Sr. IT Manager (BI Development)

The Business Intelligence (BI) & Analytics team is made up of developers supporting UMB’s lines of business by delivering actionable information to help our business leaders make informed business decisions and enhancing our approach to the decision-making process.  This will also allow teams across our footprint to track key metrics and organize goals.

As a Sr. IT Manager, you will lead a team of analytics and visualization developers that will support enterprise and business units in business intelligence and provide the vision for the future state of the BI & Analytics environment.  You will develop relationships with both business and IT leaders to bridge the gap and drive successful solutions.  You will be expected to stay current on industry trends and identify how to incorporate necessary trends within UMB’s BI & Analytics vision.  This is a subset of the overall responsibilities which will include multiple initiatives as assigned by IT leadership. 

This role is hybrid (Mon through Thu on-site / Fri remote) at the UMB Technology & Operations Center located in downtown Kansas City, MO.

How you’ll spend your time:

• Managing all aspects related to ongoing progress starting from design phase (i.e. business requirements gathering, available information analysis, and architectural analysis) through the development phases, quality assurance (QA), and transition to the customer.
• Leading and overseeing a team of analytics and visualization developers working together to complete projects quickly and efficiently. 
• Maintaining timelines, budget, and risks for projects.
• Designing and facilitating the implementation of data visualization best practices.
• Researching outliers and identifying root causes of issues in reports and communicating data nuances and insights to all levels of the company in a clear and concise manner.
• Collaborating with business and IT teams to advance the company’s reporting capabilities and improve the accuracy of data.
• Prototyping, validating and deploying analytic techniques which deliver unique value to the organization. 
• Providing in-depth technical expertise with all aspects of the solution design and implementation, including requirements definition, data acquisition processes, data modeling, process automation, escalation procedures, construction and deployment.

We’re excited to talk if you have:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field, at least 10 years of IT work experience, and at least 6 years of management experience.
• At least 5 years of experience of BI Analytics including management support for designing intuitive, high-impact dashboards in Power BI Desktop and publishing them to Power BI Service for organizational collaboration.
• Data Governance Engineering experience including management support for leveraging IDMC services such as Cloud Data Governance and Catalog (CDGC) and Cloud Data Quality to automate discovery of metadata, establish end-to-end lineage, an enforce data policies to ensure transparency and trust across UMB organization.
• Advanced SQL skills and experience with traditional RDBMS, MPP and Hadoop.
• Experience with BI & Data Cloud technologies (i.e. Snowflake, AWS, Matillion, Snaplogic).
• Experience with other reporting tools (i.e. Microsoft SSRS, Alteryx, Qlik, Tableau, SAS, etc.).  Although this is not required, it is highly beneficial.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organize, analyze, interpret and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy, including the ability to clearly and concisely present analysis and recommend specific actions to be taken.
• Ability to balance and prioritize multiple projects for various internal customers.

Bonus Points if you have:

• Banking / financial industry experience.

Applicants must have legal authority to work in the United States.  Work Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Compensation Range:

The posted compensation range on this listing represents UMB’s standard for this role, but the actual compensation may vary by geographic location, experience level, and other job-related factors. In addition, this range does not encompass the full earning potential for this role. Please see the description of benefits included with this job posting for additional information

UMB offers competitive and varied benefits to eligible associates, such as Paid Time Off; a 401(k) matching program; annual incentive pay; paid holidays; a comprehensive company sponsored benefit plan including medical, dental, vision, and other insurance coverage; health savings, flexible spending, and dependent care accounts; adoption assistance; an employee assistance program; fitness reimbursement; tuition reimbursement; an associate wellbeing program; an associate emergency fund; and various associate banking benefits. Benefit offerings and eligibility requirements vary.

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