Leader, Business Analytics & Data Management
Role Overview
Own W.W. Williams’ enterprise data and analytics function, including architecture, platforms, business intelligence, governance, and operational and financial metrics.
Serve as a player-coach and primary analytics partner to Finance, the C-suite, business unit leaders, the CIO, and the AI & Transformation team.
Lead the migration from Tableau and legacy sources to a unified Power BI and Microsoft Fabric platform.
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Opportunity Summary
Own W.W. Williams’ enterprise data and analytics function, including architecture, platforms, business intelligence, governance, and operational and financial metrics.
Serve as a player-coach and primary analytics partner to Finance, the C-suite, business unit leaders, the CIO, and the AI & Transformation team.
Lead the migration from Tableau and legacy sources to a unified Power BI and Microsoft Fabric platform.
Data Platform and Architecture
- Own Microsoft Fabric, OneLake, the enterprise warehouse and lakehouse, integration patterns, and medallion and dimensional data modeling standards.
- Build reliable pipelines from ERP, dealer management, CRM, HCM, telephony, e-commerce, and telematics sources.
- Manage Azure platform capacity, performance, cost, security, disaster recovery, and data freshness and availability SLAs.
- Establish source control, CI/CD, testing, documentation, and environment promotion practices.
Business Intelligence and Analytics
- Set Power BI as the enterprise BI standard and lead the migration and retirement of Tableau and spreadsheet-based reporting.
- Build certified semantic models and enterprise datasets for revenue, margin, technician utilization, parts fill rate, first-time fix, DSO, and other metrics.
- Deliver monthly operating reviews and KPI scorecards by branch, business unit, and region.
- Manage analytics intake, prioritization, roadmaps, adoption targets, self-service enablement, and report retirement.
Business Partnership
- Partner with the CFO and FP&A on data definitions, close, forecasting, budgeting, month-end activities, and board deliverables.
- Work with the CEO, COO, and business unit presidents to define operational metrics and drive accountability.
- Translate leadership and private equity sponsor questions into analyses, models, dashboards, and clear recommendations.
- Support system consolidation, customer 360, technician productivity, forecasting, and benefit tracking initiatives.
Governance and AI Readiness
- Lead data ownership, stewardship, glossary and metric definitions, lineage, access control, retention, privacy, and governance practices.
- Drive master data management for customers, vendors, parts, locations, and technicians across consolidated systems.
- Implement data quality monitoring and remediation with measurable improvement targets.
- Prepare governed data foundations for AI and machine learning use cases.
Leadership
- Build, lead, and develop data engineers, BI developers, and analysts.
- Manage vendor and contractor resources and the analytics budget.
- Communicate roadmap, progress, risks, and delivered value to the CIO and executive leadership.
- Champion data-driven culture and improve analytics literacy across the company.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant information systems, technical, analytical, finance, business, or engineering field.
- 7–10 years of progressive data and analytics experience, including at least 3 years leading a team or function.
- Expert Power BI experience, including semantic modeling, DAX, row-level security, deployment pipelines, capacity management, and governance.
- Working Tableau proficiency and experience with Azure, Microsoft Fabric or equivalent platforms, SQL, data modeling, Python or PySpark, governance, master data, and data quality.
- Experience partnering with Finance and executives on KPI definition, reporting, and performance analytics.
- Excellent executive communication and ability to influence without direct authority.
Preferred Qualifications
- MBA or master’s degree in Analytics, Finance, or a related discipline.
- Relevant Microsoft certifications, including Fabric, Power BI, or Azure data certifications.
- Experience in multi-branch operating businesses, private equity-backed companies, or BI platform consolidation.
- Exposure to Microsoft Purview, Azure OpenAI, AI Foundry, Copilot for Power BI, or machine learning workflows.
Employee Rewards and Benefits
- Paid holidays, a paid wellness day, paid time off, referral bonus program, medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- 401(k) with company match, company-paid training, and growth and leadership opportunities.
About the Company
W.W. Williams operates businesses across the United States and Mexico serving industrial power, transportation, repair, remanufacturing, and supply chain customers.
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