Business Intelligence & Data Analytics Manager

AXA; Malakoff; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

AXA Partners is seeking a BI & Data Analytics Manager to translate BI strategy into action across data sourcing, modeling, dashboards and reporting. You will lead a team, ensure governance, and partner with IT and Data Engineering to deliver scalable pipelines and self-service analytics.

The role combines technical leadership, team management and cross-functional collaboration to align BI outputs with strategic business priorities across AXA Partners’ international footprint.

Qualifications

• Experience leading BI initiatives in enterprise settings.
• Strong SQL and data querying skills.
• Solid understanding of data warehousing, semantic modeling, ETL/ELT.
• Familiarity with cloud data platforms (Azure/AWS/GCP).
• Proven leadership, coaching, and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the full BI value chain from data sourcing to semantic models and dashboards.
• Define and drive the BI roadmap aligned with business priorities.
• Lead, mentor, and develop the BI & Data Analytics team.
• Ensure data quality, governance, and compliant reporting outputs.
• Collaborate with IT and Data Eng to design scalable data pipelines.

Skills

BI tools

SQL

Data modelling

Cloud platforms

Data governance

Agile PM

Leadership

Stakeholder mgmt

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

Qlik

Job description

AXA Partners is a leading B2B insurance company operating across assistance, travel, and protection markets. Data is a major strategic enabler supporting AXA Partners’ strategic ambitions, with a strong focus on profitable growth, operational efficiency and performance monitoring, all backed by trusted and actionable data.

Within theData & AI team of AXA Partners, the Business Intelligence & Data Analytics Manager plays a pivotal role in translating the BI & Data strategy — defined by the Head of Data & AI and aligned with AXA Partners’ common data principles and standards intoconcrete, measurable business outcomes.

What you’ll be doing:

The BI & Data Analytics Manager oversees the full BI value chain: from data sourcing and pipeline collaboration with Data Engineering and IT teams, to the functional design and lifecycle governance of semantic models, dashboard design, reporting frameworks, and end-user enablement. The role combines technical leadership,team management, and cross-functional collaboration, ensuring that BI solutions are reliable, scalable, governed and aligned with business priorities.

Business Intelligence Leadership

• Define and drive the AXA Partners Protection BI roadmap in alignment with business priorities and applicable Group and AXA Partners data and technology standards
• Design and implementgoverned self-service BI solutionsthat empower business users with autonomous analytics capabilities.
• Build, maintainand progressively razionalize dashboards, reports, and data visualizationstailored to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ensure theaccuracy, reliability, and consistencyof all data analyses and reporting outputs, maintaining high standards of data quality and governance.
• Collaborate with IT and Data Engineering teams to define BI data requeriments and support the design ofscalable, robust data pipelines.
• Enhance theaccessibility and usability of authorized BI and analytics data assetswithin the organization.
• Monitor industry trends and emerging BI technologies, integrating relevant innovations into the team's practices in coordination with AXA Group and AXA Partners Data and Technology communities.

Client Reporting Framework

• Design and implementeffective client reporting frameworks, ensuring clarity, accuracy, and alignment with client expectations, business priorities and applicable data standards.
• Ensure timely delivery of all client reports, meeting agreed SLAs and quality standards.
• Driveautomation and progressive rationalization of reporting processesto improve efficiency, reduce manual effort, and increase reliability.
• Ensure all reporting activities comply withapplicable AXA data security standards and regulatory requirements.
• Actively collect and incorporateclient feedbackto continuously improve reporting solutions and satisfaction.

Team Management

• Lead, mentor, and develop theBI & Data Analytics team, fostering a collaborative, high-performing, and learning-oriented environment.
• Define team`s delivery roadmap, , prioritize activities, and ensure timely delivery in line with business objectives and the priories agreed by Head of Data & AI.
• Optimize the use ofBI tools, platforms, and resourcesto maximize the team's efficiency and output.
• Track team performance, provide constructive feedback, and identify growth opportunities for team members.
• Promote a culture ofcontinuous improvement, innovationand reuse within the team.

Stakeholder Collaboration

• Work closely with business analysts, data engineers, IT teams, and business leads totranslate business requirements into robust BI solutions.
• Actively contribute toData & Analytics communities of practicewithin AXA Partners and AXA Group, sharing reusable practices and ensuring local adoption of applicable standards.
• Act as a key interface between the Data & AI team and business stakeholders, ensuring BI insights are effectively integrated into decision-making processes.

What you’ll bring:

• Strong expertise in BI tools(Power BI, Tableau, Qlik or equivalent)
• Proficiency in SQLand data querying languages
• Solid understanding of data modelling, semantic modelling, data warehousing, and ETL/ELT processes
• Experience with cloud data platforms(e.g. Azure, AWS, GCP)
• Experience working with data governance, quality frameworks, and security standards
• Familiarity with agile project management methodologies

• Strongleadership and people managementcapabilities
• Excellentcommunication and data storytellingskills — ability to convey complex insights to non-technical audiences
• Strategic mindset with a strongbusiness acumenin the insurance or financial services sector
• Proven ability tomanage multiple prioritiesand deliver in a complex, international and federated environment
• Collaborative approach with strongstakeholder managementskills across business, Data, Technology and governance teams
• Curiosity, adaptability, and a genuine passion fordata culture, continuous learning and simplification

We’re proud to be an Equal Opportunities Employer and don’t discriminate against employees or potential employees based on protected characteristics. If you have a long-term condition or disability and require adjustments during the application or interview process, please send an email to AXA Partners Global HR Response - [e-mail]

Who we are:

We’re AXA Partners, experts at designing and delivering assistance solutions and specialised insurance, credit, and lifestyle protection – with and for our partners worldwide. What sets us apart? The expertise and passion of our 8,500+ people, and a strong network of over 55,000 professionals all over the world. Powered by them and our sector-leading technology, we continuously evolve, adapt and thrive – offering solutions and services that make sure we’re always at people’s side, no matter what. Helping others is our passion. Combining the best digital technology with our warm, human touch, we’re always looking at new ways to offer seamless and reassuring experiences when it really matters.

Join a company that helps protect the forests! At AXA Partners, we plant a tree for every new recruit (with a permanent contract)