Analytics Lead: Strategy, Dashboards & Leadership

A*STAR - Agency for Science, Technology and Research; Singapore; Hybrid; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A*STAR - Agency for Science, Technology and Research is seeking a Senior Data Analyst / Analytics Lead to steer the analytics function, translating enterprise data into trusted insights, dashboards and measurable business outcomes. You will set analytics standards, shape roadmap, and guide a team of analysts.

You will partner with senior stakeholders, define KPI frameworks, work with Snowflake datasets, ensure data governance and produce concise, outcome-focused leadership reports.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Data Analytics, Statistics, Computer Science, Engineering, Economics, Business Analytics or related discipline.
• Typically 7-10 years of experience in analytics, business intelligence or performance management.
• At least 2-3 years of experience leading, mentoring or managing analysts.
• Proven ability to engage senior stakeholders and present analytical findings to leadership.
• Strong understanding of data governance, KPI standardisation and self-service analytics adoption.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the enterprise analytics roadmap across priority domains.
• Prioritise analytical products based on business value, stakeholder urgency, data readiness and reusability.
• Lead the delivery of high-impact dashboards, KPI scorecards, diagnostic analytics and business performance reviews.
• Establish standards for dashboard design, metric definitions, version control, documentation and release governance.
• Lead, coach and mentor a team of Data Analysts, ensuring quality, consistency and timely delivery.
• Allocate work across the team, manage priorities and remove delivery blockers.
• Review dashboards, SQL logic, data models and analytical narratives prepared by analysts.
• Build analytics capability through knowledge-sharing sessions and data literacy initiatives.
• Partner with senior stakeholders to understand strategic questions, decision points and performance management needs.
• Translate ambiguous business problems into analytical hypotheses, data requirements and practical delivery plans.
• Present insights to leadership in a clear, structured and business-oriented manner.
• Act as a bridge between business teams, data engineers, governance teams and AI teams.
• Work with Data Engineers to ensure datasets in Snowflake are reliable, certified and fit for business consumption.
• Champion consistent KPI definitions, metric ownership, glossary alignment and transparent data lineage.
• Ensure dashboards use governed datasets and clearly document assumptions, refresh frequency and business rules.
• Contribute to the formation of an Analytics Centre of Excellence and reusable enterprise reporting standards.

Skills

Advanced SQL

Data modelling

Power BI

Snowflake

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Executive storytelling

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Data Analytics, Statistics, CS, Engineering, Economics, Business Analytics or related field

Tools

Power BI design

Snowflake data modelling

Job description

A*STAR - Agency for Science, Technology and Research is seeking a Senior Data Analyst / Analytics Lead to steer the analytics function, translating enterprise data into trusted insights, dashboards and measurable business outcomes. You will set analytics standards, shape roadmap, and guide a team of analysts.

You will partner with senior stakeholders, define KPI frameworks, work with Snowflake datasets, ensure data governance and produce concise, outcome-focused leadership reports.