Position Overview

Skillsoft is currently seeking a Senior Director, Business Information to join its senior management team.  Reporting to the SVP of Financial Planning & Analysis, the Senior Director, Business Information will develop and implement a strategy to harvest, collect and analyze data and information and create a framework that delivers reports and information to executive management and business stakeholders to evaluate the company’s products and services, market opportunities and competitive landscape.

The successful candidate will identify opportunities where data can be used to support the business and facilitate the collection, manipulation and analysis of multiple data sets.  The Senior Director, Business Information must possess strong business acumen and communications skills to translate complex findings into easily understood conclusions and recommendations.

Position Responsibilities Include:

• Responsible for market, product and customer analysis, defining performance metrics and a reporting framework to evaluate product performance and market opportunities.
• Review existing business data structures, KPIs, trends, competitors and business drivers and recommend/develop a new reporting framework.
• Proactively identifying opportunities where data collection and analysis can improve business processes and influence decisions.
• Interfacing with technical and business teams to collect/extract data from various data sources (in-house databases, machine logs, third party vendors, and others).
• Partnering with functional business areas to understand their needs and define and develop methods to present analytical findings (dashboards, reports, and summaries).
• Presenting findings of analyses in non-technical terms to facilitate understanding by a wide audience.
• Leveraging data to drive the strategic direction of the organization.
• Developing a research program to enhance alignment of priorities and initiatives with overall strategic objectives.
• Discovering and manipulating data using software/technology tools and resources to develop hypotheses and challenge assumptions.
• Conduct data analysis in support of sales leadership, marketing and product management.
• Deliver insight to support product development, pricing, planning, marketing and sales teams.

Required Skills, Experience and Abilities:

• Ability to deliver compelling data analysis in context.
• Investigative creativity.
• Commitment to continuous improvement.
• Strong analytical, communication and documentation skills.
• Ability to present complicated information in understandable terms with a strong grasp of both technical and business perspectives.
• Strong critical thinking, as well as organizational, multi-tasking, prioritization and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to interact with all levels of the organization and work in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to work independently and make sound decisions with minimal supervision and direction.
• Understanding of database structures to perform research and discovery.
• Experience with data visualization tools is required.
• Experience with strategic analytics tools is a plus.
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience performing business data analysis with a deep understanding of how data can drive business decisions and success.

Education and Certifications

• A Bachelors Degree or equivalent is required - preferably in math, economics, engineering, statistics, information technology or a similar technical field.

Equal Opportunity Employer