Director, Data & Analytics Corporate Services

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At Graham one of North Americas largest general contractors we dont just build projects we enable the systems and services that make construction possible. As part of our Corporate Services team youll support impactful work across the region through expertise in HR Advisory Communications Supply Chain Finance and more.

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Your Impact Starts Here

Graham is actively recruiting for a Director Data & Analytics supporting the Corporate Services Division. The Director Data & Analytics is accountable for advancing the organizations data and analytics capabilities to a trusted strategic and business-owned data ecosystem. Reporting to the VP of IT this role leads enterprise Data & Analytics strategy delivery and operating model while building strong durable partnerships with business leaders.

Success in this role requires a leader who previously led an organization through similar challenges improving speed to value clarifying accountability modernizing ways of working and elevating data from a technical service to a business asset.

This role is critical to transforming how the organization uses data to run the business. It is not about producing more reports it is about building clarity accountability and execution discipline so data becomes a trusted decision-driving asset.

This is a hands-on leadership role focused on strategy execution and organizational maturity not just technology. This role exists to improve decision quality and speed across the organization by elevating data from reporting to decision enablement. By working upstream with business leaders to clarify decisions outcomes and measures before solutions are built the Director Data & Analytics ensures analytics efforts drive action accountability and results.

Your Role in Building What Matters From Office to Site

• Lead the Data & Analytics function including Data Engineering and Analytics & Visualization
• Own the enterprise Data & Analytics roadmap delivery model and budget
• Establish a clear operating model for how analytics demand is managed prioritized funded and delivered
• Improve speed predictability and transparency of delivery
• Establish accountability across the organization for data definitions and outcomes with IT as an enablement partner
• Reduce complexity and duplication across data sources through pragmatic architecture and governance
• Build trust with senior leaders and business leaders by delivering insights that directly support operational and financial decisions
• Develop managers and senior technical leaders who can execute independently and consistently

Strategy & Operating Model

• Define and own the enterprise Data & Analytics strategy and roadmap aligned to business priorities and value realization
• Design and implement a scalable delivery that supports iterative delivery without constant re-prioritization or failure
• Establish clear roles responsibilities and decision rights between IT Data & Analytics and business stakeholders
• Enable insights that drive actionable results to improve areas of the business
• Balance central standards with federated execution where appropriate

Business Partnership & Accountability

• Act as a senior partner to executive and operational leaders to clarify business outcomes before solutions are built establish data ownership stewardship and accountability in the business and set realistic expectations on scope timelines and trade-offs
• Introduce structured approaches to demand intake prioritization and backlog management
• Establish ways of working that shift focus from the status quo to outputs and outcomes that drive enterprise business value
• Ensure analytics initiatives are explicitly tied to business outcomes not just reports or dashboards

Delivery & Execution Leadership

• Lead leaders: coach and develop managers to plan execute and deliver consistently
• Improve estimation dependency management and delivery forecasting
• Ensure solutions are production-ready supported and adoptednot just delivered

Data Architecture & Platforms

• Provide pragmatic leadership across a complex multi-platform data environment (Azure Data Lake Databricks SAP S4/HANA Power BI MS Fabric)
• Partner with Enterprise Architecture to reduce unnecessary complexity establish clear platform usage patterns and guardrails and guide platform evolution based on business value not vendor trends

Governance Quality & Trust

• Establish and mature data governance quality and standards in a way that enables not blocks delivery
• Introduce consistent definitions metrics and master data practices for critical business domains
• Increase confidence in analytics outputs across the organization

Capability Building & Culture

• Build a high-performing Data & Analytics leadership team
• Develop technical talent while reinforcing business thinking and accountability
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement learning and ownership

Financial & Vendor Management

• Own the Data & Analytics budget including platforms tools and external partners
• Ensure spend is aligned to outcomes and value realization
• Manage strategic vendor and partner relationships

The Right Tools for the Job

Experience

• 10 years in Data Analytics or Business Intelligence roles including senior leadership
• Proven experience maturing a data & analytics organization in a complex multi-business environment
• Demonstrated success improving delivery speed and predictability business partnership and trust and data ownership and accountability
• Experience operating in environments with competing priorities and constrained capacity multiple data platforms and sources and many organizational changes initiatives occurring simultaneously

Leadership & Influence

• Strategic thinker who can translate vision into executable plans
• Strong executive presence and credibility with senior leaders
• Comfortable challenging business partners constructively
• Able to lead leaders not just individual contributors

Technical & Domain Knowledge

• Strong understanding of:

• • • Data engineering analytics and visualization
    • Modern cloud data platforms and architectures
    • Agile and iterative delivery models
• ERP experience required; SAP experience is a strong asset
• Experience with Power BI and enterprise analytics platforms required
• AI/ML experience is beneficial but not the primary focus

Education

• Degree in Computer Science Engineering Analytics Business or related field

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