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Director of BI and Analytics
DATE NEEDED: |
Immediately |
TYPE: |
Full Time |
CLIENT: |
XXXXXXXXXX |
LOCATION: |
Lyndhurst, NJ |
TRAVEL: |
Negligible |
DURATION: |
Permanent |
REPORTING TO: |
Client Manager |
Purpose and Scope:
Reporting to the Senior Director of the Business Intelligence Competency Center (BICC), the Director of Enterprise Intelligence & Analytics will be responsible for managing the daily program activities of the Enterprise Intelligence & Analytics Center of Excellence (EIA CoE) in the delivery of solutions which support strategic business initiatives of the Polo Ralph Lauren global enterprise. This position is responsible for directing the work efforts of the team, overseeing work assignments, and completing summary and detailed status of the work efforts.
Responsibilities:
- Support the strategic needs of the business by leveraging the assets of the EIA CoE to guide the architecture and delivery of straightforward, robust solutions which satisfy the growing analytical and reporting needs of the enterprise.
- Concisely report technical information to executive management (e.g. problems, solutions, architecture)
- Evaluate, recruit, manage and assess employee and consulting resources
- Complete and report project status of solutions delivery team(s).
- Develop and maintain BI architecture roadmap and provide updates to upper management and team members.
- Deliver and explain platform capacity utilization statistics, trending and forecasting.
- Develop documentation and communication standards around BI solution releases.
- Monitor and track BI product licensing – expenditures versus budget.
- Manage backup and recovery strategies to support documented SLA’s for supported applications.
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of Enterprise BI Governance.
- Ensure adherence to accepted enterprise application development standards.
- Estimate, plan, and coordinate development activities across concurrent development efforts within the EIA CoE.
- Coordinate work efforts with other Managers and Project Managers within the BICC to maximize productivity, quality and business value.
- Coordinate training and cross-training activities to maximize depth of expertise throughout the EIA CoE.
- Ensure proper QA process is employed during all stages of system and UAT testing.
- Work closely with Business Analysts and Project Managers in developing functional requirements and transforming these requirements into technical plans, schedules and solutions
- Work with Project Managers to assist in prioritizing projects across all business units.
- Estimate work effort required in support of project deliverables
- Prioritize, delegate and manage non-project tasks and deliverables
- Prioritize, delegate and manage production support incidents.
Required Qualifications:
- BS or equivalent degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or business related field
- 10+ years of total IT experience
- 6+ years working and leading Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Intelligence projects
- 4+ years in a Management role in an Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Intelligence environment
- Experience managing a BI team.
- Demonstrated experience in successfully delivering Enterprise Data Warehousing & Business Intelligence solutions
- Strong technical aptitude and understanding of Business Intelligence products – especially MicroStrategy.
- Excellent leadership, teambuilding, and interpersonal skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Preferred Qualifications:
- MicroStrategy Certifications
- Experience delivering global IT solutions
- Experience delivering Teradata Enterprise Data Warehousing solutions
- Industry experience in Retail and/or Wholesale
- Project Management experience
- PMP Certification
- Consulting experience
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