Senior Manager, Data & BI Practice

## Senior Manager, Data & BI Practice Apply remote type:
Mid-Market locations:
Chicago time type:
Full time posted on:
Posted 21 Days Agotime left to apply:
End Date:
September 22, 2026 (30+ days left to apply) job requisition :
JR100326
** Overview of the Role
** The Senior Manager, Data & Analytics Advisory will play a critical role in driving cross-functional value creation across Aurelius Group’s North American portfolio companies. You will partner with business and technology leaders to assess current data maturity, define pragmatic data strategies, and guide the design and implementation of modern data platforms, analytics solutions, and AI-ready data foundations.

This senior individual contributor role combines hands-on solution design with advisory leadership, project and vendor oversight, and mentorship of portfolio company data teams. You will be a key catalyst in helping organizations with limited in-house data capabilities unlock scalable, insight-driven decision-making through reusable architectures and flexible reporting and analytics solutions.
** Company Background
** Aurelius Group is a global investment firm focused on building long-term value across a diverse portfolio of businesses. Within Aurelius Group, the Water Rise Digital Practice supports portfolio companies in accelerating their digital, data, and technology capabilities to drive sustainable growth and operational excellence.

As part of the North America team, you will collaborate with leaders across industries and sectors, helping companies typically in the $200M–$2B annual revenue range modernize their data landscapes and build analytics capabilities that directly support strategic and operational priorities.
** Key Responsibilities
*** Partner with portfolio company executives and functional leaders to understand business objectives, assess data maturity, and define clear data and analytics strategies.
* Support M&A due diligence and data integration activities through carveout.
* Design and advise on modern data architectures, including data warehouses, data lakes, and data integration patterns, with a primary focus on Azure Fabric, Databricks, Power BI, and related technologies.
* Lead the design of scalable, reusable data models and architectures that support reporting, self-service analytics, and AI/ML use cases.
* Develop and oversee implementation roadmaps for data platforms, analytics solutions, and reporting dashboards, working closely with internal teams, external vendors, and system integrators.
* Advise on and support the implementation of robust data management practices, including data governance, data quality, metadata management, and security.
* Define and shape portfolio companies’ reporting and dashboard strategies, ensuring solutions are user-centric, flexible, and aligned to key performance indicators and decision-making needs.
* Provide expert guidance on AI data readiness, including ensuring data platforms and pipelines can support advanced analytics and AI initiatives.
* Manage projects and vendors effectively, ensuring scope, timelines, and quality expectations are met while maintaining strong stakeholder communication.
* Mentor and train portfolio company data and analytics personnel, building local capabilities and promoting best practices in data engineering, BI, and analytics.
* Contribute to the development of internal standards, frameworks, and reusable solution patterns that can be applied across the Aurelius portfolio.
** Required Qualifications
*** Typically 7+ years of relevant experience in data engineering, business intelligence, analytics, or data architecture roles, including experience in advisory or consulting contexts.
* Proven experience designing and implementing modern data platforms and architectures (e.g., data warehouses, data lakes, ELT/ETL pipelines) in cloud environments.
* Strong, hands-on experience with Azure Fabric or Databricks, along with Power BI, including end-to-end solutions from data ingestion through to reporting and dashboards.
* Demonstrated ability to translate business objectives into data and analytics strategies, roadmaps, and solution designs.
* Solid understanding of data…