Director, BI and Advance Analytics

Kestra Financial, Inc.; Austin, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay and benefits

401(k) and health insurance

Growth and development opportunities

Job summary

Kestra Financial, Inc. is seeking a strategic, business-focused leader to direct enterprise BI, Advanced Analytics and AI across the organization.

This role drives analytics strategy, executive reporting, AI-driven insights and decision intelligence to fuel advisor growth and client outcomes. The ideal candidate will bring 12+ years in BI/Analytics with 5+ years leading analytics teams, deep wealth management experience, and strong executive-level communication to influence business decisions at

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in Business Intelligence, Analytics, Data or Decision Intelligence
• 5+ years leading enterprise analytics organizations
• Deep expertise in Wealth Management and Financial Services
• Proven success building BI and Analytics capabilities
• Excellent communication, executive presence and cross-functional delivery skills

Responsibilities

• Define and execute an enterprise Analytics and AI roadmap
• Own Tableau Next strategy and executive dashboards
• Lead enterprise semantic models and KPI governance
• Partner with Finance, Operations, Product, Compliance and Field Leadership
• Mentor leaders and build a cohesive analytics delivery organization
• Drive data product strategy and adoption across the firm

Skills

Executive presence

People leadership

Cross-functional delivery

Wealth Management domain

Data analytics strategy

Tableau Next

Databricks Lakehouse

Azure

Education

MBA or relevant advanced degree

Tools

Tableau Next

Databricks Lakehouse

Azure

Job description

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Job Description

Kestra Holdings offers industry-leading wealth management platforms for independent wealth management professionals nationwide. Kestra is dedicated to empowering independent financial professionals—including traditional and hybrid RIAs—to grow their businesses and deliver exceptional client service. We combine advanced business management technology with personalized consulting to provide unmatched scale, efficiency, and support. Our advisor-focused culture is built on innovation and advocacy, enabling advisors to offer comprehensive securities and investment advisory solutions to their clients.

Lead with Purpose. Partner with Impact.

Kestra Financial isseekinga strategic, business-focused leader to direct enterprise Business Intelligence, Advanced Analytics and AI. This role will lead the analytics strategy, Tableau Next capabilities, semantic modeling, executive and board reporting, AI-driven insights, and decision intelligence initiatives that power growth across the organization.

The ideal candidate combines deep Wealth Management and Financial Services experience, executive presence, product analyticsleadershipand a proven record of building capabilities that influence measurable business outcomes. This leader will partner with business and technology executives to develop trusted enterprise data products and accelerateadoptionof advanced analytics and AI.

What you’ll Do:

Strategic Impact: Shape decisions that drive advisor growth, client acquisition, operationalefficiencyand enterprise transformation.

Innovation at Scale:Lead initiatives using Tableau Next, Databricks Lakehouse, governed semantic models, Generative AI and Decision Intelligence.

Executive Visibility:Partner directly with executive, line-of-businessand technology leaders to deliver measurable outcomes.

Leadership Opportunity:Lead and develop BI, analytics engineering, analyticsproductand advanced analytics capabilities.

Growth & Transformation:Modernize wealth management analytics and helpestablishan AI-enabled, data-driven organization.

Analytics, AI & Business Value Strategy

• Define and execute an enterprise Analytics and AI roadmap aligned to advisor growth, client experience, operational efficiency and business performance.
• Prioritize predictive, prescriptive, Generative AI and Agentic AI use cases; establish value measures that quantify adoption and outcomes.
• Partner with executives to embed decision intelligence and governed self-service analytics into business workflows.

Enterprise BI & Semantic Models

• Own Tableau Next strategy and delivery of executive dashboards, board reporting, operational scorecards and self-service analytics.
• Lead enterprise semantic models and reusable business metrics on the Databricks Lakehouse platform.
• Deliver business-ready data products supporting advisor productivity, recruiting, retention, AUM/AUA, NNA, revenue, client engagement, compliance, practice management and operations.
• Establish KPI governance, metric standardization and a trusted source of truth across business functions.
• Serve as a trusted advisor on advisor performance, recruiting effectiveness, retention, practice growth, asset flows, profitability, client acquisition, compliance and supervision.
• Partner across Finance, Operations, Product, Compliance and Field Leadership to turn analytical findings into business action.

Data Products & Cross-Functional Partnership

• The Director is accountable for analytics product strategy, business outcomes, useradoptionand value realization.
• Delivery will use an integrated operating model with shared roadmaps, backlogs, decision rights, qualitygatesand release criteria across the following teams:

Collaboration with Data Governance:

• Co-own KPI definitions, business glossary, data ownership and stewardship, quality rules, metadata, lineage, accesscontrolsand responsible AI requirements.
• Ensureeach product has approved definitions, accountableownersand transparent controls.

Collaboration with Data Engineering, Data Products & Architecture:

• Translate product requirements into curated datasets, scalablepipelinesand semantic-ready structures on Databricks.
• Jointly manage dependencies, nonfunctional requirements, performance, reliability,releasereadiness and production support.

Data Science, Security & Compliance:

• Operationalize advanced analytics and AI while embedding privacy, cybersecurity, model risk, supervision and regulatory requirements throughout design,deploymentand monitoring.

Team Leadership, Inherited Capability & Future Growth

• Assume leadership of Kestra’s existing BI and analytics delivery capability and assess current skills, capacity, role clarity and ways of working.
• Create a cohesive operating model spanning BI development, analytics engineering, advanced analytics and analytics product management.
• Mentor leaders and individual contributors; establish career paths, training, succession readiness and a culture of innovation, accountability and collaboration.
• Develop a future capacity and talent plan aligned to demand and value realization. Potential expansion may include BI developers, analytics engineers, analytics product managers, data scientists and AI/decision-intelligence specialists, subject to approved workforce plans.
• Establish delivery governance that produces scalable, trusted and well-adopted analytics products.

Technical Leadership

• Provide strategic oversight of Tableau Next, enterprise reporting architecture, semantic modeling and metric governance.
• Leverage Databricks Lakehouse and Azure to enable scalable analytics and AI workloads.
• Establish standards for data quality, metadata, governance, lineage, performance and reliability in partnership with Engineering and Architecture.
• Drive responsible modernization through cloud-native and AI-enabled technologies.

What You Bring:

• 12+ years of experience in Business Intelligence, Analytics, Data or Decision Intelligence, including 5+ years leading enterprise analytics organizations.
• Deep expertise in Wealth Management, Financial Services, Broker-Dealer, RIA, Custodial, Asset Management or Investment Advisory businesses.
• Proven success building BI and Analytics capabilities and influencing senior executives through data-driven recommendations.
• Strong knowledge of wealth operations, advisor lifecycle, AUM/AUA, NNA, recruiting, retention, practice management, revenue and profitability analytics.
• Exceptional communication, executive presence, people leadership and cross-functional delivery skills.

Preferred Experience:

Tableau Next/Tableau and Databricks Lakehouse; Azure; semantic layer, business glossary and KPI standardization; executive and board scorecards; Advanced Analytics, Generative AI, Agentic AI or Decision Intelligence programs; experience within a leading wealth management platform, custodian, broker-dealer, asset manager or large RIA; MBA or relevant advanced degree preferred.

Success Metrics & Outcomes

Business Impact:Measurable improvement in advisor productivity and contribution to AUM, AUA, NNA,revenueor operating outcomes.

Analytics Transformation:Adoption of Tableau Next, standardized KPIs, governed semantic models, self-serviceanalyticsand reusable enterprise data products.

AI & Innovation:Production deployment of high-value AI use cases with responsible controls, useradoptionand quantified benefits.

Leadership Excellence:A high-performing, scalable team with strong engagement, deliveryd isciplineandsuccessionreadiness.

Internal Application Policy:

Internal applicants must be in good standing and have a minimum of 1 year of service with Kestra. Internal applicants must also have a minimum of 1 year service in current role unless approved by EVP.

Benefits to support you:

• Competitive pay and benefits with a large employer (over 1600 employees nationwide)
• 401(k), health insurance, and a competitive benefits package
• Work in a supportive, collaborative environment committed to professional excellence
• Help clients navigate meaningful financial decisions with confidence
• Opportunities for training, development, and long-term growth within the firm

Kestra Values:
Our Mission is Powering Financial Independence, enabling the growth and success of investing clients and the advisors who serve them. We do that by living our values: Serve, Make it Happen, and One team.

Lead with purpose. Help shape the future of Kestra.

Disclosure By applying to a job at Kestra Financial, Inc., you are agreeing to the following statements:

• You acknowledge that if hired, Kestra Financial, Inc. may, obtain and use background information concerning your credit, character, general reputation, personal characteristics, work habits, performance and experience for evaluation for your potential employment.
• It is the policy of Kestra Financial to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, identity or expression, age, disability, marital status, citizenship, national origin, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Kestra Financial prohibits any such discrimination or harassment.

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