Lead Business Intelligence Analyst

Jobtailor; Illinois; On-site; USD 125,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a Senior BI Leader to guide strategic analytics initiatives across multiple business units. You will translate complex business questions into scalable analytics and partner with leaders to drive data-driven decision making.

Responsibilities include roadmap development, governance, and mentoring analysts, with a focus on operational efficiency and scalable data solutions powered by SQL and Snowflake.

Qualifications

• Experience leading multiple concurrent initiatives in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
• Ability to align BI strategies, roadmaps, and priorities with organizational objectives.
• Strong program management skills with the ability to manage risks, dependencies, resource constraints, and stakeholder expectations.
• Demonstrated ability to influence decisions, drive alignment, and execute across cross-functional teams.
• Strong knowledge of BI methodologies, reporting frameworks, and analytical techniques.
• Ability to leverage data to identify trends, risks, opportunities, and strategic recommendations.
• Experience translating complex business questions into scalable analytics solutions.
• Advanced proficiency in SQL for data extraction, transformation, validation, and analysis.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic BI initiatives across product teams, business units, and leadership stakeholders.
• Partner with business leaders to translate complex challenges into scalable data solutions.
• Drive planning, prioritization, and execution of BI products, dashboards, and data-driven initiatives.
• Collaborate with data engineering teams to develop scalable data solutions and reporting capabilities.
• Establish governance and data quality best practices to ensure reliability and scalability.
• Develop roadmaps aligning BI capabilities with organizational goals and future needs.
• Communicate insights and recommendations to executives and technical audiences.
• Mentor analysts and lead in solution design, stakeholder engagement, and analytics best practices.
• Lead process improvements and change management to enhance BI capabilities.

Skills

SQL Proficiency

Snowflake Experience

Business Intelligence Methodologies

Program Management Skills

Data Governance Best Practices

Tools

Enterprise Data Platforms

Data Visualization Tools

Reporting Tools

Job description

• Lead strategic business intelligence and data analytics initiatives across product teams, business units, and leadership stakeholders.
• Partner with business leaders to understand priorities and translate complex business challenges into scalable data and analytics solutions.
• Drive planning, prioritization, and execution of BI products, analytical datasets, dashboards, and data-driven initiatives.
• Leverage SQL, Snowflake, and enterprise data platforms to analyze data, identify insights, and support business decision-making.
• Collaborate with data engineering teams to develop, optimize, and maintain scalable data solutions, datasets, and reporting capabilities.
• Establish and promote governance, data quality, and best practices that improve the consistency, reliability, and scalability of analytics solutions.
• Develop strategic roadmaps that align business intelligence capabilities with organizational goals and future business needs.
• Communicate insights, recommendations, and technical concepts effectively to executive, business, and technical audiences.
• Mentor analysts and provide leadership in solution design, stakeholder engagement, and analytical best practices.
• Lead process improvement, modernization, and change management efforts that enhance business intelligence capabilities and drive operational efficiency.

Requirements

• Experience leading multiple concurrent initiatives in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
• Ability to align business intelligence strategies, roadmaps, and priorities with organizational objectives.
• Strong program management skills with the ability to manage risks, dependencies, resource constraints, and stakeholder expectations.
• Demonstrated ability to influence decisions, drive alignment, and execute across cross-functional teams.
• Strong knowledge of business intelligence methodologies, reporting frameworks, and analytical techniques.
• Ability to leverage data to identify trends, risks, opportunities, and strategic recommendations.
• Experience translating complex business questions and requirements into scalable analytics solutions.
• Advanced proficiency in SQL for data extraction, transformation, validation, and analysis.
• Ability to perform complex data investigations and root cause analysis to support business decisions and operational improvements.
• Advanced knowledge of relational databases, data modeling, and enterprise data architecture principles.
• Extensive experience designing, optimizing, and troubleshooting SQL queries against large-scale datasets.
• Experience developing analytical solutions using Snowflake, including data exploration, transformation, performance tuning, and data sharing.
• Experience creating scalable, business-ready datasets, semantic models, and reusable data assets.
• Strong understanding of data quality, governance, and best practices for managing structured and semi-structured data.
• Ability to guide solution design and development efforts in partnership with analysts, developers, and data engineers.
• Experience establishing standards, governance models, and best practices for reporting, analytics, and data solutions.
• Ability to balance technical capabilities, business needs, and long-term scalability.
• Expert ability to communicate effectively with executive leaders, business partners, and technical teams.
• Strong presentation, facilitation, written communication, and storytelling skills.
• Ability to distill complex technical and analytical concepts into clear, actionable recommendations.
• Proven ability to build relationships, influence without authority, and align diverse stakeholder groups.

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in leading business intelligence initiatives, leveraging SQL and Snowflake for data analysis, and developing scalable analytics solutions that align with organizational goals. Proven ability to communicate insights effectively and mentor teams in best practices for data governance and quality.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• SQL Proficiency
• Snowflake Experience
• Business Intelligence Methodologies
• Program Management Skills
• Data Governance Best Practices

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Data Analysis
• Data Modeling
• Root Cause Analysis
• Data Transformation
• Analytical Techniques
• Reporting Frameworks
• Data Quality Management
• Complex SQL Query Design
• Scalable Dataset Creation
• Performance Tuning

Soft Skills

• Influencing Decisions
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Effective Communication
• Relationship Building
• Storytelling Skills

Industry Keywords

• Business Intelligence
• Data Analytics
• Data Governance
• Operational Efficiency
• Change Management

Tools & Technologies

• Enterprise Data Platforms
• Data Visualization Tools
• Analytical Dashboards
• Data Exploration Tools
• Reporting Tools