Data Analytics

Job Title : IT Manager II, Data Analytics 
 
Location : Corporate Kansas City-COR 
 
Job Description 
Our client is transforming the data management and analytics into best-in-class data platform that provides advanced analytics capabilities (Predictive/Prescriptive and AI) and data/analytics governance programs to improve business decisions. We are adapting to cloud-based data automation for data cleansing, extraction, loading, and transformations.  
 
As a Data Analytics Manager on thedata management and Analytics Team, you will be an integral part of this transformation journey. Your primary area of responsibility will be building a strong data ecosystem which supports a new company-wide data management and analytics environment. You will assist and contribute to the roll out of the transformation roadmap, setting up guidelines/standards for the various data programs within the organization. 
 
You will harness your array of skills and experiences to align people, process, and technology as a high impact leader for a team of data analysts, data engineers and data scientists. We want you to help us improve the quality of data solutions while improving data literacy levels across the business landscape. It does not matter if you do not have it all figured out, neither do we, but we need a leader who is driven to help us get there. You will be leading your IT team to the successful completion of new data solutions or enhancements to existing analytics capabilities. You will also manage the administrative activities that come with having direct reports, such as time off, skills development, performance management, resource planning/forecasting and staff augmentation. It is very important you guide the team in understanding the business outcomes not just the tools and process used to achieve them. Somewhere along the way you will expand your influence. Achieving the goals and objectives for this role will open those doors. 
 
Here's How: 
A responsive manager who understands the power of collaboration and consensus building through relationships across functional teams.

• Skilled at driving data projects and achieving results in a fast-paced and dynamic environment. 
• Balancing multiple projects with tight timelines and ability to prioritize tasks to meet commitments. 
• An experienced player-coach who knows how to balance mentoring and managing the team through a rolling up your sleeve's mentality. 
• Open-minded and curious, seeking out opinions and ideas to set team expectations. 
• Enjoys solving complex business problems and skilled at translating business requirements into data models, dashboards, and data literacy. 
• Organized and detail-oriented, understanding that the team's deliverables must be accurate and of high-quality. 
• Skilled communicator with an adaptive communication style to drive consensus across functional business verticals. 
• Passionate about data, business intelligence, data literacy and advanced data analytics techniques. 

 
You're the missing piece of our puzzle: 

• 3+ years' experience with advanced data analytics, visualization, and development methodologies. 
• 5+ years' experience with the management of large-scale databases or highly complex business data sets. 
• 5+ years' experience in an analytics culture driving operational efficiency and positive contributions to revenue. 
• 3+ years' experience with business intelligence tools, analytic software platforms, cloud-based data management solutions. 
• 3+ years' experience in the implementation of data governance, data integration, data quality and data architecture 
• Skilled in the development or maturing of data literacy and storytelling techniques. 
• Experience integrating security best practices around data access, data use and data management. 
• Bachelor's Degree in data analytics, computer science, statistics or related fields or the equivalent work experience. 
• Works well under pressure, influencer in the IT and data analytics transformation, technically guide team when needed 
• Skilled in Forecast staffing capacity, periodical resource planning/capacity planning 

 
Great-to-haves but not a deal breaker: 

• 5 years of experience actively leading complex data initiatives and teams. 
• 3+ years' experience with leading machine learning implementations. 
• SQL development skills or proficiency in managing teams with SQL development skills. 
• Demonstrated expertise in self-service analytics tools. 
• Well-versed in Power BI Admin portal and working experience in implementingPowerBI on large-scale data sets. 
• Expert in implementing row level security, organizing reports under multiple apps, defining conditional access and report distribution capabilities. 
• Active member on data managementusers groups 
• Master's Degree / MBA with concentration in advanced data analytics.