Sr. Business Intelligence Strategist

Merge Storytelling and Technology

We MERGE storytelling and technology to promote health, wealth and happiness in the world. We help marketing and technology executives engage hearts and connect parts by offering full-service capabilities including strategy, creative communications, experience engineering, performance marketing, media, digital platform development and more.

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We are committed to promoting health, wealth and happiness in the world by partnering with purpose-driven clients in purpose-driven industries such as healthcare, financial services and consumer products. Our health clients are literally on the front lines saving lives. Our wealth clients are changing the financial potential in people's lives. And our consumer clients make lives...a little bit happier every day.

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MERGE has enduring client partnerships with American Express, T-Mobile, LG, Facebook, Adobe, Kate Spade NY, Coach, The North Face, Fidelity, Eaton Vance, BlueCross BlueShield, Abbott, Astellas, Seqirus, Supernus, Boston Scientific, Advocate Aurora Health, Indiana University Health and Marco’s Pizza to name a few.

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With 750+ employees across offices in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Montreal and New York City, MERGE uses a talent-to-task process that connects our poets and PHD’s which enables clients to think higher and feel deeper about their customers.

Emerge to the Top of Your Career

At MERGE, we strive to create a superior work experience where people with ability, agility and humility can grow and do the best work of their careers.

As our Sr. Business Intelligence Strategist, you will...

Be Accountable and Responsible

Be part of the BI Consulting team. The Senior BI Strategist will be leading multiple projects at one time. You will lead implementation projects focused on delivering compelling insights and visualizations that help our clients make better, data-driven decisions. You will have an expert understanding of Business Intelligence Consulting principles, trends, best practices and approaches, technologies, frameworks, and tools for creating efficient BI infrastructure and solutions. In this role, you will get the opportunity to work with people in the C-suite at large corporations as well as analysts, marketers, finance teams, and our performance marketing teams. You’ll innovate and push the limits on what is standard in our industry and our client's industries as it relates to dashboarding solutions and guiding reporting infrastructure solutions with our technical consultants. As a highly leveraged team member, you will proactively seek to mentor others and share BI discoveries with our team and our entire organization. In this role, you need to be proactive, organized, curious, and thrive on deadlines.

Leading Consulting Engagements

• Project Management & Documentation - Set and manage timelines for delivery via the Project Plan
• Led the Solution Design, Wireframing & Visualization process
• Advise on strategies for client growth, expansion, and adoption
• Requirements Definition - Ensure alignment on project scope with key client stakeholders and within our team
• Consult and Guide on Governance Policies (Sys Admins, Power Users, Business Users, Executives)
• Guide Data Analysis, QA, and Validation
• Guide and Deliver Solution Summary Documentation
• Build best-in-class dashboards
• Manage Project Budgets - Communicate budget utilization and ensure alignment on project priorities with the remaining budget available

These Are The Qualifications We’re Looking For

• Experience working with business users to gather requirements, guiding a team to write functional and technical specifications, and communicating technical requirements (or experience in writing them yourself)
• Proven experience in effectively partnering with business teams to deliver their goals and outcomes
• Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent industry experience) in a quantitative field of study
• Experience working with data in a Cloud Environment
• A working knowledge of specialized BI and data visualization tools like Domo, Tableau, PowerBI, Qlikview, Sisense, Datorama, etc.
• 5-8 years of experience supporting business intelligence systems
• Experience in recognizing business problems and recommending/developing solutions for a variety of business data (Marketing, Finance, Operations, etc.)
• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills with the ability to exercise mature judgment
• Ability to effectively manage customer expectations and project deliverables
• Ability to think outside the box, adapt quickly and learn while ‘on the go
• Hands-on SQL skills required
• Confident in presentations to people at every level - from entry-level employees to senior vice presidents - is a must
• Previous Consulting experience managing multiple projects and stakeholders
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple task assignments
• Strong knowledge and application of data literacy in a business setting
• Mentor internal team members, guiding programs and best practices
• Excellent oral and written communication skills

Compensation: $85,000 - $100,000

Salary differential is based on seniority, merit, education, training, and experience. MERGE’s career ladders reflect department growth from Associate through Partner levels, with details of roles and responsibilities associated with each group. New hires are assigned a job level within a particular position based on these criteria and salary is set within the job level based on these criteria. Growth from one level to the next occurs when employees master their role and are promoted to the next level, generally during salary review cycles that are posted in the employee handbook.

And here’s how we live our values at MERGE

• Mastering our craft
• Delivering with a growth mindset
• Collaborating for shared success

MERGE is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer

MERGE welcomes and celebrates diversity regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, veteran status or people with abilities. We believe that the more diverse we are, the more creative our work will be!