Director, Enterprise Data & Analytics

Merit Medical Systems, Inc. • South Jordan, UT

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About The Position

Provides strategic leadership and direction for Merit Medical’s global Business Intelligence and Analytics capabilities. Oversees the implementation, maintenance, governance, and continuous improvement of enterprise BI, analytics, data, AI, and automation technologies. Leads the Business Intelligence & Analytics team, sets priorities and technology roadmaps, develops team capabilities, and aligns analytics investments with business and IT strategic objectives.

Leads worldwide implementation, adoption, and governance of BI tools, AI technologies, data management tools, and Microsoft Power Platform technologies, including Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, Power Apps, and Power Automate. Partners with business and IT leaders to deliver scalable, secure, governed, globally consistent analytics solutions that provide measurable business value.

The role also directs enterprise data integration, modeling, transformation, quality, security, and analytics architecture; advances responsible AI and automation; and leads analytics modernization and business transformation initiatives. It manages team performance and development, promotes adoption and change management, and ensures solutions are tested, documented, secured, governed, supported, and accompanied by appropriate training.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Data Analytics, Business, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• At least 10 years of progressively responsible experience in Business Intelligence, data and analytics, enterprise systems, or related technologies.
• At least 5 years of people leadership experience, including developing teams, managing performance, and establishing priorities.
• Demonstrated experience leading enterprise BI, data, and analytics strategies, platforms, and implementations across multiple business functions.
• Strong experience with modern analytics technologies and strategic and technical direction, including SQL and modern data platform concepts.
• Demonstrated experience with data governance, data integration, data modeling, data quality, analytics standards, and self-service analytics.
• Demonstrated experience partnering with senior business and IT leaders to establish priorities, translate business needs into scalable solutions, and deliver measurable business value.
• Experience leading significant technology implementations, platform transformations, or analytics modernization initiatives.
• Experience evaluating and implementing AI, automation, and emerging technologies to improve analytics, decision-making, productivity, or business processes.
• Demonstrated ability to lead organizational change and technology adoption across multiple business functions.
• Excellent leadership, communication, collaboration, decision-making, and problem-solving skills.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate, Azure data technologies, or comparable platforms.
• Experience working within a global organization.

Responsibilities

• Lead and direct the Business Intelligence & Analytics team, setting strategic direction, priorities, and resource plans.
• Coach, mentor, and develop team members; establish performance expectations and accountability; manage organizational capacity and team priorities.
• Interview, hire, develop, evaluate, and manage personnel.
• Establish and execute enterprise BI and analytics strategies, standards, and technology roadmaps.
• Provide leadership and technical direction for enterprise analytics platforms, particularly Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, and other Power Platform applications.
• Oversee development of scalable dashboards, data models, KPIs, and reusable analytics assets.
• Ensure effective integration and transformation of data from diverse enterprise sources.
• Set standards for analytics development, security, governance, data quality, and solution lifecycle management.
• Lead the enterprise self-service analytics strategy while maintaining appropriate governance and standards.
• Partner with business leaders to translate strategic priorities and requirements into scalable analytics solutions and actionable insights.
• Evaluate and incorporate appropriate AI and automation technologies into analytics and business processes; prioritize opportunities to improve decision-making, productivity, and processes.
• Support responsible AI adoption consistent with company governance, security, privacy, and technology standards.
• Direct enterprise data integration, modeling, transformation, quality, security, and analytics architecture.
• Establish consistent data and analytics governance practices and promote consistent definitions, standards, and trusted data assets across business functions.
• Maintain team proficiency in SQL and technologies used to access and analyze complex enterprise datasets.
• Lead effective use of Microsoft Power Platform, including Fabric, Power BI, Power Apps, and Power Automate; establish governance and development standards for analytics, applications, workflow automation, and process improvement.
• Ensure Power Platform solutions align with enterprise architecture, security, support, and governance standards.
• Partner with senior business and IT leaders to establish priorities, promote adoption, manage expectations, and ensure technology investments deliver measurable business value.
• Ensure consistent processes, methodologies, development standards, and governance practices across global company sites.
• Lead significant analytics, technology modernization, and business transformation initiatives.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and identify opportunities to improve systems, analytics, data quality, automation, and business processes.
• Oversee strategic technology partners and vendors as appropriate.
• Ensure new analytics solutions and significant enhancements are tested, documented, secured, governed, and supported before implementation.
• Ensure appropriate training, documentation, and change management for new and existing capabilities.
• Provide an exceptional customer experience when engaging with colleagues, business leaders, and other stakeholders.
• Perform other leadership and management responsibilities as required.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and other insurance, eligible the first of the month after 30 days.
• Low-cost onsite medical clinic.
• Two onsite cafeterias.
• Employee garden and gardening classes.
• Three weeks’ vacation, one week of sick time, and paid holidays.
• 401(k).
• Health Savings Account.

What This Job Offers

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