Director-Reporting and Analytics

Who we are: BAL • Richardson, TX

9h

About The Position

BAL is a team of brilliant people who change lives through elite immigration work and collaborative innovation. We pursue the exceptional in all that we do, but never at the expense of our values. There’s no denying our work is demanding, both in volume and pace, but we’re up for the challenge. We love the balance of hard work and fun – so, you’ll see us in jeans as we shatter glass ceilings and conventional stereotypes. BAL employees feel valued, rewarded, and respected. We seek opportunities to be of service to others and our communities. We are committed to your growth and development and want to set you up for success here at BAL and beyond. Who you are: You are looking for work that has a purpose. You aren’t afraid to roll up your sleeves and get stuff done. You learn quickly. You move fast. You embrace challenge and detail as well as creative thinking. You believe you have something unique to contribute and you aren’t afraid to raise your hand. You understand that powering human achievement is ultimately about impacting a real person. You are looking for a place to grow and an environment where everyone has a spot and is genuinely welcome. We’re better together: A bright, driven person like you and an industry-leading powerhouse like BAL? It’s a perfect combination! We truly want to see you succeed here and become an integral part of our mission to provide an experience that makes a positive difference in people’s lives. Come be a part of something special, where you can have an impact and be valued just for being you! BAL is a leading global immigration law firm recognized for its size, reach, and commitment to innovation. Our technology ecosystem includes Databricks for data engineering and analytics, Power BI for business intelligence, SQL databases powering our custom-built Cobalt platform, and Salesforce as our future-state business platform. Operating in a cloud-first environment leveraging Azure and AWS, we are modernizing our reporting, analytics, and data engineering capabilities to support faster, insight-driven decision-making. To drive this evolution, we are hiring a Director of Reporting and Data Engineering to unify data engineering, reporting, and analytics under one strategic leader. This role will transform data into a strategic asset—modernizing our reporting stack, enabling self-service analytics, automating manual work, and building a roadmap that future-proofs our data ecosystem. Problem Statement While our current reporting function receives high CSAT scores from our internal legal team customers, our current reporting and data operations model is reactive, fragmented, and heavily manual. Reporting functions operate like a centralized support desk, responding to ad-hoc requests rather than providing proactive insights aligned with business priorities. Manual report creation consumes significant capacity, limiting the team's ability to innovate or automate. The Power BI stack is underutilized with minimal self-service capabilities. Reporting and data engineering operate in silos, creating inefficiencies and unclear ownership. Demand far outpaces capacity, and prioritization is largely determined by perceived urgency instead of business value. Without a strategic roadmap, modern skills, and governance, our ability to support fast, data-driven decision-making remains limited. To Solve This: We need a leader who will shift our team from reactive reporting toward proactive analytics and business partnership. This means: Embedding aligned analysts with the business. Building a self-service analytics ecosystem. Automating manual reporting at scale. Establishing governance and data literacy. Creating a strategic roadmap for reporting, analytics, and data engineering. Ensuring our data platform supports the firm’s transition to Salesforce. This leader will unify siloed workstreams, drive modernization, and ensure our data capabilities scale with the firm.

Requirements

• 5–7 years leading data engineering, reporting, or analytics teams with a track record of transformation.
• Strong understanding of modern data platforms (Databricks, SQL) and BI tools (Power BI).
• Hands-on Salesforce reporting expertise and experience designing enterprise reporting architecture.
• Proven success shifting reporting organizations from reactive to proactive.
• Expertise in self-service models and automation at scale.
• Strong leadership, communication, and change management skills.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver strategic roadmaps and execute complex, cross-functional initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership Develop and deliver a unified roadmap across reporting, data engineering, automation, governance, and Salesforce reporting evolution.
• Business Partnership Build strong relationships with business leaders; redesign reporting functions to embed analysts within business units instead of operating as a centralized support desk.
• Analytics Modernization Modernize Power BI and Salesforce reporting; deploy governed self-service analytics. Evaluate enhancements to visualization tools and enterprise reporting models.
• Salesforce Reporting Architecture Define the reporting architecture and strategy for a Salesforce-centric environment, ensuring scalability and alignment with business needs.
• Automation & Efficiency Build an enterprise-wide automation strategy to reduce manual reporting by 50%, including standardizing data models, datasets, refresh cycles, and automated pipelines.
• Data Engineering & Platform Optimization Own and optimize Databricks; ensure scalable, high-quality data pipelines with strong SLAs, lineage, and reliability. Break down silos between reporting and engineering, ensuring seamless data delivery.
• Governance Establish data governance standards for quality, lineage, cataloging, and access. Elevate data literacy across the business.
• Talent Development Assess and upskill the team in modern BI, data engineering, automation, and analytics. Build a high-performing, business-aligned organization.
• Measurement & Accountability Define KPIs for automation, self-service adoption, proactive analytics, and reduction of ad-hoc reporting. Build transparency with leadership on progress and outcomes.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed