What are the responsibilities and job description for the BI Manager/Director position at Overdrive Interactive?
Overdrive Interactive is a Boston-based digital agency with a unique blend of strategic, media, creative and technical services that truly represent the model of what most agencies are striving to become in today’s competitive environment. Employment at Overdrive means having the opportunity to work in a dynamic environment providing some of the world’s leading companies with the cutting-edge online marketing programs they need to succeed and grow. Our team members get their heads around online advertising, search marketing, social media, mobile, digital creative, analytics and more – all the things marketing, and creative professionals need experience in to thrive in today’s ever-changing marketplace. Want to know more? Check out our site at www.overdriveinteractive.com
Overdrive is looking for a BI Manager/Director. The right candidate will have the opportunity to help grow the business intelligence department within Overdrive Interactive by bringing forward an expertise in the strategy and implementation of data-driven storytelling for our wide array of clients. They will help lead and grow a team of developers and engineers as we expand our offerings into the future.
Responsibilities
- Work with stakeholders in multiple departments to define a long-term vision to expand a multi-tiered offering from conception to deployment and measurement
- Work with potential and current clients to understand, anticipate, and respond to current and future BI requirements
- Lead a small, agile team of engineers and 3rd party development partners
- Contribute to process improvement initiatives and identify requirements for enhancements to existing systems
- Ownership of relationships with key external 3rd party vendors, consultants, and engineering firms
- Evaluate and implement emerging technologies that have a positive impact on the analytics team
- Assist in implementing BI apps and tool sets
- Translate business needs to technical specifications and documentation
- Work with your team to design, build and deploy BI solutions (e.g., reporting tools)
- Maintain and support data analytics platforms (e.g., SiSense, Power BI, Tableau)
- Support the build out of the Data Warehouse as well as Data Marts
- Create and oversee the creation of tools to store data (e.g., Supermetrics, Five Tran)
- Oversee and assist in unit testing and troubleshooting
- Evaluate and improve existing BI systems
- Collaborate with teams to integrate systems
Preferred Qualifications
- Knowledge of creating physical and logical models in assisting data warehousing (Big Query, Snowflake)
- Setting standards and best practices
- Design and assist in deployment of solutions that are documented, scalable and easily maintained
- Minimum of 5 years in Data Modeling tools and practices
- 6 years’ experience with BI / Data Visualization tools (Power BI, SiSense, Tableau, Google Data Studio)
- Excellent to expert with ETL tools
- Experience with embedding analytics & UI/UX a plus
- Advanced knowledge of SQL
- Strong verbal/written communication and data presentation skills.
Benefits
- Health and Dental insurance
- 401(k) retirement plan with company matching contribution
- Flexible spending accounts including commuter and childcare benefits
- Vision care discounts
- Paid vacation and holidays
- Competitive salary
- Employee referral bonus
- Long term disability
- Life insurance
- Accidental death insurance
- Industry training
- Free healthy snacks, coffee, and teas
- Contemporary open-loft office space
- Fun parties and office culture
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