Top Senior Data & Analytics Jobs in Wilmington, NC

Designs and builds production data systems, pipelines, database schemas, analytical models, and internal platforms. Responsibilities include writing tested code, optimizing queries and storage, controlling infrastructure costs, enforcing CI/CD, and implementing data testing, monitoring, and alerting. The role also develops AI and LLM-backed data use cases, including retrieval pipelines, embeddings, vector storage, evaluation harnesses, and agentic workflows.

Own and scale client-facing data transformation pipelines for financial and operational data. Build reliable analytical models, data integrity tests, and integrations across diverse sources. Partner with Customer Success and Engineering to troubleshoot data issues, optimize critical pipelines, establish engineering standards, and improve developer experience. Use dbt, SQL, Python, BigQuery, and AI-enabled workflows to deliver performant, well-documented FP&A data products while mentoring teammates and contributing to hiring and onboarding.

Lead the architecture and delivery of modern data and analytics platforms for clients. Design governed, secure solutions using Microsoft Fabric, Azure, Databricks, Power BI, and Purview. Translate business needs into scalable architectures, estimates, roadmaps, and delivery plans. Guide architecture reviews, governance, CI/CD, testing, monitoring, and operational readiness while enabling AI, Copilot, RAG, and intelligent application initiatives. Serve as the technical lead and trusted advisor for client engagements.

Leads business analysis, advanced analytics, KPI development, data modeling, reporting automation, and AI/ML initiatives supporting global data-center construction and operational excellence. Builds datasets, dashboards, performance metrics, forecasts, and scenario models; translates complex findings for executives; aligns technology solutions with business needs; and promotes data governance, documentation, process improvement, and analytics maturity across cross-functional teams.

Owns production data systems end to end, including data models, ETL and API integrations, applications, platform maintenance, data quality, governance, and technical debt. Supports OPSDB and exploration operations, improves reliability and alerting, documents systems, collaborates with cross-functional and nontechnical stakeholders, and mentors junior analysts. The role also supports procurement and inventory initiatives, works with geologists, and requires occasional international travel to exploration sites.

Own Marketing’s reporting and analytics layer by building executive dashboards, defining KPIs, modeling data across GTM systems, and establishing governance and trusted sources of truth. Partner cross-functionally to measure funnel performance, attribution, campaigns, pipeline, and ROI. Help evaluate and develop AI-powered analytics, conversational reporting, automated insights, and intelligent visualization while translating complex data into actionable recommendations for leadership.

Own risk analytics initiatives that improve repayment rates, optimize collections costs, monitor trends and emerging risks, and evaluate external agency performance. Partner with stakeholders and vendors to develop actionable insights, support strategic decisions, and apply AI tools to automate reporting and improve collections outcomes. The role requires advanced SQL and experience in credit risk, fraud risk, collections, or related lending analytics.

Manages the enterprise Data Governance and Analytics Center of Excellence, leading staff, governance initiatives, analytics strategy, maturity modeling, budgets, vendors, and planning. Coordinates data quality, stewardship, privacy, acquisition, and release programs while partnering with data scientists, engineers, technology governance teams, and business stakeholders. Develops executive presentations, aligns enterprise definitions and algorithms, establishes standards, and ensures analytics projects and business cases meet organizational objectives and deadlines.

Serves as a strategic analytics partner to Marketing, owning funnel, attribution, ROI, account scoring, experimentation, and pipeline analytics. Builds scalable datasets, dashboards, and quality controls while connecting customer, campaign, product usage, CRM, and revenue data. Delivers executive-ready reporting, QBR insights, and recommendations that improve conversion, marketing investment effectiveness, account-based marketing, product adoption, and pipeline growth.

Investigate offline and direct mail channel performance, attribution, vendor data, and measurement methodologies. Build response, lift, allocation, and regression models; manage direct mail testing data pulls and mail merges; create KPI dashboards; and communicate actionable recommendations to marketing stakeholders. The role requires proactively identifying opportunities, validating data and vendor claims, and translating complex analytical findings into business decisions.