Strategy Leader - Business Intelligence

Role Summary/Purpose

The Executive Business Intelligence (BI) COE Leader will lead strategy, architectural management, technology roadmaps and solution delivery for Analytics, Big Data, and Business Intelligence environments

Essential Functions/Responsibilities:

This role will partner closely with product and regional CIOs in for effective execution of their BI programs. In addition, this role will be responsible for setting vision and the use of all Business Intelligence platforms, determining enterprise information and technology needs and defining strategy and implementation needed to achieve those needs. Partnering with the Global Application Management and Support COE (GAMS) this role will improve operational excellence as well as provide architectural support to product and regional CIO teams. The Executive - Business Intelligence COE Leader will report to the Chief Technology Officer

He / She will also be responsible for:

- Champion Advanced Analytics, Big Data and BI across the entire ecosystem driving contemporary technology adoption throughout the organization by leveraging excellent communication and change management skills

- Partner with key stakeholders to align large scale project timing, communications strategy, and employee feedback processes with the overall strategy for IT

- Design and implement procedures and controls necessary to ensure the effective and efficient delivery of Advanced Analytics & Business Intelligence programs and reporting to business functions

- Provide guidance and direction both within IT and multi-discipline and multi-organizational teams for their Business Intelligence and reporting needs

- Drive strategic partnerships with the BI Architects, GAMS, Technology Services organization & Global Operations IT teams to ensure a chain of reliable operational excellence through all phases of a system lifecycle

- Apply advanced technical and program management knowledge and skills in developing solutions or problem solving where complexity, innovation and technical expertise are required

- Own and drive the roadmaps for Big Data, Analytics, & BI technology via senior leadership reviews (Blueprint reviews) as well as evaluate and recommend new or enhanced technologies that could improve our Analytics & Business Intelligence environments

- Lead and drive the IT vision and be a key contributor in delivering upon the IT strategic imperatives and priorities

- Act as a change agent for the organization by leveraging FastWorks practices to maximize results measured by performance and availability, business agility, technology freshness, and cost optimization

- Maximize the effective operation of the Business Intelligence function with respect to work flow, scheduling, staffing, budget, communications, and events

Qualifications:

- Bachelor's Degree

- Minimum of 20 years IT experience

- An understanding of Business Intelligence fundamentals for structured and unstructured data

- Proven leadership experience with senior management interaction

- Excellent communication and change management (CAP) skills, especially with senior executive audiences

Desired Characteristics:

- GE Corporate Audit Staff graduate

- Master's Degree in IT or related discipline and /or MBA preferred

- Strong decision-making capabilities, with a proven ability to weigh the relative costs and benefits of potential actions and identify the most appropriate option

- An ability to effectively influence others to modify their opinions, plans or behaviours

- An ability to communicate complex and technical issues to diverse audiences, orally and in writing, in an easily-understood and actionable manner

- Ability to successfully lead, manage, and motivate large, diverse, and complex team

- Demonstrated ability to make independent decisions and manage conflicting priorities in a fast-paced environment, responsive and willing to take ownership of issues and drive solutions

- Foster transparency, collaboration and innovative thinking

- A team player able to work closely with a global, cross-functional team and open to sharing information and best practices

- Experience leading matrix teams across IT and business

- Deep Technical Domain Knowledge of IT, Infrastructure