Strategic Analytics Platform Architect & Lead

PJM Interconnection; Audubon (NJ); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

PJM Interconnection in Audubon, PA is seeking a Sr. Lead (Principal) Architect to drive the governance, evolution, and operational success of the enterprise analytics platform.

You will translate complex business requirements into scalable analytics solutions and oversee the product backlog for multiple projects. As a senior leader, you will mentor analytics professionals, collaborate with data engineering, security, and governance teams, and ensure platforms remain stable, secure, and scalable

Qualifications

• At least 8 years leading development of information systems, advanced analytics enablement, business intelligence enablement, data engineering/architecture or related fields.
• At least 8 years of experience supporting or managing enterprise analytics platforms and BI tools such as Azure, Databricks, and Power BI.
• Demonstrated experience leading or managing a team of analytics professionals.
• Experience working in Agile, Scrum, or hybrid delivery environments. Experience working with enterprise stakeholders and cross-functional teams including data engineering, IT, security, and business leadership.

Responsibilities

• Own and manage the enterprise analytics support function, including ownership of the data and analytics platform, BI/visualization tools, data preparation tools, reporting automation, and related analytics technologies.
• Monitor departmental goals required to achieve the work, responsibilities and strategies of PJM, the division and department.
• Foster relationships with other PJM departments and SMEs to ensure analytics services meet the needs of PJM.
• Provide inputs for analytics platform roadmap, prioritizing enhancements, upgrades, and new capabilities based on business needs, platform health and strategic priorities.
• Serve as the primary point of contact and SME for projects and business units leveraging the data and analytics platform, providing guidance on architecture, design patterns, and best practices.
• Mentor D&A Business Analyst resources, including assigning work, prioritizing tasks, setting performance expectations, coaching and supporting professional development and career growth.
• Ensure consistency and standardization, reuse, and best practices across analytics solutions built on the D&A platform and other tools owned by analytics support.
• Collaborate with enterprise architecture, data engineering, security, and governance teams to ensure analytics solutions meet compliance, security and data quality requirements.
• Oversee intake and triage of analytics requests, ensuring work is routed appropriately balancing data and analytics platform enhancements with continuous improvement and innovation while providing support for current and future analytics, reporting, and data integration needs.
• Support / enable self-service analytics, including development of templates, reusable models, standardized dashboards, and training materials to increase adoption and reduce duplicate work.
• Contribute in management of delivery of both large, multi-phase projects and ad hoc analysis requests, provide guidance on platform usage, design patterns, and integration approaches, coordinating across multiple project teams, managing dependencies and ensuring timely completion of deliverables.
• Partner with project teams to understand requirements and translate them into scalable D&A platform-aligned solutions.
• Review and approve analytics solutions design to ensure performance, scalability, security and maintainability.
• Identify opportunities to generate project-specific solutions, driving adaptation by providing key inputs to the D&A adaptation strategy and communications.
• Facilitate stakeholder alignment and prioritization, balancing competing demands and ensuring D&A platform roadmap supports enterprise objectives and project needs
• Drive continuous improvement through feedback loops, post-implementation reviews, and adoption tracking ensuring the tools owned by the department including the D&A platform evolves to meet changing business needs from users and project teams.

Skills

Leadership

Analytics strategy

Data architecture

Team management

Power BI

Azure

Databricks

Communication

Agile/Scrum

Data governance

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

MBA/PhD (preferred)

Tools

Power BI

Azure

Databricks

Job description

PJM Interconnection in Audubon, PA is seeking a Sr. Lead (Principal) Architect to drive the governance, evolution, and operational success of the enterprise analytics platform.

You will translate complex business requirements into scalable analytics solutions and oversee the product backlog for multiple projects. As a senior leader, you will mentor analytics professionals, collaborate with data engineering, security, and governance teams, and ensure platforms remain stable, secure, and scalable