Top Senior Data & Analytics Jobs in Des Moines, IA

Lead the vision and execution for scalable data governance and quality across Airbnb. Architect future-proof data ecosystems, define best practices and tooling, drive cross-functional policy implementation (privacy, legal, infosec), mentor senior engineers, and influence executive strategy to embed stewardship into the data product lifecycle.

Develops self-service BI tools, data sources, data marts, and interactive visualizations using Tableau or Power BI. Partners with clinical and operational leaders to translate information needs into actionable insights. Combines data from warehouses, lakes, and external sources; supports ETL, validation, data governance, platform maintenance, security access, and compliance. Trains and mentors analytics team members while ensuring BI assets are accurate, trusted, secure, and effectively maintained.

Own product analytics for mobile and web products, including funnels, cohorts, retention, experimentation, instrumentation, anomaly detection, and self-serve reporting. Partner with product managers to shape roadmap priorities, translate ambiguous questions into recommendations, present insights to nontechnical audiences, and mentor analysts. The role requires advanced SQL, experimentation expertise, Python, AI-assisted analytics workflows, fluent English, and overlap with US Eastern business hours.

Serve as a senior SQL Server DBA and database engineering advisor for clients. Responsibilities include performance tuning, cloud database architecture, migrations, high availability and disaster recovery, capacity planning, automation, monitoring, backup validation, deployment scripting, root-cause analysis, and client guidance. The role supports Azure and AWS database platforms, develops Python and PowerShell automation, and collaborates with technical and executive stakeholders.

Build and maintain production data pipelines, transformations, governed data products, and cloud data infrastructure for a federal background investigation platform. Develop Python and SQL workflows, contribute to Terraform and CI/CD, monitor data quality and reliability, support data science and ML teams, and operate within FedRAMP, NIST 800-171, and CUI requirements. Collaborate with engineering teams, troubleshoot platform issues, and document processes in a highly regulated environment.

Lead insurance risk analytics engagements for property and casualty carriers. Responsibilities include product demonstrations, regulatory filing guidance, pilot and proof-of-concept design, loss ratio and model validation analysis, client project management, discovery sessions, and translating insights for actuarial, underwriting, and executive audiences. The role also develops AI-assisted workflows and provides customer feedback to product teams.

Build and deliver Azure and Microsoft Fabric data solutions for clients. Responsibilities include developing data pipelines with Azure Databricks, Data Factory, Synapse Analytics, and Fabric; writing SQL, Python, and PySpark; supporting data integration, testing, deployments, troubleshooting, CI/CD, and infrastructure management. The role involves consulting with client stakeholders, collaborating with architects and developers, and delivering modern data platforms and reporting solutions.

Lead and scale companywide analytics for a DTC marketing business: own marketing measurement, financial forecasting, retention/LTV modeling, data architecture, reporting, and the analytics team. Set analytics strategy, oversee data engineering roadmap, build dashboards, apply statistical and ML methods, and translate insights into executive-level decisions.

Configure and implement Informatica IDMC MDM solutions across customer, product, and supplier domains. Responsibilities include data modeling, match and merge logic, survivorship, golden records, hierarchies, data quality, governance, stewardship workflows, user access, testing, deployment, documentation, and production support. The role collaborates with business, governance, integration, and data engineering teams to deliver trusted enterprise master data.

Configure and implement Informatica IDMC MDM solutions for customer, product, and supplier domains. Responsibilities include data modeling, match and merge rules, survivorship, golden records, hierarchies, data quality, stewardship workflows, governance, duplicate management, testing, deployment, documentation, and production support. The role collaborates with business stakeholders, data governance teams, architects, integration teams, and data stewards to deliver trusted, governed enterprise master data.

Analyzes healthcare claims, provider reimbursement, QPA, and dispute data to support No Surprises Act negotiations, arbitration, and OON liability management. Builds SQL-based reports, dashboards, data processes, and financial views; validates data quality; tracks dispute KPIs; integrates internal and external sources; and presents actionable recommendations to leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.