BI Manager, Analytics Lead, Reporting & Insights Manager

They manage data warehouse architecture, define key performance indicators, prioritise reporting requests, and translate analytical findings into board-ready narratives. Regular collaboration with finance, marketing, and technology functions is essential.

Multinational consumer goods corporations | Telecommunications network operations centres | Investment banking middle-office analytics | National healthcare service headquarters | Logistics and supply-chain optimisation firms | Software-as-a-service scale-ups

After several years as a senior analyst, demonstrate leadership by standardising reporting processes and mentoring colleagues. Progress to team-lead roles handling small squads and budgets. Success in delivering trusted, self-service analytics sets the stage for managerial responsibility over wider business intelligence programmes within seven to ten years.

As organisations accumulate more data, central oversight of quality, governance, and visualisation becomes critical. Cloud BI platforms and real-time dashboards fuel demand for skilled managers who can bridge technology and strategy. The role often feeds into director-level data leadership.

Dimensional data modelling for warehouses | ETL orchestration using modern cloud tools | Advanced dashboard building in Power BI | SQL performance tuning for analytics | Data governance and quality frameworks | Scripting in Python for automation | KPI definition and metric standardisation

People management and coaching abilities | Translating analysis into commercial language | Prioritisation under conflicting stakeholder needs | Negotiation of data governance standards | Presentation to executive committees | Change management during tool rollouts | Budget planning for analytics projects