John Clements

Job Summary:

The Director IT People Leader will supervise the Senior IT People Leaders under Data Management, Reporting and Business Intelligence Shared Services which includes Data Engineers, Quality Engineers, Business Intelligence Analysts and Business Analytics Specialist (Reports Analysts).

The Data Engineers provides expertise on data warehousing and big data ingestion & processing. The Director IT People Leader should have proven experience in data management – from data modeling, mapping, extract-transform-load (ETL) and data ingestion, preparing the data for dashboard or report consumption.

The Quality Engineers provides quality assurance service to different kinds of development within the company. The Director IT People Leader is expected to incorporate quality testing in most, if not all, development.

The Business Intelligence teams are the Center of Practice for data visualization requirements. It is expected for the Director IT People Leader to provide overall oversight of the engagements, build relationships with the different stakeholders and suggest on the overall solution depending on the business need.

The Reporting teams of which, are responsible for generating and delivering performance metrics, management and business reports to senior management.

Key Accountabilities:

•       Supervise a group who provides data, reporting and business intelligence services (ex. Business Intelligence Dashboards and Data Projects)

•       Effectively manage data and analytical projects with business unit counterparts and key stakeholders

•       Effectively administer the use of databases, big data, data processing platforms, business intelligence and data visualization tools for the company

•       Actively influence, negotiate and collaborate with various stakeholders across the company to meet objectives and deliverables

•       Ensure compliance to systems development and data reporting standards

•       Recommend technology and process improvements tools for data management, reporting and data visualization

Technical Skills:

•       Applications Programming / Development Experience in any of the following – VBA, QlikView, Microsoft Power BI, QlikSense, Tableau, SQL, Python, R, Apache Spark, Apache NiFi.

•       Knowledge in any of the following: SQL Server (Reporting Service, Integration Service and Database service, and complex stored procedures), Oracle, Essbase, Apache Hive, HBase, MongoDB, TeraData

•       Strong Intake and demand planning

•       Advance Skills in Microsoft Excel preferred

•       Good understanding of structured analysis and design techniques preferred

Management Skills:

·         Proven leadership & people/talent management capabilities

·         Able to function as an organizational change agent and see beyond current situations towards enterprise-wide high-level process and systems improvements

·         Good verbal and written communication; able to effectively articulate technical vision, possibilities, and outcomes

·         Demonstrated project management & planning skills; balances strategic skills with tactical execution skills

·         Strong motivational, developmental & operational management skills

·         Strong consulting, and negotiation skills; ability to function effectively within matrix management situations & under dynamic mandates

·         Strong analytical skills

·         Coordinates across senior stakeholders to resolve complex issues

·         Executes on strategic resource planning, leads management activities

·         Coaches technology teams as needed and select leaders