Senior BI & Analytics Lead - SQL, Snowflake, Data Strategy

Caterpillar; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 128,000 - 193,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401(k)

Tuition reimbursement

Career development

Job summary

Caterpillar Inc. is seeking a Lead Business Intelligence Analyst to drive strategic analytics across the organization. You will partner with product teams and senior leaders to deliver scalable reporting and data solutions that enable data-driven decisions.

You will lead governance, data quality, and enterprise analytics initiatives, mentor analysts, and collaborate with data engineers to design pipelines and semantic models that scale with Caterpillar's growth.

Qualifications

• Experience leading BI programs across multiple teams.
• Ability to align BI strategies with company objectives.
• Strong program management with risk and stakeholder handling.
• Influence decisions and drive cross-functional alignment.
• Advanced SQL and Snowflake analytics experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic BI and data analytics initiatives across product teams and leadership stakeholders.
• Partner with business leaders to translate priorities into scalable data and analytics solutions.
• Drive planning, prioritization, and governance of BI products, datasets, dashboards, and data-driven initiatives.
• Leverage SQL, Snowflake, and enterprise data platforms to analyze data and support decisions.
• Collaborate with data engineers to develop scalable data pipelines and reporting capabilities.
• Establish governance, data quality, and best practices to improve analytics reliability.
• Develop strategic roadmaps aligning BI capabilities with organizational goals.
• Communicate insights effectively to executive and technical audiences.
• Mentor analysts and lead solution design and stakeholder engagement.
• Lead process improvements and change management to elevate BI capabilities.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Program management

Executive communication

Stakeholder alignment

Mentoring

Data-driven decision making

Tools

Snowflake

SQL

Tableau

Power BI

Job description

Caterpillar Inc. is seeking a Lead Business Intelligence Analyst to drive strategic analytics across the organization. You will partner with product teams and senior leaders to deliver scalable reporting and data solutions that enable data-driven decisions.

You will lead governance, data quality, and enterprise analytics initiatives, mentor analysts, and collaborate with data engineers to design pipelines and semantic models that scale with Caterpillar's growth.