBA
01.2022 - Current
Sr. Data Scientist/Sr. Manager
NBA
05.2018 - 01.2022
Sr. Manager II Advanced Analytics (Retail)
Jet.com
08.2016 - 05.2018
Data Scientist
CA Technologies
01.2016 - 07.2016
Business Analyst
CA Technologies
08.2014 - 01.2016
Data Analyst
Columbia University- CHAIN
09.2012 - 06.2014
Data Analyst
IPAS Mexico
08.2011 - 01.2012
Certification - Data Science
Metis Data Science Bootcamp
MPH - Evaluative Sciences
Stony Brook University
BA - Anthropology
Stony Brook University
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