Business Insights Lead
lifechruh
Job Summary
The Business Insights Lead is responsible for managing data awareness, analysis, and insights for all Financial Operations Group and Staff Operations Group metrics. This role will partner with each group to understand their initiatives and drive supporting data to measure success and translate complex data into actionable insights. The Business Data Manager will ensure data integrity while empowering the team to develop innovative solutions. This role provides data solutions that equip teams and ministries to further Life.Church’s mission and to reach people for Christ. The job involves managing projects, collaborating with leaders, developing dashboards, presenting findings, leading and developing a team of data analysts, and establishing data governance protocols.
Must Have
- Manage/lead the team’s projects and initiatives
- Collaborate with leaders to understand organizational data needs
- Oversee the development of dashboards and reporting systems
- Lead indirectly across multiple teams
- Present complex analytical findings to leadership
- Lead and develop a team of data analysts
- Establish data governance protocols and quality assurance measures
- Identify opportunities for process improvement and data optimization
- 5+ years of experience in data analysis, business intelligence
- Proficiency with SQL, data visualization tools, and analytics platforms
Good to Have
- 3+ years of experience in a leadership or management capacity
- Ability to self-motivate, make independent decisions, and solve problems
- Effective at multi-tasking and time management
- Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
- Effective at process and organizational management
- Strong leadership skills and understanding of developing and guiding others
Perks & Benefits
- Paid parental leave, including maternity, paternity, and adoption leave.
- Generous employer-paid leave for the use of vacation, sick time, and other qualifying reasons.
- Innovative and comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance.
- Life insurance policy provided for all staff members at 2x annual salary at no cost.
- Short-Term and Long-Term disability is covered at 100% for full-time qualified staff members.
- Comprehensive wellness and mental health benefits.
- Generous 401(k) retirement plan.
- $160 annually in development dollars for team members to invest in their professional growth.
- Casual dress and work environment.
Job Description
What You’ll Do
- Manage/lead the team’s projects and initiatives
- Collaborate with leaders to understand organizational data needs and translate them into data-driven projects
- Oversee the development of dashboards and reporting systems that deliver key insights
- Lead indirectly across multiple teams, driving cross-functional collaboration between technical teams and ministry departments
- Present complex analytical findings to leadership in compelling, accessible ways that enable informed decision-making
- Lead and develop a team of data analysts, providing mentorship, guidance, and performance feedback
- Establish data governance protocols and quality assurance measures to maintain data integrity
- Identify opportunities for process improvement and data optimization
- Continuously evaluate new technologies and analytics tools, in conjunction with other data teams in the organization
Skills Needed to Succeed
- Ability to self-motivate, make independent decisions, and solve problems with innovation
- Effective at multi-tasking and time management to meet strict deadlines while remaining flexible and open to change
- Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills to clearly explain complicated processes and foster partnerships
- Effective at process and organizational management to coordinate, structure, and provide vision to projects
- Strong leadership skills and understanding of developing and guiding others
- Bachelor's degree in Data Analytics, Data Science, Business, Statistics, or related field (Master's preferred)
- 5+ years of experience in data analysis, business intelligence, or related field preferred
- 3+ years of experience in a leadership or management capacity preferred
- Proven leadership experience managing technical teams, preferably in a data analytics environment
- Proficiency with SQL, data visualization tools, and analytics platforms (e.g. Tableau)