Vice President – Business Intelligence and Analytics

ALDAR; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Aldar is seeking a VP of Business Intelligence & Analytics to lead the design, build, and scaling of the organization’s BI and analytics capabilities. You will develop executive dashboards for CxOs, define semantic and data modeling layers, and guide a team of BI developers to deliver high-quality insights across the enterprise.

Lead governance, data quality, and BI best practices while expanding self-service analytics and enterprise-wide adoption across business units.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in BI, analytics engineering, or data analytics.
• Proven experience delivering executive dashboards for CxOs and senior leadership.
• Enterprise-scale self-service BI rollout with governed datasets and semantic layers.
• Strong Tableau/dashboard design, performance tuning, and scalable deployment.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain high-impact Tableau dashboards for C-suite executives and senior leadership.
• Optimize performance, usability, and scalability of BI dashboards and reports.
• Architect and roll out self-service BI with governed datasets and semantic layers.
• Define BI standards, templates, and governance to empower business users.
• Drive BI adoption and analytics literacy across business functions.
• Design and maintain advanced analytical data models (star, snowflake, hybrid).
• Write advanced SQL and Python to support transformations and analytics logic.
• Lead, mentor, and provide hands-on guidance to junior BI developers.
• Establish development standards, code reviews, and dashboard design guidelines.
• Ensure dashboards and reports are trusted, explainable, and aligned with enterprise definitions.
• Act as a technical authority for BI platforms and enterprise metrics.

Skills

Tableau

SQL for analytics

Data modeling

Governance

Stakeholder engagement

Leadership

Analytics storytelling

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/IS/Data Analytics

Master’s degree or BI certifications

Tools

Tableau

Python

Job description

Job Purpose

The VP – Business Intelligence & Analytics is a senior, hands-on leader responsible for designing, building, and scaling the organization’s Business Intelligence and analytics capabilities. This role focuses on delivering highly interactive, executive-grade dashboards for CxOs while enabling enterprise-wide self-service analytics through robust data models, governance, and BI best practices.

Job Purpose

The VP – Business Intelligence & Analytics is a senior, hands-on leader responsible for designing, building, and scaling the organization’s Business Intelligence and analytics capabilities. This role focuses on delivering highly interactive, executive-grade dashboards for CxOs while enabling enterprise-wide self-service analytics through robust data models, governance, and BI best practices.
You will personally develop Tableau dashboards used by senior leadership, define semantic and data modeling layers that power trusted insights, and advise, mentor, and lead a team of BI developers to deliver consistent, high-quality analytics across the organization.

Roles And Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain high-impact, interactive Tableau dashboards for C-suite executives and senior leadership.
• Actively optimize performance, usability, and scalability of all business intelligence dashboards and reporting.
• Architect and roll out self-service BI capabilities, including governed datasets, certified data sources, and reusable semantic layers.
• Define BI standards, templates, and best practices that empower business users while maintaining governance and data quality.
• Drive BI adoption and analytics literacy across business functions.
• Design and maintain advanced analytical data models (star, snowflake, and hybrid models) optimized for BI consumption.
• Write advanced SQL and Python to support complex transformations, calculations, and analytical logic.
• Lead, advise, and mentor junior BI developers, providing hands-on guidance, technical coaching, and regular feedback.
• Establish development standards, code review practices, and dashboard design guidelines for the BI team.
• Ensure dashboards and reports are trusted, explainable, and aligned with enterprise definitions.
• Act as a technical authority for BI platforms, influencing architecture, best practices, and enterprise-wide metrics

Related Years Of Experience

• 8+ years of hands-on experience in Business Intelligence, analytics engineering, or data analytics roles.
• Proven experience delivering executive-level dashboards for CxOs and senior leadership, with a focus on clarity, storytelling, and decision support.
• Demonstrated success rolling out self-service BI capabilities at enterprise scale, including governed datasets, certified metrics, and semantic layers.
• Deep expertise with Tableau (Desktop, Server/Cloud), including advanced dashboard design, performance tuning, and scalable deployment.
• Strong experience designing and maintaining analytical and dimensional data models (star, snowflake, hybrid).
• Hands-on experience leading, mentoring, or acting as a technical authority for BI teams, while remaining actively involved in dashboard development.

Field Of Experience

Business Intelligence or Data Analytics

Technical And Interpersonal Skills

• Expert-level Tableau skills, including advanced calculations, parameters, LOD expressions, and dashboard performance optimization.
• Advanced SQL for analytics, metric logic, and complex transformations; strong Python skills for data preparation, advanced analytics, and BI automation.
• Deep understanding of dimensional modelling and analytics engineering principles.
• Experience building and managing enterprise semantic layers and governed metric frameworks.
• Familiarity with modern analytics workflows, including version control for BI assets and CI/CD for analytics.
• Strong focus on data trust, explainability, and governance, ensuring consistent definitions across dashboards.
• Exceptional stakeholder engagement skills, including direct interaction with executives.

QUALIFICATION

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Analytics, or a related field.
• Master’s degree and/or BI/analytics certifications (Tableau, data modelling, analytics engineering) are a plus.

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