Data Analytics Manager

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

Pay Range: $52.34 - $68.08/hr. | $108,870- $141,530 annual compensation

Job Posting Closing on: Monday, October 19, 2026

Workdays & Hours: Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm; Some evening/weekend work required.

Benefits for this position include:

• 11 Paid Holidays
• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Paid Time Off
• Pension Plan
• Professional Development Opportunities

The City of Fort Worth is one of the fastest growing large cities in the U.S. Our employees serve the needs of over 1,000,000 residents, promoting our values of exceptional customer experience, mutual respect, embracing our diversity, continuous improvement, ethical behavior, and accountability.

A Data Analytics Manager job is available with the City of Fort Worth FWLab department’s Analytics & Intelligence (A&I) Division. This role leads the Data & Artificial Intelligence (DAI) team, made up of four Senior Data Science Analysts plus two to three interns as capacity allows, and serves as the City’s central hub for data analytics, data science, artificial intelligence, data governance, and innovative technical solutions. The team’s work spans financial and budget analysis, GIS, machine learning, AI agent and bot development, dashboarding, automation, data governance, and the citywide data inventory.

The Manager reports to the A&I Assistant Director and partners closely with the division's Business Strategy & Performance and Systems & Database teams, the Budget and Revenue divisions of FWLab, along with departments citywide to drive data-driven decision making.

Given the enterprise-wide reach of this work, the ideal candidate is a hands-on practitioner as well as a leader, comfortable building dashboards, automations, and AI agents alongside the team (using tools such as Copilot Studio and Microsoft Azure AI Foundry), and moves easily between technical delivery, strategic thinking, and relationship building across a large, complex organization.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Finance, Economics, Information Technology, Public Administration, or Business Administration and at least
• Five (5) years’ experience in performing financial or data analysis experience

Preferred Qualifications

• 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 delivera
• 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

The Data Analytics Manager Job Responsibilities Include

• 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

Working Conditions & Physical Demand

Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically require touching, talking, hearing, seeing, grasping, standing, walking, and repetitive motions.

Sedentary Work-Depending on assignment, position in this class typically exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, a negligible amount of force frequently, and/or constantly having to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. Sedentary work involves sitting more of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.

Applicants for this position must pass a Criminal Justice Information Systems (CJIS) fingerprint-based background check and maintain CJIS eligibility. Due to CJIS requirements related to system access, the following will result in being disqualified for this position: Felony Convictions, Felony Deferred Adjudication, Class A Misdemeanor Conviction, Class B Misdemeanor Convictions in the last 10 years, Class A Misdemeanor Deferred Adjudication, Class B Misdemeanor Deferred Adjudication in the last 10 years, an Open Arrest for Any Criminal Offense (Felony or Misdemeanor), and ALL Family Violence Convictions regardless of class.

Employees who are unable to obtain or maintain CJIS certification after hire will be subject to termination of employment.

Conditions of Employment

The City of Fort Worth is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. It is the policy and practice of the City to recruit, hire, train and promote a diverse workforce without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, parental status, military service, or another non-merit factor.

The City of Fort Worth is committed to full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions.

Candidates who do not meet the Education requirement, may be considered if they have more relevant work experience than the position requires. Those selected for employment will be required to pass Pre-Employment checks depending on the position requirements. Those could include, but are not limited to: criminal background check, drug screen, education verification, etc. criminal convictions will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Employees are paid by direct deposit only.