Manager, Analytics Engineering & Data Products #1045195
Job Description:
Job Purpose:

• We are seeking a strategic and hands-on Manager of Data & Analytics to lead the development and governance of data assets supporting operations, purchasing, and finance functions across the enterprise.
• This role will oversee a team of analytics engineers and collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to deliver trusted, reusable, and scalable data products using Microsoft Fabric and dbt.
• You will be responsible for shaping the data architecture and transformation pipelines that support enterprise-wide reporting, analytics, and operational decision-making, with a strong emphasis on operational metrics, procurement data, and financial data domains (e.g., spend, supplier performance, cost centers, budgets).

 
Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead a team of analytics engineers in designing and building data models and pipelines using dbt and Microsoft Fabric tools (OneLake, Lakehouse, Warehouse, Power BI).
• Own the strategy and execution for operations, purchasing, and finance data enablement, ensuring consistency, quality, and governance across domains.
• Collaborate with data governance, IT, and business teams to define data standards, stewardship processes, and metadata management practices.
• Develop and maintain semantic models in Power BI that support enterprise reporting and analytics use cases.
• Drive adoption of best practices in data modeling, transformation, testing, and documentation.
• Monitor and optimize performance of data workflows and ensure reliability of production pipelines.
• Support data integration efforts across ERP, procurement platforms, financial systems, and other enterprise applications.
• Mentor team members and foster a culture of continuous improvement and innovation.

 
Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience in analytics engineering, data engineering, or related roles, with 2+ years in a leadership or managerial capacity.
• Proven expertise in dbt (Core or Cloud) and Microsoft Fabric.
• Strong understanding of operations, procurement, and financial data structures and reporting requirements.
• Advanced SQL skills and experience with large-scale data environments.
• Familiarity with data governance frameworks, data lineage, and metadata tools.
• Experience with Git-based version control and CI/CD pipelines.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

 
Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Power BI DAX and semantic modeling.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Purview or other data cataloging tools.
• Background in operations, purchasing, or finance analytics.
• Familiarity with Python or other scripting languages.
• Experience working in Agile or DevOps environments.

 
Additional Info:
 
At FastTek Global, Our Purpose is Our People and Our Planet. We come to work each day and are reminded we are helping people find their success stories. Also, Doing the right thing is our mantra.  We act responsibly, give back to the communities we serve and have a little fun along the way.
We have been doing this with pride, dedication and plain, old-fashioned hard work for 24 years!
FastTek Global is financially strong, privately held company that is 100% consultant and client focused.
We've differentiated ourselves by being fast, flexible, creative and honest. Throw out everything you've heard, seen, or felt about every other IT Consulting company. We do unique things and we do them for Fortune 10, Fortune 500, and technology start-up companies.
Our benefits are second to none and thanks to our flexible benefit options you can choose the benefits you need or want, options include:
 

• Medical and Dental (FastTek pays majority of the medical program)
• Vision
• Personal Time Off (PTO) Program
• Long Term Disability (100% paid)
• Life Insurance (100% paid)
• 401(k) with immediate vesting and 3% (of salary) dollar-for-dollar match

 
Plus, we have a lucrative employee referral program and an employee recognition culture.
FastTek Global was named one of the Top Workplaces in Michigan by the Detroit Free Press in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023!
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