Remote Data & BI Strategy Lead for Growth & AI

Aurelius Group; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Aurelius Group is seeking a Senior Manager, Data & BI Practice to drive cross-functional data strategy and analytics for NA portfolio companies. You will partner with business and technology leaders to assess data maturity, define pragmatic strategies, and guide modern data platforms and AI-ready data foundations.

This senior individual contributor role combines hands-on solution design with advisory leadership, project and vendor oversight, and mentorship of portfolio company data teams.

Qualifications

• Seven-plus years of data engineering, BI, analytics or data architecture experience; advisory/consulting context preferred.
• Ability to design and implement modern data platforms with cloud-based data warehouses and data lakes.
• Experience with Azure Fabric or Databricks and Power BI end-to-end from ingestion to dashboards.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with portfolio company leaders to define data strategies and analytics roadmaps.
• Lead data platform design including data warehouses, lakes, and integration patterns.
• Oversee implementation roadmaps with internal teams and external vendors.
• Mentor portfolio company data teams and promote best practices in data engineering and analytics.
• Ensure data governance, quality, metadata, and security across platforms.
• Support AI/ML initiatives with data readiness and scalable architectures.

Skills

Data engineering

BI analytics

Data architecture

Azure Fabric

Databricks

Power BI

Data governance

Data quality

Security

Project management

Vendor management

Communication

Travel up to 40%

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Tools

Azure Fabric

Databricks

Power BI

Job description

Aurelius Group is seeking a Senior Manager, Data & BI Practice to drive cross-functional data strategy and analytics for NA portfolio companies. You will partner with business and technology leaders to assess data maturity, define pragmatic strategies, and guide modern data platforms and AI-ready data foundations.

This senior individual contributor role combines hands-on solution design with advisory leadership, project and vendor oversight, and mentorship of portfolio company data teams.