Director, Data Analytics & Insights

Job Description:

The Role

Do you have a passion for leading a team of skilled data analysts to leverage technology, driving innovative strategies and solutions that yield impactful business insights and enhance decision-making and business outcomes? Do you find it rewarding to be a people leader, using your hands-on expertise in technology and data analytics to drive impactful talent initiatives while fostering and mentoring a high-performing team? Does using data and visualizations to tell a story excite you and spark your curiosity? If so, we invite you to join our exciting team!

In this high-impact role, you will lead a team of skilled analysts to drive data analytics and insights initiatives that shape our talent strategies. Your efforts will attract, develop, and retain top talent, ensuring our workforce is future-ready. As a technical leader, you will blend your deep data analytics expertise with a passion for coaching and mentoring, helping your team grow and develop. You will ensure alignment on the 'what' and 'how' of their work as you collaborate with Talent leaders and HR business partners to identify and prioritize data-driven opportunities. Committed to continuous learning, you will bring the latest thinking to your role, empowering others with your knowledge. Your passion will inspire and motivate, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and embodying Fidelity’s leadership principles.

You will use data to creatively craft methodologies to answer complex questions, aligning to key talent strategic priorities. You'll bring data to life by creating compelling visuals and storytelling to help inform and drive decision-making. As a thought leader, you will help build out the team's data analytics and insights efforts by partnering with internal customers and collaborators. You will do all of this with a creative, collaborative, and customer-obsessed mindset, possessing the ability to link business strategy to available data, and work in a way that resonates with senior leaders across the organization.

The Expertise and Skills you Bring

• Data & Analytics Experience: 10+ years in data analytics, data science, business intelligence, finance, or a related field. Advanced degree/certification in a relevant area (e.g., analytics, computer science) is a plus.
• Manager Experience: 5+ years in a leadership role managing and mentoring a team of data professionals, with a strong player/coach background.
• Technical Skills: Proficiency in data analysis tools (e.g., SQL, Python, R), data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI), and data integration/preparation tools (e.g., Alteryx). Experience with Snowflake and data lakes preferred.
• Analytical Skills Mastery: Exceptional critical thinking, problem-solving, decision-making, and analytical skills.
• Business-Technical Integration: Ability to quickly understand business problems and relate them to data solutions and insights.
• Accelerated Expertise Development: Quickly assimilate subject matter expertise and apply business context to develop quality analytics and insights.
• Creative Problem Solving: Initiative to seek creative solutions that challenge conventional approaches and advance innovative solutions.
• Exceptional Communication Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication, including the ability to tell the story and communicate effectively with presentations and dashboards. Clearly articulate complex data and insights to senior leaders and team members.
• Strong Interpersonal Skills: Build consultative and collaborative relationships with a strong customer service mindset. Confidence and presence to work independently and collaborate across all levels of the organization.
• Flexibility and Resourcefulness: Lead several priorities in a deadline-driven environment while being comfortable with ambiguity. Possess an open attitude, help the team grow, and quickly learn new technologies.
• Collaboration with Data Governance and Operational Teams: History of aligning with Data Governance and Operational teams on best practices and cataloging deployed metrics and business intelligence solutions.

Note: Fidelity is not providing immigration sponsorship for this position

The Team

At Fidelity, our greatest asset is our associates. As a key member of the Talent Strategy, Programs, and Analytics team within the Enterprise HR Talent organization, you will inform and shape talent strategies, helping to attract, develop, and retain top talent while ensuring our workforce is future-ready. By applying strategic research and talent intelligence, you will drive strong talent performance, career vitality, and long-term success for our associates.

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