Director, Data & Analytics

Are you a big data expert and strategic thinker with well developed problem-solving capabilities? If the answer is, “Yes!” then we have an exciting, long-term career opportunity for you based in St. Louis, Missouri. Who are we? We are ARCO, a Family of Construction Companies.

The Director of Data and Analytics leads a team of experts to develop and implement data strategies that drive business decisions. This role collaborates with business and IT leaders to deliver data solutions, oversee key analytics programs, and build scalable data infrastructure. Responsibilities include managing data engineering, governance, and integration while advancing data science capabilities to support business insights and growth.

We are dedicated to the well-being of our associates and are proud to be consistently recognized as a Best Place to Work. Our compensation and benefits package not only supports our associates and their families but benefits local communities and communities around the world.

• Industry-leading performance-based bonus program
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
• Traditional and Roth 401k
• Tuition reimbursement for associates
• Scholarship for associates’ children up to $28,000 per child
• 1-month paid sabbatical after every five years of employment, plus $5,000 for travel
• 1-week paid volunteer leave each year
• 100% charitable match
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage
• 100% paid 12-week maternity leave

At ARCO, our first core value is to treat people fairly and do the right thing. We are proud to be a drug-free workplace and an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment.

From recruiting, training, and hiring practices to selecting our subcontractors, we understand that the diversity of all those involved in the construction process enhances our ability to deliver the best solutions to our customers. We hire the best and the brightest from across the country – constructing a team of experts in architecture, design, engineering, project management, and business services. 

• Develop and lead a team of internal and external Architects, Engineers, and Analysts; Work with business leaders to understand their business needs, connect relevant data/analytics opportunities and deliver data products/processes to support those needs.
• Collaborate with Business & IT teams to establish and communicate a clear Analytics and Data Strategy.
• Develop and lead important strategic programs such as Job, Subcontractor & Customer analytics, Spend & Procurement Analytics, Financial Analytics.
• Collaborate with multiple teams to design, develop, test, implement and support solutions in data engineering and analytics.
• Build business domain data modeling capabilities and create a cloud based Big Data environment that can harness financial, operational and machine data.
• Maintain technical leadership, direction and oversight to build reliable and scalable data pipelines, data models and data visualizations.
• Provide guidance focused on the development and evolution of our data engineering and analytics capabilities including data governance, data quality and data integration.
• Continue the evolution of data science capabilities, allowing business teams to leverage data from multiple structured and unstructured sources to support the understanding and analysis of critical business questions.

Working Conditions and Physical Requirements

This job primarily operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to:

• Communicate effectively and take instructions.
• Sit or stand at computer terminal or desk.
• Have ability to walk, kneel, use of hands, climb stairs, have full range of motion, occasionally lift office products up to 20 lbs.
• Be willing to work beyond normal working hours and on weekends and holidays when necessary.
• Work at a fast pace, while multi-tasking at times.
• Travel up to 5-10% for company conferences, or training.

To perform this position successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill/ or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

This position description in no way states or implies that these are the only functions to be performed by the individual. Individuals will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by the supervisor. This job description is subject to review and revision.

• Bachelor’s degree in information management, data science/analytics or similar fields and 10-15 years of overall experience working with data and information management tools.
• 7-10 years' leading data and analytics teams required.
• Experience leading and developing teams
• Building relationships with business partners
• Experience with enterprise data models.
• Must have experience with modern data visualization tools; Qlik, Power BI, Tableau etc., Big Data environments; Azure Synapse, Snowflake etc., Cloud Data warehouses, ETL tools and practical experience creating such environments and delivering on business ROI.
• Demonstrated competency in developing building blocks for Self-service reporting and driving a data-driven culture.
• Experience in project management planning, organizing, coordinating, and managing staff, clients and/or partners.
• Experience taking concepts and ideas and developing them into practical and actionable solutions; experience driving change within an organization.
• Proven track record of managing customer-centric data driven solutions across a complex portfolio of stakeholders and fostering the development of high-performance teams.
• Ability to present complex information concisely through written & verbal communication; experience hosting interviews, brainstorms/workshops with business teams and executives on data-related topics/projects.

We are proud to be one of the fastest-growing, privately-owned companies in America, celebrating over 30 years of experience as design-build experts. We have completed over 6,300 design-build projects across 48 states and 48 major cities nationwide. We ranked #4 out of the top 100 design-build companies in the U.S. and #17 on ENR's Top 400 Contractors list of 2024. Most importantly, our clients like us, trust us and want to do business with us. We are looking for people with the same enthusiasm, passion, and respect for the hard work that brought us to where we are today. Are you a person that can make a difference at ARCO? If the answer is, “Yes!” we look forward to meeting you.

ARCO does not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third-party recruiting agencies without pre-approval from ARCO’s Human Resource team. Pre-approval is required before any external candidate can be submitted. ARCO will not be responsible for fees related to unsolicited resumes and for candidates who are sent directly to our hiring managers.

EOE, including disability/vets

Salary : $28,000