Director, Data & Analytics

North Texas Food Bank • Plano, TX

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About The Position

PRIMARY PURPOSE: The Director of Data & Analytics is a strategic leader responsible for ensuring that NTFB’s data, reports, and analytics are accurate, consistent and actionable to support effective decision-making across the organization. This role oversees the BI team, serves as the organization’s expert in food banking business logic, and acts as a critical link between technical BI developers and business stakeholders. The Director also leads key aspects of NTFB’s Data Governance program, ensuring data quality, change control, and other governance standards are properly adopted and maintained.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, management/computer information systems, or related field
• Proven ability to develop and execute enterprise-wide data and analytics strategies
• Expertise in data governance, data architecture, and advanced analytics
• Exceptional leadership, influence, and change-management skills
• Ability to communicate complex data concepts to executive and non-technical audiences
• Demonstrated experience with modern BI platforms, data warehousing, and cloud analytics solutions
• Strong business acumen and understanding of key organizational drivers, KPIs and performance measurement
• Ability to provide consultative analytics guidance that informs strategic decision-making
• Demonstrated ability to translate business questions into actionable analytical solutions
• Hands-on knowledge of the Microsoft BI Stack, including Power BI and SQL Server
• Strong attention to detail, analytical, and problem-solving skills
• Self-motivated, organized and capable of setting team priorities and meeting deadlines
• Experience designing and enforcing BI quality assurance (QA) and validation processes
• Seven years of progressive experience in data and analytics, with at least 5 years in a senior leadership role establishing analytics standards, reporting frameworks and data quality practices
• Experience with BI operating models (intake, prioritization, SLAs, QA, release management) and implementing and operating within a data governance framework
• Experience with AI-assisted analytics, including predictive and prescriptive machine learning (ML)

Nice To Haves

• Experience in food industry consumer-packaged goods or retail food distribution is a plus

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute comprehensive data and analytics strategies aligned with organizational goals
• Oversee the analytics reporting, including intake, prioritization, delivery, and support processes
• Manage and mentor BI team members, setting clear expectations, providing coaching, conducting performance reviews, and building a high-performing, business-focused analytics team
• Work closely with the VP of Technology & Data Strategy to execute the BI and Analytics roadmap, including defining priorities, sequencing initiatives, creating staffing model, and building long-term analytics capabilities that align with organizational goals
• Ensure that analytics outputs are meaningful and contextually relevant for both operational teams and executive leadership
• Lead the BI function by establishing standards and processes for intake, prioritization, delivery, QA, and ongoing support of analytics solutions
• Serve as a business partner for analytics, ensuring insights are actionable, accurate, and trusted by leadership
• Own enterprise reporting and metrics governance, including standard definitions, data quality controls, validation processes, and change management to ensure consistency across all analytics outputs
• Oversee the design and evolution of BI architecture, including data models, semantic layers, and reporting platforms, ensuring scalability, performance, and alignment with enterprise data strategy
• Provide technical leadership and guidance across SQL Server, ETL processes, and data integration
• Establish and enforce quality assurance practices, including peer reviews, validation checkpoints, and executive-level certification of reports and dashboards
• Lead issue triage and resolution for complex analytics and data quality issues, balancing urgency, impact, and root-cause remediation while communicating clearly with stakeholders
• Drive adoption and enablement of BI solutions, including executive dashboards, self-service analytics, documentation, and data literacy efforts across the organization
• Support enterprise initiatives and system changes (e.g., ERP, CRM, operational platforms) by assessing downstream reporting impacts and ensuring continuity and accuracy of analytics
• Continuously identify opportunities to improve analytics processes, tools, and governance to increase efficiency, reduce risk, and strengthen confidence in organizational data
• Perform other duties as assigned
• Lead a team of four direct reports, including hiring, training, coaching and developing team members

What This Job Offers

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