Director, Business Intelligence and Analytics

Job Title: Director, Business Intelligence & Analytics

Location: Remote/Hybrid - USA

Reports to: Chief Information Officer

Department Name: Development

Job Type: Full Time, Exempt

Position Summary

The Director of Business Intelligence and Analytics is responsible for Oversee the development and implementation of business intelligence tools and systems, including integration with databases and data warehouses. Reporting to the CIO you will play a crucial role in creating data products and solutions that scale and drive adoption of these data products throughout the organization.

Essential Duties & Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design and deployment of effective data visualization and reporting solutions to support decision-making processes across the organization.
• Manage cross-functional teams to identify business intelligence, reporting, and data analysis needs and requirements.
• Establish and enforce governance and policies for data management and usage, ensuring data accuracy and security.
• Collaborate closely with CIO, Director of Enterprise Technology and Director of Product Management to form a cohesive, synergetic IT Leadership team.
• Collaborate with IT and data management teams to ensure the architecture supports the business intelligence needs of the organization.
• Drive the adoption of data-driven decision-making practices within the organization, promoting a culture of analytical thinking.
• Evaluate and select third-party vendors, tools, and services for data analytics and business intelligence projects.
• Spearhead special projects to explore innovative business intelligence technologies and methodologies for enhancing organizational competitiveness.
• Ability to travel and/or work onsite up to 20%.
• Performs other duties as assigned or apparent.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• This job supervises a Data Engineer and two (2) Junior BI Developers.

Experience & Qualifications:

•  Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Systems, Data Science, or related field required.
•  15+ years of relevant experience in BI development, or enterprise data strategy.
•  Strong experience in business intelligence, and enterprise data systems, with a proven ability to influence business direction through data.
•  Data Architecture Oversight: Lead and optimize our Azure SQL based data warehouse data modeling to support scalable reporting and analytics.
•  Data Visualization: Create customized Power BI dashboards, reports, and visualizations to meet the diverse needs of stakeholders.
•  Data Governance and Quality: Establish and enforce data governance standards to ensure data accuracy, integrity, and security across the organization.
•  Advanced knowledge of Power BI, Fabric, PowerQuery, SQL, and modern data modeling techniques.
•  Skilled at identifying the right questions to ask, and translating business needs into scalable data solutions.
•  Excellent communicator with the ability to present insights in a way that drives decision-making at the leadership level.
•  Experience managing cross-functional projects and building strong internal partnerships.
•  Comfortable balancing strategic planning with hands-on development work when needed.
•  Collaborative, adaptable, and highly responsive to a fast-changing environment.
•  Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
•  Strong customer service orientation with the ability to handle inquiries and requests efficiently and professionally.
•  Attention to detail and a commitment to accuracy in all aspects of program management.
•  A proactive, can-do attitude with a willingness to take ownership of tasks and drive them to completion.
•  Ability to work independently while also being a team player who thrives in a collaborative environment.
•  Discretion and trustworthiness in handling sensitive information and supporting high-level strategic initiatives.

Physical Demands and Working Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.

• While performing the duties of this job in a home office setting, the employee is regularly required to work on a computer for extended periods of time.
• Frequent use of a computer requires fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination.
• Ability to sit for extended periods while working from home or a designated workspace.
• Ability to perform tasks that require sustained attention and focus.
• Occasional lifting of materials up to 25 pounds.
• Travel to attend team meetings may be required.
• To facilitate working from home, and as a requirement for this role, the employee must provide reliable internet connection with sufficient bandwidth to execute all job functions and technology setup conducive to remote work. The company laptop will be provided.
• A quiet, distraction-free workspace is required for maintaining productivity.
• Collaboration with team members may occur through virtual meetings and communication platforms.

About Rubicon

Rubicon is a leading provider of technology-based waste and recycling solutions for waste generators, helping them to understand, manage, and reduce waste.

We provide multi-location businesses with an all-in-one waste and recycling solution, offering deep insights into your waste streams to enable informed decision-making and actions across all your locations. We help customers achieve sustainability goals with tailored zero waste solutions, leveraging our longstanding relationships with more than 8,000 vendors and hauler partners.

Rubicon is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. We also maintain a Drug-Free Workplace.

Rubicon is committed to sustainability and will rely on all employees to serve as an advocate for Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) both internally and externally to help grow the Company’s ESG objectives.

• Environment: Contribute, measurably, to Rubicon’s carbon reduction goal and circular economy efforts
• Social: Support Rubicon’s efforts to cultivate/promote racial and gender equity
• Governance: Advance Rubicon’s commitment to best-in-class governance practices