Data Analytics Manager: Lead Insight-Driven Manufacturing

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories; Pullman (WA); On-site; USD 136,000 - 147,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee ownership

Competitive benefits

Professional growth opportunities

Job summary

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL) seeks a Data Analytics Manager who leads a team of Data Analysts to deliver trusted data, insights, and scalable analytics solutions that improve products and operations.

You will partner with Data Engineers and Data Scientists to advance analytics, governance, and self-service reporting, driving data-informed decision making across Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, and Information Services.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline (Math, Statistics, Data Science) or equivalent.
• 7+ years of data analysis, BI, or related analytics experience.
• 2+ years in leadership or supervisory roles.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of Data Analysts.
• Oversee analytics projects and reporting initiatives.
• Partner with business leaders to identify data-driven improvements.
• Build alignment across cross-functional teams for analytics initiatives.
• Establish processes to ensure data integrity and trust in reporting.
• Drive best practices for defining and communicating metrics across the organization.
• Collaborate with Data Engineers to improve data quality and datasets.
• Work with Data Scientists to enable ML/AI initiatives.
• Expand self-service analytics through reusable data products and dashboards.
• Champion evolution from descriptive to predictive analytics and AI-enabled decision support.
• Coach teams in statistics, data literacy, and data-driven decision making.
• Evaluate modern analytics technologies and data platforms (e.g., Microsoft Fabric).

Skills

SQL

Python

R

Leadership

Data visualization

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Math, Statistics, Data Science

Tools

Power BI

Microsoft Fabric

Job description

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL) seeks a Data Analytics Manager who leads a team of Data Analysts to deliver trusted data, insights, and scalable analytics solutions that improve products and operations.

You will partner with Data Engineers and Data Scientists to advance analytics, governance, and self-service reporting, driving data-informed decision making across Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, and Information Services.