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JLLPosted 2 weeks ago

Senior Analytics Specialist Developer

On-siteChicago, Illinois, United States

Full TimeSenior LevelEnterprise

Job Summary

Lead the technical delivery of complex analytics solutions within the Analytics Centre of Excellence, acting as a subject matter expert across all five phases of the analytics lifecycle from discovery to deployment. Provide values-based leadership and coaching for direct reporting team members, while serving as the deputy for the Team Lead as required. Drive innovation by identifying opportunities to leverage AI and automation to enhance efficiency and deliver greater value to clients. Oversee code reviews, data validation, and User Acceptance Testing to ensure all solutions meet quality standards before release to the Azara production environment. Partner with Account Analytics, Data Engineering, and customer success teams to align the Centre of Excellence with business requirements and ensure quantifiable benefits are delivered.

Required Qualifications

  • 3+ years of experience in analytics delivery or comparable experience
  • 1+ years in a senior or technical lead capacity within a BI or analytics team
  • Expert-level experience in Tableau and/or Power BI, with a proven track record of delivering complex, governed analytics solutions to production standard
  • Strong working experience with SQL, Python and Databricks for data transformation, processing and analytics
  • Experience of leading technical delivery within an agile environment, including sprint management and DevOps tooling
  • Degree in data, analytics, or related field preferable, or equivalent working experience
  • Proven track record of working with data and experience with data visualisation tools and methodologies
  • Experience in integrating complex, cross-corporate processes and data models
  • Exceptional oral and written communication skills
  • Ability to manage and motivate individuals outside of direct reporting lines
  • Demonstrated ability to lead multiple projects, stakeholders and team members concurrently and effectively manage stakeholder expectations and reporting prior, during and post sessions
  • Experience of agile methodology, or equivalent approaches to managing workloads across teams and customers
  • Highly developed problem solving and decision-making capabilities
  • Highly creative — ability to think out of the box and to brainstorm new approaches to problem resolution
  • Self-motivated and goal oriented; ability to work independently and efficiently
  • Exceptional analytical and communication skills
  • Leadership and organisational skills and knowledge
  • Ability to share information across business functions and disciplines; manage stakeholders with diverse interests; make actionable recommendations
  • Excellent analytical, communication and presentation skills
  • Strong, results-driven personality with a high level of enthusiasm, energy and confidence
  • Excellent interpersonal skills: able to work across business lines at senior levels to influence and effect change to achieve common goals
  • Demonstrated leadership; proven track record of leading multidisciplinary teams and delivering analytics solutions
  • Ability to develop a framework for business analytics, sell and embed it in all levels of the business
  • Deliver work plans and priorities in line with agile methodology
  • Strong technical skills, including but not limited to Data Visualisation (Tableau and/or Power BI), Program Management (Microsoft DevOps), Data Transformation (Databricks, SQL, Python) and automation flows (Power Automate)
  • Fearless and tenacious — not afraid to suggest big ideas; able to push back and focus the analytic process
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills, including the ability to explain analytic process concepts and technologies to business leaders, as well as business concepts to technologists; able to sell ideas and process internally at all levels
  • Proven record of effective technical leadership, including the ability to balance team and individual responsibilities; building teams and consensus; getting things done through others not directly under direct supervision; working ethically and with integrity
  • Strategically Adept
  • Possesses a Customer Mindset
  • Proven Leadership in a collaborative environment
  • Deals well with ambiguity
  • Results oriented
  • Sense of urgency
  • Strong influencing and communication skills
  • Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship

Desired Qualifications

  • Degree in data, analytics, or related field preferable, or equivalent working experience

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