Director, Data Analytics Consulting

This role may be based in Washington DC, San Francisco, Houston, or Chicago.

We’re looking for a builder. Someone ready to help shape the next stage of Control Risks’ Data Analytics journey in the Americas. If you thrive in entrepreneurial environments and want to lead a growing, globally connected practice, this is your opportunity.

We are seeking a commercially minded leader to drive the growth and market expansion of Control Risks’ Data Analytics practice across the Americas. The Director will combine strategic business development, client engagement, and analytics-driven advisory expertise to expand our footprint in analytics-enabled investigations, compliance, and risk advisory.

This role focuses on three key areas :

• Business Development & Market Growth – Lead origination, pipeline development, and go-to-market initiatives across target industries and regions.
• Client Delivery & Advisory – Oversee strategic, high-impact projects ensuring excellence, innovation, and measurable outcomes.
• Team Leadership & Capability Building – Recruit, mentor, and scale a high-performing analytics team across the Americas.

The ideal candidate brings experience building or growing consulting practices serving legal, compliance, and risk functions, ideally within complex, regulated environments such as financial services, life sciences, or technology.

Tasks and Responsibilities :

Business Development and Practice Growth

Data analytics consulting

Leadership

Project management

Requirements

Knowledge and experience :

Qualifications and specialist skills :

This role will have visibility across the Americas leadership team, and frequent collaboration with peers in EMEA and APAC. As such there will be an expectation of travel time of 20% and regular cadence meetings with EMEA and APAC members of the team.

The base salary range for this position in Washington DC, Chicago, and Houston is $170,000-$180,000 per year. The base salary range for this position in San Francisco is $175,000-$185,000 per year. Exact compensation offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Control Risks is committed to a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age or veteran status. If you require any reasonable adjustments to be made in order to participate fully in the interview process, please let us know and we will be happy to accommodate your needs.

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