Data Strategies Analysis Manager

Boyd Gaming•Las Vegas, NV

About The Position

The Data Strategies Manager leads analytics projects using historical, current, and predictive views of the business to support decision-making. The role partners with marketing, operations, property leadership, and other departments to understand business challenges and provide data-based solutions. Success is measured by the ability to deliver in-depth insights and recommendations and make data highly consumable across the organization. The manager leads analyses and test-and-learn experimentation, supports marketing and promotional activities, and applies statistical and predictive techniques to improve business performance. The role also designs and maintains dashboards and reports, works with data using tools such as SQL and Python, documents processes, and drives departmental efficiency through automation. This position supervises, mentors, trains, and develops direct reports; assigns projects and manages team workload. It also manages projects from problem definition through analysis, recommendations, and presentation, while maintaining positive relationships with vendors, properties, and corporate departments.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field such as business analytics, statistics, mathematics, economics, computer science, or a closely related field.
At least 5 years of relevant analytics experience.
Expertise with tools such as SQL, Python, R, SAS, or SPSS.
Advanced knowledge of BI tools such as MicroStrategy, Tableau, or Power BI.
High proficiency with Microsoft Office.
Inquisitive analytical thinking and strong problem-solving ability.
Demonstrated professionalism and leadership skills.
Strong organization, attention to detail, and accuracy.
Ability to communicate complex analyses to a variety of audiences.
Ability to obtain and maintain any necessary licenses and/or certifications.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree.

Responsibilities

Partner with corporate and property leadership in marketing, operations, and other departments to understand business challenges and offer data-based solutions.
Develop and present comprehensive analyses, insights, and recommendations to different organizational audiences, including senior and marketing leadership.
Lead test-and-learn experimentation, including prioritizing experiments, designing tests, and communicating key learnings and recommendations.
Support direct marketing, special events, and promotional activities through customer segmentation, performance analysis, test design and analysis, and predictive modeling.
Analyze large data sources to identify key business drivers.
Apply predictive modeling, segmentation, forecasting, and multivariate analysis to business challenges.
Identify, research, and implement new analytics techniques.
Manage projects from inception to completion, including defining the business question, selecting an approach, conducting analysis, developing recommendations, and presenting findings.
Design, create, and maintain dashboards and reports that monitor key business metrics.
Use SQL, Python, R, SSIS, and related tools to extract, manipulate, and move data within the Boyd Gaming technology stack.
Provide clear, meaningful analysis to support decision-making.
Create and maintain process documentation.
Hire, train, coach, and develop Data Strategies team members.
Assign projects and prioritize and manage the workload of direct reports.
Drive departmental efficiency through automation.
Maintain positive working relationships with outside vendors, properties, and corporate departments.
Take initiative, solve problems, and make timely decisions.
Perform other duties as assigned.