Enterprise Data & Analytics

Enterprise Data & Analytics- Practice Lead
Location: Boston, MA
Duration: Long Term

Position Summary
We are seeking a senior Data & Analytics leader with 10+ years of experience in a manufacturing environment, with strong domain expertise across Sales, Finance, and Manufacturing operations. This role will lead enterprise reporting, advanced analytics, and modern data platform initiatives, with particular emphasis on Sales Commission reporting and executive-level performance visibility.
The ideal candidate combines deep business acumen, strong BI/analytics architecture expertise, and hands-on experience with Oracle EBS or Oracle Fusion as source systems, leveraging ERP data to drive enterprise intelligence and strategic decision-making.

Key Responsibilities
1. Enterprise Data Strategy & Architecture
•    Define and execute the enterprise data and analytics roadmap aligned with business strategy.
•    Design scalable data architecture integrating Oracle EBS or Oracle Fusion with modern cloud data platforms.
•    Lead enterprise data warehouse, semantic modeling, and analytics layer development.
•    Establish robust data governance, master data management, and data quality frameworks.
•    Drive standardization of KPIs across Sales, Finance, and Manufacturing.

2. Sales Commission & Incentive Analytics 
•    Own end-to-end Sales Commission reporting architecture and automation.
•    Design scalable commission calculation frameworks leveraging ERP and downstream analytics platforms.
•    Build audit-ready, transparent reporting for incentive compensation, territory overrides, splits, and adjustments.
•    Develop real-time dashboards for Sales leadership on bookings, revenue, margin, and commission performance.
•    Partner with Sales Operations and Finance to optimize commission plans using data insights.
•    Reduce manual processes and enhance accuracy through automation and data validation controls.

3. Business Intelligence & Executive Reporting
•    Lead development of enterprise dashboards and performance scorecards for executive leadership.
•    Deliver QTD, YTD, forecast, and variance reporting for Sales, Finance, and Manufacturing.
•    Implement self-service BI capabilities using tools such as Power BI, Tableau, Oracle Analytics, etc.
•    Ensure consistent metrics across operational and financial reporting.
•    Translate complex datasets into actionable business insights.

4. Modern Data Platform & Cloud Analytics
•    Lead implementation and optimization of modern analytics platforms such as:
o    Oracle Fusion Analytics Warehouse (FAW)
o    Oracle FDI (Fusion Data Intelligence)
o    Azure Data Platform / AWS / Snowflake / Databricks (or equivalent)
•    Design and oversee ETL/ELT pipelines, data orchestration, and data transformation processes.
•    Enable AI/ML-ready datasets for predictive analytics (sales forecasting, margin optimization, manufacturing efficiency).
•    Drive adoption of scalable, secure, and high-performance cloud data architectures.

5. Cross-Functional Business Partnership
•    Act as strategic data advisor to CFO, CRO, VP Manufacturing, and executive leadership.
•    Convert business requirements into scalable analytics solutions.
•    Lead KPI alignment sessions to standardize enterprise reporting definitions.
•    Provide proactive insights that influence strategic decisions.

6. Leadership & Delivery Excellence
•    Lead BI developers, data engineers, and analytics teams.
•    Establish best practices in SDLC, DevOps for analytics, and release governance.
•    Manage external system integrators and analytics vendors.
•    Drive Agile-based analytics delivery frameworks.
•    Promote a data-driven culture across the organization.

Required Qualifications
•    10+ years of experience in data, analytics, or enterprise reporting within a manufacturing company.
•    Strong functional understanding of Sales, Finance, and Manufacturing data domains.
•    Experience leveraging Oracle EBS or Oracle Fusion ERP as a primary enterprise data source.
•    Proven experience designing and managing Sales Commission reporting solutions.
•    Deep expertise in data warehousing, dimensional modeling, and enterprise BI architecture.
•    Experience with FDI, FAW, or modern cloud data platforms.
•    Hands-on experience with BI tools (Power BI, Tableau, Oracle Analytics, etc.).
•    Strong executive communication and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Qualifications
•    Experience building analytics solutions supporting Order-to-Cash and revenue lifecycle.
•    Knowledge of predictive analytics and AI/ML use cases in Sales or Manufacturing.
•    Experience implementing enterprise data governance frameworks.
•    MBA or advanced degree in Analytics, Information Systems, or related field.

Key Competencies
•    Enterprise data architecture leadership
•    Strong business analytics orientation
•    Executive storytelling with data
•    Data governance and KPI standardization
•    Strategic thinking with hands-on execution
•    High accountability and cross-functional collaboration

Success Metrics
•    Automated, accurate, and scalable Sales Commission reporting
•    Enterprise-wide KPI standardization
•    Reduced manual reporting effort
•    Increased executive visibility through real-time dashboards
•    Adoption of modern cloud data platform capabilities
•    Improved data trust and governance maturits