SAS 150 jobs announcment

SAS to create 150 jobs in Dublin over three years

Trade
Pictured: An Tanaiste Joan Burton; Martin Shanahan, IDA Ireland; John Farrelly, SAS; An Taoiseach Enda Kenny; and Minister for Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation Richard Bruton

8 September 2015

Business analytics giant SAS is to open a €40 million inside sales & customer contact centre at NexusUCD, University College Dublin’s industry partnership centre. The expansion supported Department of Jobs through IDA Ireland will see the addition of 150 jobs over three years.

The centre will support sales of data analytics software into markets across Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Roles will include multi-lingual business development and sales specialists, customer engagement specialists, data scientists and software engineers.

“As a global company with offices all over the world, we wanted to expand in a city as vibrant as Dublin which has such a thriving technology ecosystem,” said Carl Farrell, executive vice president and chief revenue officer, SAS. “We are now experiencing a democratisation of analytics, where more and more organisations – including small to medium sized enterprises – are investing in analytical software and services that don’t require a significant up-front investment.

“Our new centre will provide the extra capacity needed to support customers as they embark on this data analytics journey. Organisations in the region will now have access to knowledge, advice and powerful analytics to enable them to make more informed decisions and improve their business operations.”

The new centre follows the investment SAS made last year with the opening of a research and development centre in Scotland focused on combatting fraud and financial crimes.
 
TechCentral Reporters

Read More:


Back to Top ↑

TechCentral.ie