Data Analytics & AI Manager — Lead Citywide Insights

City of Fort Worth; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 109,000 - 142,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

11 Paid Holidays

Medical

Dental

Vision

Paid Time Off

Pension Plan

Professional Development Opportunities

Job summary

The City of Fort Worth FWLab department’s Analytics & Intelligence division seeks a Data Analytics Manager to lead a four‑senior data science team and interns, delivering data analytics, governance, and AI solutions across the city. The role blends hands‑on technical work with strategic leadership.

Applicants should have a strong background in SQL, Python, Power BI, and data governance, plus experience guiding large municipal analytics projects and communicating results to senior stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Finance, Economics, Information Technology, Public Administration, or Business Administration.
• Five (5) years’ experience in performing financial or data analysis experience.
• Experience leading a data analytics, data science, or AI function, including direct supervision of technical staff, hiring, performance management, workload prioritization, and technical quality review of analytical deliverables.
• Hands-on proficiency with analytics and development tools (e.g., SQL, Python, Power BI, Excel, GIS) and with AI and automation platforms, with the ability to build and deliver work directly rather than only oversee it.
• Experience with data governance, data strategy, data inventory, machine learning, or data warehouse development, and experience managing multiple concurrent technical projects and communicating complex findings and recommendations to executive or department-level stakeholders, in local government or another large, complex organization.

Responsibilities

• Manages the Data & Artificial Intelligence team (four Senior Data Science Analysts, plus two to three interns as capacity allows), including workload management, coaching, technical mentorship, goal setting, and annual performance evaluations, and advises the Assistant Director on resource allocation, budget, and staffing needs.
• Sets the strategic direction for the City's data analytics, data science, and artificial intelligence efforts, and owns the City's data strategy covering data collection, usage, governance, and business impact.
• Performs hands-on technical delivery alongside the team, absorbing overflow work during periods of high demand, staff absence, or turnover.
• Leads the City's data governance program, chairing the Data Governance Committee and the semiannual review and adoption of citywide data policies, standards, and procedures, and reviews federal, state, and local mandates governing data use and compliance.
• Maintains the citywide data inventory, updated every two years, and supports data warehouse development toward a single source of truth for City data.
• Oversees AI training and upskilling across the City's 28 departments and more than 8,000 employees, including citywide mass trainings, monthly upskilling updates and newsletters, in-person sessions, and ongoing curriculum updates.
• Evaluates AI product requests submitted by departments, determining which warrant AI development versus automation or analytics, and manages the team's project portfolio, including competing priorities, deadlines, blockers, and quality review of deliverables.
• Builds relationships across departments to secure buy-in for data and AI products and to identify where analytics and automation can improve service delivery.

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Finance, Economics, Information Technology, Public Administration, or Business Administration

Tools

SQL

Python

Power BI

Excel

GIS

Job description

The City of Fort Worth FWLab department’s Analytics & Intelligence division seeks a Data Analytics Manager to lead a four‑senior data science team and interns, delivering data analytics, governance, and AI solutions across the city. The role blends hands‑on technical work with strategic leadership.

Applicants should have a strong background in SQL, Python, Power BI, and data governance, plus experience guiding large municipal analytics projects and communicating results to senior stakeholders.