Director of Business Intelligence

Passionate about precision medicine and advancing the healthcare industry?

Recent advancements in underlying technology have finally made it possible for AI to impact clinical care in a meaningful way. Tempus' proprietary platform connects an entire ecosystem of real-world evidence to deliver real-time, actionable insights to physicians, providing critical information about the right treatments for the right patients, at the right time.

Passionate about precision medicine and advancing the healthcare industry?

 Recent advancements in underlying technology have finally made it possible for AI to impact clinical care in a meaningful way. Tempus' proprietary platform connects an entire ecosystem of real-world evidence to deliver real-time, actionable insights to physicians, providing critical information about the right treatments for the right patients, at the right time.

What You'll Do:

• People Leadership: Lead and manage a team of approximately 12 Business Intelligence (BI) professionals, fostering a culture of innovation and continuous improvement. Support the team by ensuring their work aligns with critical business initiatives, providing clear direction, prioritization, and removing obstacles to drive success. Act as a mentor and advocate for professional growth while ensuring team members have the necessary resources and skills to execute at a high level.

• Stakeholder Collaboration: Partner with cross-functional teams, including laboratory, business operations, and engineering, to identify BI needs. Provide guidance and analytical support for developing new datasets, analyses, and tools that drive strategic initiatives.

• Understanding Business Complexity: Tempus AI operates in a highly complex business environment that intersects healthcare, genomics, and data science. The Director of BI must have a strong desire to understand this complexity to effectively support both the BI team and business stakeholders. This includes understanding the functions and needs of Laboratory, Operations, Finance, Sales, Engineering and Customer Success teams, ensuring BI initiatives align with each department. 

• Data Governance: Ensure adherence to Tempus AI’s existing data governance policies to maintain data integrity, accuracy, and security across all BI initiatives. Support the adoption and enforcement of best practices for data management and reporting consistency.

• Technology & AI Integration: Stay abreast of emerging BI technologies and best practices, particularly in AI-driven analytics and automation to enhance productivity. Lead the integration of AI tools to streamline workflows, improve efficiency, and drive high-impact use cases within the BI team and across the company.

Qualifications:

• Educational Background: Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Business Administration, Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Operations Research, Marketing, or a related field. A Master's degree is preferred.

• Extensive Experience: 10+ years of experience in business intelligence or data analytics, with at least 5 years in a leadership role. Proven track record of managing BI teams and delivering complex analytics projects.

• Technical Proficiency: Expertise in BI tools, particularly Looker, and data warehousing solutions like BigQuery. Advanced SQL skills and a deep understanding of database modeling concepts.

• Project Management: Demonstrated ability to lead large-scale BI initiatives from inception to completion, including requirements gathering, development, quality assurance, and timely execution.

• Analytical Skills: Strong problem-solving abilities with the capacity to perform both high-level and detailed analyses. Ability to translate complex data into actionable insights for stakeholders.

• Communication Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Ability to convey technical information to non-technical stakeholders effectively.

• Team Collaboration: Proven ability to foster a collaborative team environment,  partnering with both business and technical team members.

• Attention to Detail: Highly organized with superb attention to detail. Commitment to ensuring data accuracy and quality.

• Adaptability: Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment. Persistent and resilient in the face of challenges.

Bonus Points For:

• Advanced Education: Master’s degree in a relevant field.

• Programming Skills: Experience with Python for data engineering or advanced data analysis projects.

• Cloud Platforms: Experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP), including BigQuery and Looker.

• Healthcare Experience: Domain knowledge and experience in the healthcare industry. 

Illinois Pay Range - $150,000 - $200,000 USD

The expected salary range above is applicable if the role is performed from Illinois and may vary for other locations (California, Colorado, New York). Actual salary may vary based on qualifications and experience. Tempus offers a full range of benefits, which may include incentive compensation, restricted stock units, medical and other benefits depending on the position.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.