Sr Business Intelligence & Analytics Manager

Optimas SolutionsWood Dale, IL
$114,000 - $144,000Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Manager, Business Intelligence & Analytics is a critical leadership role responsible for shaping and delivering the organization’s data and analytics capabilities. This role serves as both a strategic leader and hands-on practitioner, driving the development of scalable BI solutions while actively contributing to data modeling, reporting, and analytics execution. This individual will partner closely with business leaders, IT, and cross-functional teams to deliver trusted, actionable insights, enable self-service analytics, and elevate data literacy across the organization. As a leader in a growing environment, this role requires a “player-coach” mindset. Comfortable setting vision while also rolling up sleeves to solve complex technical and analytical challenges.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Data Analytics, Computer Science, business, or related field
  • 8–12+ years of experience in business intelligence, analytics, data engineering, or related disciplines
  • 4–6+ years of leadership experience, preferably within a centralized BI or shared services model
  • Proven ability to balance hands-on technical work with strategic leadership in a resource-constrained environment
  • Deep expertise in Microsoft SQL Server (on-prem)
  • Strong hands-on experience with Tableau (or similar BI tools), including dashboard development (server experience a plus)

Nice To Haves

  • server experience a plus

Responsibilities

  • Lead, mentor, and develop a centralized BI team (analysts, developers, engineers), fostering a high-performance and accountable culture
  • Define and execute a scalable BI and analytics roadmap aligned to business priorities
  • Establish and enforce BI governance, standards, and best practices across data, reporting, and analytics
  • Act as a trusted advisor to executive leadership, identifying opportunities to drive value through data
  • Champion a data-driven culture, improving data literacy and adoption across the organization
  • Build and govern a Tableau super user community, driving consistency and best practices
  • Actively contribute to the design, development, and optimization of data models, data marts, and reporting structures within SQL Server (on-prem)
  • Write and optimize complex T-SQL queries and support performance tuning efforts
  • Partner closely with data engineering and IT to design and improve ETL pipelines and data integration processes
  • Ensure data integrity, consistency, and reliability across core reporting assets
  • Influence the design and evolution of an AI-ready data warehouse architecture
  • Troubleshoot and resolve complex data and performance issues as needed
  • Establish visualization standards, KPI definitions, and usability best practices
  • Deliver intuitive, high-impact dashboards that translate data into clear, actionable insights
  • Balance self-service enablement with strong governance and data accuracy controls
  • Optimize dashboard performance and user experience
  • Serve as the primary liaison between BI and business functions (Finance, Operations, Sales, etc.)
  • Translate business needs into scalable technical solutions and analytics products
  • Present insights, storytelling, and recommendations to senior leadership
  • Manage and prioritize competing BI initiatives across functions with clarity and transparency
  • Build strong cross-functional relationships to ensure alignment and adoption
  • Establish SLAs and performance metrics for BI delivery and support
  • Lead project planning, prioritization, and execution (Agile or hybrid methods)
  • Ensure on-time, high-quality delivery of BI initiatives
  • Continuously measure and improve BI adoption, user satisfaction, and business impact
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