Data & Analytics Lead

Entrega • Troy, MI

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Entrega is seeking a hands-on, builder-oriented Data & Analytics Lead to establish and lead our Data & Analytics Delivery Team. This role begins as a player-coach position: leading architecture and solution delivery while recruiting and building a structured analytics team beneath you. As the team scales, the role will evolve toward increased leadership responsibility and reduced individual billable contribution. The Data & Analytics Lead will be accountable for building the team, defining technical standards, managing utilization performance, and ensuring analytics delivery integrates seamlessly into Entrega’s broader Service Delivery model. This is a foundational leadership hire with clear growth trajectory as the capability expands. This position is primarily in-office to enable close collaboration with Service Delivery, Delivery Systems, and executive leadership.

Requirements

• 6–10+ years of experience in Data & Analytics, Business Intelligence, or Data Engineering
• 2+ years of technical leadership or team leadership experience
• Strong hands-on expertise in Power BI, SQL, and cloud-based data platforms
• Experience designing scalable data architectures and reporting frameworks
• Understanding of billable utilization and delivery margin expectations preferred
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or related field required
• Builder mentality and comfort creating structure from ambiguity
• Strong hands-on technical credibility
• Accountability for team performance, utilization, and quality
• Systems-oriented thinking
• Executive-level communication capability
• Financial and margin awareness within a services environment

Nice To Haves

• Experience working within professional services or client-facing delivery environments strongly preferred

Responsibilities

• Build & Manage the Data & Analytics Delivery Team
• Recruit, hire, and structure the Data & Analytics Delivery Team
• Define team roles, leveling standards, and technical competency expectations
• Directly manage team members, including performance reviews and development planning
• Establish clear utilization and delivery performance expectations
• Develop scalable capacity planning aligned to delivery demand
• Hands-On Technical Leadership (Early Phase)
• Lead architecture and solution design for client data and analytics initiatives
• Provide hands-on development support in BI, data modeling, SQL, and cloud data environments as needed
• Establish coding, documentation, and quality standards
• Create reusable frameworks, accelerators, and best practices
• Delivery Performance & Governance
• Ensure analytics engagements meet scope, timeline, and profitability targets
• Partner with Service Delivery Managers to align staffing to demand
• Maintain visibility into team utilization and margin performance
• Reinforce disciplined intake and scope management processes
• Prevent uncontrolled analytics scope expansion
• Cross-Functional Integration
• Act as the structured gateway for analytics production work entering the team
• Support pre-sales solution design and technical validation
• Ensure analytics solutions integrate with digital and technology initiatives
• Partner with Delivery Systems leadership to reinforce production discipline

Benefits

• This role offers a competitive base salary aligned to experience and scope.
• Where applicable, employees may be eligible to participate in performance-based incentive programs aligned to organizational and individual results.
• We offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision coverage, 401(k), paid time off, and additional benefits designed to support our employees’ well-being.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level