Senior Vice President, Decision Intelligence Leader

In a world of disruption and increasingly complex business challenges, our professionals bring truth into focus with the Kroll Lens. Our sharp analytical skills, paired with the latest technology, allow us to give our clients clarity—not just answers—in all areas of business. We embrace diverse backgrounds and global perspectives, and we cultivate diversity by respecting, including, and valuing one another. As part of One team, One Kroll , you’ll contribute to a supportive and collaborative work environment that empowers you to excel.

Kroll’s Decision Intelligence Services provides seamless analytical advisory through the deal continuum, from transaction origination to closing.

We are seeking a Vice President to establish and lead our Manila-based team as part of the regional expansion of Decision Intelligence. This role will be responsible for building and scaling Data, Analytics, and AI capabilities across global markets.

The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise in data analytics and AI-led services and solutions, including Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, text analytics and Python programming.

This, being a core client facing delivery role, offers global exposure of working with other Kroll colleagues, across industries and competencies, with interesting client interactions and opportunities for medium- and long-term career progression.

At Kroll, your work will help deliver clarity to our clients’ most complex governance, risk, and transparency challenges. Apply now to join One team, One Kroll .

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Build, scale, and lead global Data, Analytics, and AI teams, providing thought leadership, mentoring, and quality oversight

• Drive AI‑led solutions using advanced ML, GenAI, LLMs, automation, and large‑scale data platforms

• Develop industry‑specific analytics offerings across financial services, consumer, retail, and healthcare

• Lead mid‑to‑large analytics engagements, identifying value creation opportunities

• Own end‑to‑end deal delivery, ensuring high‑quality execution across regions

• Drive go‑to‑market strategy, client pursuits, demos, and senior stakeholder engagement

• Translate business needs into scalable, data‑driven insights and optimization models

• Act as a techno‑functional bridge across business, finance, and technology teams

• Bring strong financial, analytical, communication, and leadership skills with a proactive, adaptable mindset

• Driving thought leadership to design and build automation tools that accelerate due diligence, data-driven insights, and optimization models embedded within service delivery

• Direct client engagement both on pre-sales activities, competitive pursuit / presentation situations and client engagement delivery.

• Review of technical work of junior colleagues

• Coaching and development of junior colleagues

• A strong work initiative, high-energy level, and ability to adapt to new challenges and concepts, including a proactive approach and capacity to perform multiple workstreams and tasks

• A desire and ability to travel while working within the transaction advisory, financial accounting advisory and mergers and acquisition-oriented environment

• Strong financial, accounting, analytical and communication skills, facilitating clear and concise messaging to teammates, clients and other technology personnel

• Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Demonstrated experience setting up, scaling, and leading client‑facing offshore analytics / AI delivery units, operating in a global delivery model

• Strong people leadership track record, including mentoring teams and scaling analytics practices

• Excellent client‑facing, stakeholder management, and executive communication skills

• 12–16 years of experience delivering AI, GenAI, and ML solutions across industries, including 4+ years with NLP, LLMs, and modern AI frameworks

• Strong expertise in statistical modeling, forecasting, optimization, and large‑scale data analytics

• Proven experience in M&A and transaction advisory, including due diligence, value creation, and post‑merger phases

• Deep hands‑on experience with Python and cloud‑based analytics platforms (Azure preferred), including Azure Cognitive Services; exposure to BI tools a plus

• A Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from tier 1 college (Master’s in Business / domain would be nice to have)

• Superior analytical and problem-solving skills

• Excellent interpersonal and client relationships skills

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• Flexibility to travel, as needed

• Supervisory experience, willingness to mentor team members and contribute towards scaling up the practice.

TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Should have in depth understanding on one more industry / sectors and associated KPIs from a transaction lens; across the entire deal life cycle

• Analyzing cyclicality of target’s business and working capital trends

• Analyzing quality of earnings and non-recurring items

• Able to run business performance management techniques including financial reporting, scenario and optimization models

• Participating in discussions held with Management to determine data analytics, AI needs, data requests and potential impacts on the buy-side/sell-side diligence process, as well as prospective on-going projects

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