Director, Enterprise Data & Analytics

Why Merit?

At Merit Medical, our mission is to create innovative medical devices that improve lives. Our goal is to hire and develop people who want to build something special through hard work, team effort, and commitment. Together, we are making a difference in the lives of patients around the world.

WORK SHIFT

DAY (United States of America)

SUMMARY OF DUTIES

Responsible for providing strategic leadership and direction for the company’s global Business Intelligence and Analytics capabilities, including the implementation, maintenance, governance, and continuous improvement of enterprise BI, analytics, data, AI, and automation technologies. Leads the Business Intelligence & Analytics team, establishes priorities and technology roadmaps, develops team capabilities, and ensures analytics investments align with business and IT strategic objectives.
Responsible for the worldwide implementation, adoption, and governance of BI tools, AI technologies, data management tools, and Microsoft Power Platform technologies. Provides leadership for enterprise analytics capabilities, including Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, Power Apps, and Power Automate. Partners with business and IT leaders to ensure analytics solutions are scalable, secure, governed, globally consistent, and deliver measurable business value.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS PERFORMED

Leads and directs the Business Intelligence & Analytics team, including:

• Establishing strategic direction, priorities, and resource plans based on business and technology objectives.
• Coaching, mentoring, and developing team members to strengthen technical, business, and leadership capabilities.
• Establishing performance expectations and accountability for results.
• Managing organizational capacity and balancing strategic, project, operational, and support priorities.
• Promoting collaboration, innovation, continuous improvement, customer service, and knowledge sharing.
• Interviewing, hiring, developing, evaluating performance, and performing other personnel management responsibilities.

BI and Analytics

• Establishes and executes enterprise BI and analytics strategies, standards, and technology roadmaps.
• Provides leadership and technical direction for enterprise analytics platforms, with emphasis on Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, and other Power Platform applications.
• Oversees the development of scalable dashboards, data models, KPIs, and reusable analytics assets.
• Ensures effective integration and transformation of data from diverse enterprise sources.
• Establishes standards for analytics development, security, governance, data quality, and solution lifecycle management.
• Leads the enterprise self-service analytics strategy, enabling business users while maintaining appropriate governance and standards.
• Partners with business leaders to translate strategic priorities and requirements into scalable analytics solutions and actionable insights.

AI and Automation

• Provides leadership for evaluating and incorporating appropriate AI and automation technologies into analytics and business processes.
• Identifies and prioritizes opportunities to use AI and automation to improve decision-making, productivity, and business processes.
• Supports responsible adoption of AI capabilities consistent with company governance, security, privacy, and technology standards.

Data and Governance

• Provides direction for enterprise data integration, modeling, transformation, quality, security, and analytics architecture.
• Establishes and promotes consistent data and analytics governance practices across the organization.
• Ensures the team maintains appropriate proficiency in SQL and technologies required for accessing and analyzing complex enterprise datasets.
• Promotes consistent definitions, standards, and trusted data assets across business functions.

Microsoft Power Platform

• Provides leadership for the effective use of Microsoft Power Platform technologies, including Fabric, Power BI, Power Apps, and Power Automate.
• Establishes appropriate governance and development standards for analytics, custom applications, workflow automation, and business process improvement.
• Ensures Power Platform solutions align with enterprise architecture, security, support, and governance standards.

Enterprise Leadership and Business Partnership

• Partners with senior business and IT leaders to establish priorities, promote adoption, manage expectations, and ensure technology investments deliver measurable business value.
• Ensures consistent processes, methodologies, development standards, and governance practices are employed across company sites globally.
• Leads significant analytics, technology modernization, and business transformation initiatives.
• Evaluates emerging technologies and identifies opportunities to improve systems, analytics capabilities, data quality, automation, and business processes.
• Oversees strategic technology partners and vendors as appropriate.
• Ensures new analytics solutions and significant enhancements are appropriately tested, documented, secured, governed, and supported prior to implementation.
• Ensures appropriate training, documentation, and change management are provided for new and existing capabilities.
• Consistently provides an exceptional customer experience when engaging with colleagues, business leaders, and other stakeholders.
• Performs other leadership and management responsibilities as required.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Data Analytics, Business, or related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum of 10 years of progressively responsible experience in Business Intelligence, data and analytics, enterprise systems, or related technologies.
• Minimum of 5 years of people leadership experience, including responsibility for developing teams, managing performance, and establishing priorities.
• Demonstrated experience leading enterprise BI, data, and analytics strategies, platforms, and implementations across multiple business functions.
• Strong experience with modern analytics technologies, preferably including Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate, Azure data technologies, or comparable platforms.
• Demonstrated experience with data governance, data integration, data modeling, data quality, analytics standards, and self-service analytics.
• Strong understanding of SQL and modern data platform concepts, with the ability to provide strategic and technical direction.
• Demonstrated experience partnering with senior business and IT leaders to establish priorities, translate business needs into scalable solutions, and deliver measurable business value.
• Experience leading significant technology implementations, platform transformations, or analytics modernization initiatives.
• Experience evaluating and implementing AI, automation, and emerging technologies to improve analytics, decision-making, productivity, or business processes.
• Demonstrated ability to lead organizational change and technology adoption across multiple business functions.
• Experience working within a global organization strongly preferred.
• Excellent leadership, communication, collaboration, decision-making, and problem-solving skills.

ESSENTIAL PHYSICAL/ENVIRONMENTAL DEMANDS

•    Lifting -- Not to exceed 50 lbs. -- local practice may apply.
•    Writing
•    Sitting
•    Standing
•    Bending
•    Visual acuity
•    Color perception
•    Depth perception
•    Reading
•    Field of vision/peripheral
•    Fine motor skills

COMMENTS

Infectious Control Risk Category III:

The risk category explains whether or not employees are likely to come into contact with blood or body fluids while performing their jobs.  Risk category III states employment and procedures that do not require exposure.

As an eligible Merit employee, you can expect the following:

* Multiple Shifts and Hours to choose from: Days, Swing (Eve), and Nights

* Medical/Dental & Other Insurances (eligible the first of month after 30 days)

* Low Cost Onsite Medical Clinic

* Two (2) Onsite Cafeterias

* Employee Garden | Gardening Classes

* 3 Weeks' Vacation | 1 Week Sick-Time | Paid Holidays

* 401K | Health Savings Account

To see more on our culture, go to www.merit.com/careers.

Military Veterans are encouraged to Apply.

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