Reporting and Data Analytics Manager POST NUMBER: 434381

Vaco is hiring a Reporting and Data Analytics Manager for a Cincinnati based company.
This is a hybrid role in Cincinnati. Candidates should be local to Cincinnati and comfortable with working onsite weekly.

The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background, with more recent direct people-leadership experience.
The Reporting and Data Analytics Manager will work closely with business executives and teams, and have experience working with vendors including offshore management of people.

Key Responsibilities:

Enterprise Reporting & Analytics Development
• Previously hands on experience with contemporary data, AWS (Cloud), Snowflake and Snowflake modeling, with more recent experience working as a people leader in recent years.
• Leads team of Reporting Engineers, Analysts, and SMEs to design develop and enhance reporting & analytics capabilities on enterprise data platforms.
• Manages the design and development of new reports, dashboards, and their associated dependencies & integrations with other systems and applications.
• Works collaboratively to advise on business decision-making through use of reporting, leading edge analytics, measurement of key performance indicators and early detection of opportunities, trends & anomalies.
• Proactively removes roadblocks and impediments for team.
• Implements and governs a common SDLC methodology applied to reporting & insights delivery, aligned with broader SDLC workstreams across enterprise application and data platform teams.
• Serves as a coach and mentor for junior members of the team.
• Troubleshoots and resolves software-related issues promptly.
• Collaborates with key vendors to implement integrations, updates and enhancements.

Data Governance:
• Leads Data Governance team to refine and promote acceptable data use across the enterprise.
• Leads Strategic Data Board to facilitate enterprise stakeholder and partner alignment in leveraging data as an asset, and to advance maturity of data capabilities, practices, and discipline.
• Ensures compliance with data privacy regulations and company policies.

Product Management
• Establishes and manages a common demand & intake funnel, prioritizing new requests against strategic priorities.
• Closely collaborate with customers of reporting and analytics teams to ensure functional requirements are defined and agreed upon.
• Proactively advances enterprise reporting & analytics capabilities through the lens of product-thinking, which can include Data Product definition, vision, roadmaps, and governing a healthy backlog.
• Collaborates with customers to gather feedback on improving data products.
• Identify opportunities for improvement and cost savings.

Data Architecture
• Collaborates with enterprise architecture on data and information management governance including standards, principles, and strategies.
• Collaborates and promotes data architecture within the enterprise architecture framework.

Project Management
• Demonstrated robust experience in effectively managing diverse projects and stakeholders. Responsible for overseeing the entire project lifecycle, from initiation to successful completion.

Team Collaboration:
• Manage a global team of Data Specialists, Engineers, IT SMEs, and Reporting Experts.
• Manage vendors and engagements to enable key delivery of capabilities.
• Orchestrates cross-functional work to achieve outcomes.
• Produces and co-creates necessary materials for leadership.

Budget Management:
• Develop and manage the budget for IT Enterprise Reporting, Analytics, and Business Intelligence.
• Track expenses, engage procurement for contract negotiations, and seek cost-effective solutions.

Minimum Education:
• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or related field or equivalent experience

Minimum Experience:
• 5 years of IT management experience
• 7 years of IT experience developing and advancing Enterprise Reporting, Analytics, and BI capabilities
• Expert knowledge of one or more IT Data Domains
• Demonstrated management of one or more teams
• Excellent leadership, project management, vendor management, and analytical skills. Ability to communicate at multiple levels within the organization (internal & external)
• Experience managing budgets
• Experience managing vendors and/or employees
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate and resolve issues. Experience developing stakeholder relationships.
• Experience with IT frameworks (ITIL, PRINCE 2, TQM, Six Sigma, SCRUM, etc.)
• Passion for technology innovation with knowledge of industry best practices
• Ability to understand business needs and translate them to IT activities
• Experience with Transportation and Logistics industry vertical (preferred)
• Experience working with AWS data platform capabilities (preferred)

EEO Notice

Vaco is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race (including but not limited to traits historically associated with race such as hair texture and hair style), color, sex (includes pregnancy or related conditions), religion or creed, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, status as a veteran, union membership, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, political affiliation, or any other protected characteristics as required by federal, state or local law.

Vaco LLC and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Vaco LLC and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact HR@vaco.com .

Vaco also wants all applicants to know their rights that workplace discrimination is illegal.

By submitting to this position, you agree that you will be giving Vaco the exclusive right to present your as a candidate for the foregoing employment opportunity. You further agree that you have represented information about yourself accurately and have not affirmatively misrepresented your qualifications. You also agree to maintain as confidential, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any information you learn from Vaco about the position and you will limit disclosure of information about the position only to the extent necessary to perform any obligations in furtherance of your application. In exchange, Vaco agrees to exercise reasonable efforts to represent you through all solicitation, job screening and resume dispersal.

Privacy Notice

Vaco LLC and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries (“we,” “our,” or “Vaco”) respects your privacy and are committed to providing transparent notice of our policies.

• California residents may access Vaco’s HR Notice at Collection for California Applicants and Employees here.
• Virginia residents may access our state specific policies here.
• Residents of all other states may access our policies here.
• Canadian residents may access our policies in English here and in French here.
• Residents of countries governed by GDPR may access our policies here.

Pay Transparency Notice

Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:

• the individual’s skill sets, experience and training;
• licensure and certification requirements;
• office location and other geographic considerations;
• other business and organizational needs.

With that said, as required by local law, Vaco believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.