Director Data & Analytics Biloxi

Pass Road HQtrs
2602 Pass Road
Biloxi, MS 39531, USA

Keesler Federal Credit Union team members enjoy competitive salaries and a wide range of benefits, some of which include:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Section 125 Flexible Spending Accounts for Health Care and Dependent Care expenses
• Employee and Dependent Life Insurance
• 401(k) Retirement Plan with 100% match on the first 5% contributed by you
• Tuition Reimbursement and Competitive Scholarships
• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability Benefits
• Employee Assistance Program

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Position:
Director of Data and Analytics

Department:
Enterprise Applications

Reports to: VP - Enterprise Applications

FLSA:
Exempt

The Director of Data and Analytics will be responsible for establishing and leading the credit union’s enterprise analytics strategy, enabling trusted, timely, and actionable data insights across all departments. A key part of this role is to create or enable measurable value in the enterprise, as it related to Data and Analytics. This senior leader will manage a growing team of analysts and engineers while also championing data governance, platform modernization, and cross-functional engagement with other business units.

This role is critical to shaping the future of data at the credit union and delivering strategic measurable value through initiatives such as Member 360, performance scorecards, campaign analytics, and predictive modeling.

• Develop and lead the enterprise data and analytics strategy, operating model, and multi-year roadmap.
• Manage the data and analytics team including hiring, mentoring, and developing talent.
• Oversee enterprise data sourcing, organizing, curation, visualization, reporting, and advanced analytics delivery through agentic AI and AI Analytics.
• Collaborating with Enterprise Architects on platform scalability and architecture.
• Ensure that data governance best practices are established and adhered to.
• Measure data quality by assessing the datasets related to their business domain (e.g., correctness, completeness, timeliness of information in business context).
• Track data literacy levels, as data literacy is the basis for becoming more data-driven as an organization (e.g., training delivered, skills attainment, staff performance).
• Create a value-based story of how data and analytics capabilities are necessary to run a successful organization. Express business outcomes in terms of your stakeholders (e.g., in terms of revenue growth, or cost and risk reduction).
• Collaborate across business units to deliver actionable insights and use cases.
• Lead the design and implementation of Member 360, fraud detection, segmentation models.
• Represent the data and analytics function in enterprise planning and technology forums.
• Actively participate in budget planning and resource management for data and analytics capabilities.
• Serve as escalation point for high-impact data or analytics issues.
• Develop and own the enterprise data and analytics strategy and roadmap.
• Lead a multi-disciplinary team of analysts, engineers, and data stewards.
• Deliver advanced dashboards, KPIs, data pipelines, and self-service analytics.
• Drive data governance, data quality, and operational standards.
• Serve as the data thought partner to business unit leaders and the Executive team.
• Collaborate with Enterprise Architects on platform architecture decisions.
• Partner with IT, Security, Compliance, and other business stakeholders to deliver scalable and secure solutions.
• Responsible for compliance with all Federal regulations including Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).

• Other duties as assigned.

To perform this role effectively, the Director must demonstrate leadership, communication, and technical expertise across data analytics, governance, business intelligence, and organizational engagement.

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, data science, or related field required, Master’s degree preferred.

• 10+ years of experience in data and analytics,…