BI & Analytics Manager

Cushman & Wakefield; United States; Hybrid; CAD 143,000 - 168,000; Full time

Job summary

Cushman & Wakefield is seeking a BI & Analytics Manager to lead analytics delivery for client solutions. You will guide BI analysts, define governance, and support dashboard development across multiple client programs to drive insights and value.

The role requires a bachelor’s degree and hands-on experience with Power BI, SQL, and data platforms, plus strong stakeholder management and a track record of leading analytics teams. This remote US-based role includes travel.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Technology, or a related field.
• Experience leading or managing analytics, BI, or data teams.
• Hands-on experience with business intelligence and data visualization platforms.
• Experience with data mapping, data modeling, and analytics solution design.

Responsibilities

• Leadership & Team Management: Guide BI analysts and account teams, establish best practices, and provide training on BI platforms.
• Client & Stakeholder Partnership: Advise clients on analytics strategies and manage expectations.
• BI Platform & Product Leadership: Lead BI initiatives, ensure dashboards meet requirements, collaborate with platform teams.
• Analytics Strategy & Roadmap Ownership: Develop analytics roadmaps with clients and balance short-term vs long-term needs.
• Data & Technical Oversight: Manage data mapping, backlogs, data dictionaries, and integration with enterprise data platforms.
• Advanced Analytics & Optimization: Oversee AI tools usage and model optimization, ensure documentation.

Skills

BI leadership

Data governance

Power BI

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

SQL

Alteryx

Databricks

Job description

Job Title

BI & Analytics Manager

Job Description Summary

Cushman & Wakefield's Client Solutions Team seeks to provide technology-enabled solutions supporting increased operational efficiencies and enhanced occupant experiences. By delivering best-in-class solutions driven by defined functional and experiential use cases, C&W offers a differentiated services model focused on a foundation of cost-effective solutions, optimized operational processes, and extensive technical expertise. Our C&W Technology Team of Solution Leads, Project Managers, Business Analysts & Solution Consultants work closely with our client and account stakeholders to identify potential opportunities to deliver value through technology and provide insights into solutions that support targeted outcomes. A thoughtful yet connected approach brings improved client outcomes and results in a strategy that is closely aligned to defined business objectives. The overall C&W objective is to provide an open, data-centric, technology ecosystem that can provide short-term value and long-term flexibility as operational and workplace requirements change and new opportunities emerge. Our curated technology ecosystem and platform provide vetted solutions that specifically address operational challenges and opportunities as well as create enhanced experiences for occupants, employees, and visitors. C&W has worked with numerous industry-leading technology vendors to identify a connected and interoperable set of solutions.

This is a full-time position and can be located anywhere in the United States with the ability to work from home, office, or hoteling space as required. Travel is required.

Key Responsibilities

The Business Intelligence Solutions team (BI) is responsible for delivery of all data analytics and governance in support of both GOS service lines and GOS clients. The Business Intelligence Manager’s responsibilities include data mapping, data assessments and analysis, data governance support, POC dashboard development, user acceptance testing, reporting support, opportunity assessments, tabular model support, workplace trend analysis, benchmarking analysis, and general product support for client BI platform.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

Leadership & Team Management: Provide leadership, guidance, and mentoring to BI analysts and account team resources. Establish best practices, standards, and repeatable processes for BI development and delivery. Provide training and enablement to account teams on BI platforms, tools, and analytics capabilities.

Client & Stakeholder Partnership: Serve as a senior analytics partner to clients and account teams, managing key relationships and expectations. Advise clients on analytics strategies, including how to prioritize requests and align them with platform capabilities and long-term value. Determine appropriate responses to client requests that may be out of scope, misaligned with best practices, or not in the client’s best interest. Provide clear verbal and written updates to management and stakeholders on progress, risks, and outcomes.

BI Platform & Product Leadership: Lead BI platform initiatives to enhance the delivery of insights across all clients. Liaise with BI platform and solutions teams to ensure dashboard design, prototyping, and development meet business and product requirements. Partner with development teams to expand analytics offerings through dashboard proofs of concept, tabular model measure development, and product feature enhancements. Support the evolution of a governed, scalable BI ecosystem, including certified reporting and self-service analytics.

Analytics Strategy & Roadmap Ownership: Develop and maintain analytics roadmaps with clients and account teams, including scope, schedule, and investment planning. Balance immediate client reporting needs with long-term platform strategy and scalability. Proactively analyze client portfolios to identify risks, trends, and opportunities for deeper analytical insight.

Data & Technical Oversight: Lead data assessment and data mapping exercises to support system integration and analytics initiatives. Manage intake and backlog processes, data dictionaries, report inventories, and development workflows for both client-specific and platform-level dashboards. Partner with client technology teams to understand technical requirements and ensure alignment with enterprise data platforms (including Databricks). Drive continuous improvement in data automation, standardization, and quality.

Advanced Analytics & Optimization: Utilize advanced analytics tools to transform data, automate workflows, and develop analytical solutions. Provide oversight on Power BI model design, performance optimization, and metric standardization. Ensure technical and process documentation is maintained across analytics initiatives. Leverage emerging AI tools like Databricks to bring cutting-edge analytical delivery to the BI platform and clients.

Knowledge, Skills & Experience

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Technology, or a related field.

Required Experience: Experience leading or managing analytics, BI, or data teams. Strong client and stakeholder management experience. Hands‑on experience with business intelligence and data visualization platforms. Experience with data mapping, data modeling, and analytics solution design.

Preferred / Nice-to-Have Experience

• Strong experience with Power BI (including data modeling and semantic layer design)
• Proficiency with SQL for data analysis and validation
• Experience with ETL / data preparation tools such as Alteryx
• Experience working with Databricks or modern data platforms
• Experience contributing to a BI product team or analytics platform initiative
• Exposure to commercial real estate or portfolio‑level data

Additional Requirements & Competencies

• High level of critical thinking and sound judgment exercised daily
• Strong analytical curiosity and problem‑solving mindset
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to articulate complex technical and analytical concepts to non‑technical audiences
• Ability to select the most effective communication approach based on audience and context
• Strong relationship management skills across clients, account teams, and technology partners
• Ability to operate confidently in ambiguous, fast‑paced, and client‑facing environments

Cushman & Wakefield uses artificial intelligence (AI) tools to assist in screening and assessing applications. All hiring decisions are reviewed and confirmed by our recruitment team. This posting is for a new position. The compensation that will be offered to the successful candidate will depend on factors such as whether the position is covered by a collective bargaining agreement, the geographic area in which the work will be performed, market pay rates in that area, and the candidate’s experience and qualifications. The company will not pay less than minimum wage for this role. The compensation for the position is: $ 102,000.00 - $120,000.00

Cushman & Wakefield is committed to equity in employment and our goal is to have a diverse, inclusive, and barrier‑free workplace. If you are a person with a disability and need the job posting in an alternative format or any other accessible accommodations during the hiring process, please email your request to [e-mail]. Please refer to the job title and job location when you contact us.

Cushman & Wakefield s'engage à respecter l'équité en matière d'emploi. Notre objectif est d'offrir un milieu de travail diversifié, inclusif et exempt d'obstacles. Si vous êtes une personne handicapée et que vous avez besoin de recevoir l'offre d’emploi dans un autre format ou d'accéder à toute autre mesure d'adaptation au cours du processus d'embauche, veuillez soumettre votre demande par courriel à [e-mail]. Veuillez mentionner le titre de poste et le lieu de travail au moment de communiquer avec nous.

About Cushman & Wakefield

About Cushman & Wakefield (NYSE: CWK) is a leading global commercial real estate services firm for occupiers and investors with approximately 53,000 employees in over 350 offices and nearly 60 countries. In 2025, the firm reported revenue of $10.3 billion across its core service lines of services, Leasing, Capital markets, and Valuation and other. Built around the belief that Better never settles, the firm receives numerous industry and business accolades for its award-winning culture. For additional information, visit www.cushmanwakefield.com

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