Director Data and Analytics Biloxi

Director of Data and Analytics

Department: Enterprise Applications
Reports to: VP - Enterprise Applications
FLSA: Exempt

The Director of Data and Analytics will establish and lead the credit union’s enterprise analytics strategy, enabling trusted, timely, and actionable data insights across all departments. This senior leader will manage a growing team of analysts and engineers, champion data governance, platform modernization and cross‑functional engagement. The role is critical to shaping the future of data at the credit union and delivering 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 talent development.
• Oversee data sourcing, organization, curation, visualization, reporting, and advanced analytics delivery.
• Collaborate with Enterprise Architects on platform scalability and architecture.
• Ensure data governance best practices are established and adhered to.
• Measure data quality and track data literacy levels across the organization.
• Communicate business outcomes in terms of revenue growth, cost or 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.
• Participate in budget planning and resource management for data and analytics capabilities.
• Act as escalation point for high‑impact data or analytics issues.
• Develop and own the enterprise data and analytics strategy and roadmap.
• Lead a multidisciplinary team of analysts, engineers, and data stewards.
• Deliver advanced dashboards, KPIs, data pipelines, and self‑service analytics.
• Drive data governance, quality, and operational standards.
• Serve as the data thought partner to business unit leaders and the Executive team.
• Partner with IT, Security, Compliance, and stakeholders to deliver scalable and secure solutions.
• Ensure compliance with all Federal regulations including BSA and OFAC.

• Other duties as assigned.

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, business intelligence, or data engineering.
• 4+ years in a leadership role in a related capacity.

• Deliver dashboards, predictive models, and enterprise analytics programs.
• Knowledge of core and digital banking platforms such as Symitar, Alkami, Meridian Link, or similar.
• Experience with data platforms such as Fabric and Snowflake.
• Manage cloud migration or data platform modernization projects.
• Experience with predictive modeling, member segmentation, or machine learning use cases in financial services.
• Build and lead high‑performing teams.
• Data governance, security, and compliance expertise.
• Proficiency with Databricks, visualization tools (e.g., Power BI), and modern analytics stacks.
• Intermediate knowledge of HTML, Java, JavaScript, or SQL, ETL tools.
• Effective partnership across all organizational levels.
• Intermediate cloud technologies experience.
• Understanding of mid‑level database technologies.
• Familiarity with Kanban, Scrum, and product‑centric delivery models.
• Knowledge of evolving financial industry technologies.
• Good understanding of credit union industry.
• Strong analytical, reasoning, communication, presentation, facilitation skills.
• Organized, able to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines.
• Work independently with minimal supervision.

Strong interpersonal and influencing skills, emotional intelligence, diplomacy, and integrity.

Professional certifications in data analytics or project management preferred.

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