Senior Manager, Research & Analytics (Hybrid)

British Columbia Public Service Careers; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 91,000 - 129,000; Full time

Job summary

Destination BC Corp. in Vancouver, BC, seeks a Manager, Research & Analytics (Band 3) to lead a multidisciplinary team in delivering research insights, analytics, and data governance programs.

The role focuses on forecasting, consumer/industry intelligence, and modernizing cloud data platforms to support evidence-based decisions. The position offers a hybrid work arrangement with offices in Vancouver and remote flexibility as per policy.

Qualifications

• Five years of experience in research, quantitative analysis, forecasting, performance measurement or related analytics work.
• Three years of experience leading research, analytics or business intelligence professionals and multidisciplinary projects.
• Experience establishing and measuring key performance indicators and using evidence to support business decisions and resource allocation.
• Experience in business planning, project delivery, budget management, contracting and supplier management.
• Experience leading the design, implementation or optimization of enterprise business intelligence dashboards and cloud data platforms, such as Power BI, Domo, Microsoft Fabric, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure or AWS.

Responsibilities

• Translates strategic direction into annual work plans, priorities, resources and deliverables.
• Leads implementation and continuous improvement of the Corporate Performance Measurement Framework, including measures, evaluation approaches and reporting.
• Manages consumer research, industry intelligence, analytics and data acquisition projects, including methodologies, data sources and suppliers.
• Translates complex visitor, market, economic and corporate performance information into clear, actionable reports and recommendations for partners.
• Oversees forecasts, analytical models, automated reporting and decision-support products.
• Implements data governance practices and oversees data engineering workflows for analytical platforms, including data quality, access, privacy, security, integration and responsible use.
• Evaluates and promotes the responsible use of BI and AI tools to improve analysis, forecasting, reporting and knowledge sharing, with human review.
• Drives data literacy across the organization, enabling self-service BI tools, dashboards and documentation.
• Identifies trends, risks, performance concerns and information gaps and provides evidence-based advice to business leads.
• Builds relationships and leads collaborative initiatives with government, industry, research partners and data suppliers.
• Manages budgets, procurement, contracts, data licences and supplier performance.
• Leads, supervises and develops a multidisciplinary team; sets objectives, assigns work, coaches and handles performance and discipline as required.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Communication

Data governance

Leadership

Education

Post-secondary degree in research, analytics, statistics, economics, business administration, data science or related quantitative discipline

Tools

Power BI

Domo

Microsoft Fabric

Google Cloud

Microsoft Azure

AWS

Job description

Destination BC Corp. in Vancouver, BC, seeks a Manager, Research & Analytics (Band 3) to lead a multidisciplinary team in delivering research insights, analytics, and data governance programs.

The role focuses on forecasting, consumer/industry intelligence, and modernizing cloud data platforms to support evidence-based decisions. The position offers a hybrid work arrangement with offices in Vancouver and remote flexibility as per policy.