VP, Business Intelligence, Analytics & Insights

Jackson•Nashville, TN

About The Position

The Vice President, Business Intelligence (BI), Analytics, & Insights leads the strategy, development, and execution of distribution's data vision, transforming raw data into actionable insights that drive business growth, efficiency, and decision-making across all departments. Key responsibilities include building and mentoring high-performing teams, overseeing data governance and infrastructure, partnering with C-suite leaders to define KPIs, driving innovation in analytics, ensuring data quality, and championing a data-driven culture to support strategic goals.

Requirements

Exceptional analytical skills with a proven ability to evolve and align the BI strategy with business objectives.
Exceptional knowledge of the financial services industry and Jackson’s products, policies, procedures, and systems (or an ability to obtain this knowledge quickly).
Excellent leadership skills with a proven ability to manage a high-performing team of data professionals.
Exceptional relationship building skills with the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with executives and senior leaders in Sales, Marketing, Finance, and Operations.
Proven ability to act as a data steward and ensure data integrity and security.
Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills with the ability to effectively communicate complex analytical findings in a simple, narrative manner that influences decision making and drives immediate action.
Deep expertise in Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Fabric, SQL, cloud data warehousing ETL/ELT tools, and data modeling best practices.
Deep expertise utlizing data visualization tools, such as Power BI (preferred) and/or Tableau, to transform complex data into understandable visuals that identify trends and improve decision-making.
Proven ability to drive continuous process improvements.
Bachelor's Degree required.
10+ years of relevant data analytics experience required.
Experience leading a high-performing team required.
Diverse financial services industry experience required.

Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership & Vision: Define and evolve distribution’s BI, analytics, and data strategy, ensuring alignment with business objectives and future growth.
Team Leadership & Development: Recruit, mentor, and manage a team of data professionals, fostering a culture of excellence, collaboration, and continuous learning.
Advanced Analytics Partnership: Collaborate with executives and leaders in Sales, Marketing, Finance, Operations, Data Science teams, and other areas to identify needs and deliver relevant insights.
Data Governance & Infrastructure: Oversee data warehousing, data quality, data integrity, security, and the selection/implementation of analytics tools and platforms.
Analytics & Insights Delivery: Develop advanced analytics (predictive modeling, segmentation), reporting, and self-service capabilities to empower business users.
Performance Measurement: Define and track key performance indicators (KPIs) and business trends to identify opportunities and optimize performance.
Executive Dashboard Design: Oversee the development and maintenance of standardized, high-impact executive dashboards that provide a real-time, consolidated view of key performance indicators (KPIs) for wholesalers and leadership team.
Other Duties Performs other duties and/or projects as assigned.