Lead Data Analyst

Job description

The Lead Data Analyst will grow Stryker’s capabilities in data analytics and reporting. This position will be responsible for discovering information hidden in data to derive value for inventory services, improve decision making, and build reporting solutions to enhance outcomes and economic value.

This position will be responsible for providing the organization with high-quality data analysis which will primarily be accessed through dashboards.  This position will collaborate with stakeholders and apply sound judgment based on knowledge of the business to develop relevant dashboards.

This position will be responsible to engineer automated, accurate data sets that will primarily be used within their reports and dashboards.

The Lead Data Analyst will support projects and initiatives that give value to our teams and can generate efficiencies with analyzing, reporting, or review of data for metrics, KPIs, research, and data-driven processes.

What you will do:

• Design, develop and maintain automated data solutions.

• Prepare and distribute scheduled business reporting and ad hoc solutions.

• Identify and support business needs and recommend solutions that integrate with existing data and technical solutions.

• Effectively communicate and present complex analytics to stakeholders and customers.  Using Power BI related tools to analyze data and report out results for processes improvements.

• Design and implement automated reporting dashboards to track Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) across multiple segments of the business.  Implement connections to automated data sets.

• Identify actionable insights and suggest recommendations to influence the direction of the business and cross-functional teams.

• Support development and maintenance of internal procedures and documentation that encompass the full life-cycle of data analytics related activities.

• Understand business objectives for data analytics and ensure adherence to established business and data processes.

• Support CI/CD tools integration/ operations/ change management, and maintenance.

What you need:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, Physics, or related fields.

• Fluent spoken and written English. Any other language is a plus.

• Preferred: Power Bi, Tableau reporting certifications.

• 2-5 years of work experience related to data analytics activities.

• Working knowledge of business intelligence and analytics platforms (e.g. Power BI, Tableau, etc).

• Working knowledge of at least one general programming language. Python or R preferred.

• Working knowledge of databases and data warehouses.   (e.g MySQL, MS SQL server)

• Working knowledge of project management tools. (e.g Microsoft Project or Planner)

• Comfort and willingness in utilizing other technology platforms (SAP, Oracle, Azure, etc)

• Working knowledge on Oracle ERP preferred.

• Experience in software development environments using Agile / SCRUM, and code management/versioning (e.g. git).

• Ability to analyze business situations and apply excellent organizational/communication skills and attention to detail in business case evaluation and requirements analysis.