Senior Manager, Business Intelligence

SRS Distribution Inc.•McKinney, TX

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

We are seeking a talented and experienced Senior Manager of Business Intelligence to lead our BI team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in business intelligence, analytics, and data visualization, along with proven leadership and stakeholder partnership skills. This role will play a critical part in enabling self-service analytics, improving data literacy, and acting as a trusted data advisor to business leaders. The Senior Manager of Business Intelligence will oversee the development and implementation of BI solutions, leveraging tools such as Power BI and SQL, and will have prior experience managing and developing high-performing teams.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Analytics, or a related field; Master’s degree preferred.
5+ years of experience in business intelligence, data analytics, or a related field, with demonstrated impact on business decision-making.
4+ years of people leadership experience, including hiring, coaching, and developing BI or analytics teams.
Strong proficiency with Power BI, SQL, and modern BI architectures, including semantic models and self-service analytics.
Demonstrated experience in data enablement, analytics adoption, or data product ownership.
Proven ability to partner with business stakeholders, influence priorities, and translate business needs into scalable analytical solutions.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to explain complex data concepts in clear, business-focused terms.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with experience working across large, complex data sets.
Experience in the B2B wholesale industry is a plus.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree

Responsibilities

Lead and manage the Business Intelligence team, providing guidance, support, mentorship, and career development to team members.
Develop and implement Power BI strategies and solutions to support business objectives and data-driven decision-making.
Design, develop, and maintain scalable data models and high-impact visualizations using Power BI, SQL, and related technologies.
Monitor and optimize BI platforms for performance, reliability, scalability, and adoption.
Drive data enablement initiatives to empower business users with reliable, well-modeled, and easily consumable data assets.
Establish and promote self-service BI standards, reusable datasets, semantic models, and certified reports to improve consistency and reduce ad-hoc data requests.
Partner with data engineering and architecture teams to ensure data availability, quality, and governance align with analytical needs.
Improve data literacy across the organization by defining best practices, documentation, and training for BI tools and dashboards.
Define and track adoption metrics to measure the effectiveness of BI and data enablement solutions.
Act as a trusted data partner and advisor to senior leaders and cross-functional stakeholders (e.g., Sales, Finance, Operations, Supply Chain).
Proactively engage stakeholders to understand business challenges, KPIs, and analytical maturity, translating needs into scalable BI solutions.
Facilitate regular stakeholder reviews, roadmap discussions, and prioritization forums to align BI initiatives with business strategy.
Balance short-term reporting needs with long-term platform and data strategy investments.
Communicate insights and recommendations effectively, tailoring messaging for both technical and non-technical audiences.
Stay current with industry trends, emerging BI capabilities, and analytics best practices, incorporating them into the BI roadmap where appropriate.
Contribute to the broader enterprise data strategy by recommending improvements to tools, processes, and governance models.