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Basis Technologies delivers software and services to automate digital media operations for more than 1,000 leading agencies and brands. 

Our comprehensive ad tech platform, Basis, supports the planning, reporting, and financial reconciliation of direct, programmatic, search, and social media, all in one place. 

We are deeply committed to building software that will change the ad tech industry for the better and are equally dedicated to building an inclusive culture of highly motivated individuals who create a positive and supportive environment together. We invest in our culture and support our employees so they can do their best work. 

Basis Technologies is headquartered in Chicago, and our employees have the flexibility to work in an office location, completely remote, or a hybrid of the two. Please note, we are hiring on a remote working basis only in the U.S. and Canada.

Basis' Product team guides the innovation and development of our comprehensive tech platform, Basis. This team blends focus, collaboration, and creativity to fulfill our mission in creating a transformative tool that makes work more streamlined and fulfilling for those who power the ad tech industry.

Customer experience is at the forefront of this team’s work—and also includes market research, cross-departmental stakeholder collaboration, user testing, communicating feature requests to engineers and designers, monitoring impact of new feature rollouts, measuring returns on product investments, and more. Together, they leverage their diverse industry experience and talent to brainstorm new ideas, iterate on old ones, and create the best possible product for our customers.

The Business Intelligence & Data Operations team works on data and reporting solutions using big data from our online programmatic ad-buying and automation platform to solve business problems and support decision-making. They work with a wide variety of groups within Basis including Product Management and Engineering, Customer Success, Sales, Operations, and Services. The team manages all aspects of custom reporting and analytics projects and advises on reporting capabilities available through our technology platform and API. They are responsible for unlocking the vast amount and huge potential of Basis data to drive the company's key metrics and generate actionable insight empowering data-driven decisions.

The Business Intelligence and Data Operations team is the ideal place for someone who thrives on working in a fast-paced growth environment, has a passion for working with data and technology, and is not afraid to take on some of the most complex challenges that Basis has to offer.

We are looking for a strategic leader who can combine business acumen, technical and analytical skills to meet and deliver on business intelligence needs across the organization. A successful Director of Business Intelligence will challenge traditional thinking and drive business through data in new ways. You will contribute by:

• Manage the execution of the company-wide BI roadmap and strategy ensuring alignment with company goals and objectives.
• Lead and iterate on the process of how work gets done, actively prioritizing the team's work to balance short term and long term business needs to maximize impact.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements and translate them into impactful BI solutions.
• Build and manage a high performing BI team by leading, coaching, developing and hiring Business Analysts, Solutions Architects, and Data Analysts.
• Establish and maintain data governance and quality standards to ensure best-in-class data accuracy and reliability of analysis and reporting.
• Partner with Data Operations and other tech teams, such as Data Engineering, to build an architecture and process that supports the present and future needs of Basis, acting as a crucial link between stakeholders and technical teams.
• Educate internal clients on how to leverage our data and the KPIs that drive business success.

WHAT YOU BRING TO THE TABLE

• 8+ years of work experience on a team with similar core responsibilities
• 4+ years of experience successfully building and leading high performing BI teams.
• Post-secondary education with a strong analytical component, e.g. statistics, business, social sciences, sciences.
• Strong understanding of data analytics methodologies and tools with experience leveraging data for driving business insights and outcomes.
• Strong knowledge and experience with Relational Databases and SQL, and data visualization tools (e.g. Power BI, Tableau).
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills, with ability to present and clearly explain insights based on data to non-technical executive audiences
• Experience with the entire development cycle of projects in a fast-paced workplace.

BONUS POINTS

• Knowledge of the digital advertising industry (e.g. AdWords, DSPs, ad-serving).
• Experience working with product analytics tools (e.g. Pendo).
• Familiar with a data analysis programming language such as Python.

OUR TECH STACK

• Snowflake, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB
• Power BI, ThoughtSpot, Python, Pentaho
• JIRA, Confluence, Stash, Git

$107,000 - $241,000 a year

ANYTHING ELSE? 

Don't think you have all the skills required for this role? That's okay, we recognize that experience can be built in many ways. If you have relevant skills that are not reflected in your resume, we welcome your candidacy and encourage you to share more in an optional cover letter, even if your experience doesn’t match our exact requirements.  

We take care of our people and believe that our success depends on the growth and well-being of each one of our team members.  

We've been proudly recognized as:

Ad Age, Best Places to Work 2023, 2022, 2013

Built In, Best Workplaces 2023, 2022, 2021

Crain's Best Companies to Work for in Chicago 2022, 2021, 2020, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011

Crain's Best Companies to Work for in New York 2022, 2021, 2014

Dallas Morning News, Top Workplaces 2021, 2019, 2015

Denver Post, Top Workplaces 2022, 2021, 2020

Denver Business Journal's Largest Employers 2022, 2021, 2020

Fortune Magazine, Best Workplaces 2022, 2021, 2020, 2015, 2014

We provide a thoughtful perks and benefits package including competitive 401k/RRSP matching, mental health support, a funded health savings account, paid sabbatical, generous parental leave, a flexible work environment and time off policy, and more. 

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and are committed to building teams that are diverse in thought, perspective, and culture. We celebrate all team members regardless of gender identity, sexual orientation, race or cultural background, religion, disability, and age.

Basis is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application processes. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at talent.acquisition@basis.net. 

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