Director of Analytics (Onsite Full Time Position)

An excellent full time job opportunity for Director of Analytics with our Premium client in Fort worth, TX.

Job Title: Director of Data Analytics

Local Candidates in Dallas area will be considered

Full Time Position/Onsite Role 3 to 4 days a week in Fort worth, TX

Salary Range: $150k Per Annum to $180k PA plus Bonus: 15% plus ESOP: 15%

The Director of Analytics will be responsible for leading a team of analytics experts in the delivery and implementation of analytics solutions across the enterprise. As part of the Enterprise Data & Analytics Team, the Director of Analytics will shape the culture of analytics. This role reports into the Chief Data Officer.

The Director of Analytics will use our business intelligence platform and industry best practices to partner with the First Command business owners to rationalize data needs that are critical to our path to business agility. This role will also drive the adoption of self-service analytics across the organization.

The ideal candidate is a strong leader who is outcome-focused and has a collaborative style that fosters teamwork. They will be required to work across multiple groups and initiatives.

What will you be doing?

• Work with the Chief Data Officer to develop, communicate and deliver the Enterprise Analytics Strategy
• Lead and mentor a team of BI Engineers, ensuring they have the right skillsets to support the analytics strategy
• Deliver analytics solutions in an agile manner by utilizing an analytics Pod framework
• Manage analytics intake by working with the business to understand requirements in order to create features and user stories for analytics delivery.
• Prioritize and size featuresstories and allocate resources to backlog work items for development
• Review production support issues and assign priority and resources to remediate
• Manage the delivery of all work items by:
• Holding daily stand ups with the analytics team to track work items and identify blockers
• Clearing blockers
• Resolving complex reporting issues
• Following up on and clearing stalled production tickets
• Ensuring the quality and consistency of the team’s output
• Integrate the Enterprise Analytics team with the department teams (such as Sales Analytics, Finance analytics, etc) to allow for rapid turnaround of analytics requests through use of the Analytic POD framework
• Provide architectural guidance for the Power BI implementation including analytics governance
• Provide expertise and guidance to analytics team around analytics development best practices
• Develop dashboards and reports as needed to supplement team velocity
• Work with Chief Data Officer to rollout the analytics engagement model (POD framework) to the rest of the business

Expected outcomes of role:

• Increased velocity of analytics delivery through
• Active engagement with business stakeholders
• Implementation of the agile Analytics POD framework
• Active management of work backlog
• Increased quality of analytics delivery through
• Architectural and governance guidance
• Active management of production tickets and backlog items
• Mentorship of the analytics team through provision of expertise in analytics development and guidance towards additional training

Who will you be leading?

Direct management of a team of 8 – 12 associates is required. In accordance with company policy and procedures:

• Supervises and assigns project and task level work
• Coaches team members for professional development
• Interviews, assesses and on-boards new team members
• Provides both formal and informal feedback to team members
• Informs senior leadership of individual assessments and performance reviews
• Recommends staffing solutions based on the needs of the corporate strategy

What skills/qualifications do you need?

Education

• Preferred – Bachelors Degree in Computer Sciences or Business related degree

Work Experience

• 7+ years’ experience including prior data practice and team management experience
• Expert in leading and transforming manual reporting methods to industry standard platforms and tools;
• Expert in delivering analytic solutions
• Expert with visualization & data story telling using tools such as ThoughtSpot, Power BI (preferred), Tableau
• Expert in SQL with advanced data analysis & data profiling techniques
• Expert in leading and implementing data mapping, data lineage and data consolidation strategies and methods;
• Strong experience delivering analytics solutions using an Analytics Pod Framework
• Strong experience in conceptual, logical and physical data design;
• Strong experience in data management practices and data governance process;
• Strong experience in project, program and portfolio management planning and execution; SAFe Agile and/or SCRUM experience is required;
• Experience or strong understanding of digital and operational analytics is preferred;
• Financial services industry experience or other highly regulated industry experience is preferred;
• Experience in strategic enterprise data and analytics transformation program in another company is a plus.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Required skills for management and leadership: Strong verbal and written communication skills, ability to facilitate business and technology user group sessions, ability to translate strategy into actionable plans that are delivered, ability to structure and breakdown work for team execution
• Required Business Delivery: defining requirements and assessments, conceptual designs, business outcome definition and validation
• Required Technical Delivery: Demonstrated expertise in full data SDLC including design and quality management, strong understanding of database design and support activities; strong understanding of query development such as T-SQL or PL/SQL; and strong understanding ETL workflows and data lineage.,
• Preferred Tools: Proven skills in analytics tools such as Power BI, Analytics CRM, Alteryx, Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse Analytics, Snowflake, Informatica suite, MS SQL, Oracle, SPSS, SAS or Big Data tools. Understanding in the use of scripting and program languages such as R, Python, Java or like languages

If interested in this role, please feel free to call me at 281-702-3852 and apply here or send your resume to [email protected].

Prudent Technologies and Consulting, Inc.