Nature's Path Foods is seeking an experienced BI Manager with strong technical skills to lead the company's BI team and strategic roadmap. This high-impact role will be responsible for overseeing the entire lifecycle of business intelligence, including the data warehouse, ETL processes, and reporting. A key focus will be modernizing the legacy BI stack and establishing a data governance program from the ground up. This role leads a team of 2 people plus external contractors, and reports to the VP IT.

Responsibilities:

• BI Modernization: Oversee an end-to-end BI re-architecture, modernizing the current legacy stack (SSRS/SSIS/SSAS) onto the Microsoft Fabric ecosystem, while removing unused data, ETLs, and reports.
• ETL & Data Warehouse: Oversee the development, deployment, and maintenance of BI ETLs (currently SSIS & manual import) and the data warehouse (currently SQL Server DB on Azure).
• Reporting & Analysis: Ensure accurate, timely, and actionable reporting in PowerBI, building and optimizing dashboards and self-serve reporting.
• Data Governance: Develop and maintain a data governance program, ensuring clear classification, ownership, and cleanliness of data.
• Data Privacy & Compliance: In partnership with the IT Infrastructure team, ensure BI data flows, storage, and reporting follow established cybersecurity and privacy standards.
• Projects: Partner closely with key stakeholders across the business to drive BI initiatives, maintaining a prioritized backlog and roadmap. Ensure requirements are well understood, business value is clear, and projects are executed with professionalism and transparency.
• Operational Support: Ensure timely response to BI issues, bugs, and questions.
• Team Management: Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing BI team, while managing 3rd party BI development team resources and budget.
• Stakeholder Communication: Effectively communicate current projects, BI insights, data governance practices, and issues to key stakeholders.
• Innovation: Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends to recommend improvements and innovations.

Required background:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or equivalent experience
• 5+ years hands-on experience as a BI Developer or Data Engineer
• 3+ years experience leading BI teams
• Demonstrated hands-on technical skills in the Microsoft BI stack, particularly PowerBI and Fabric
• Strong SQL and database design skills
• Solid understanding of data governance frameworks and standards
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to interact effectively with stakeholders at all levels
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage complex projects
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, leading both internal and external technical resources

Preferred background:

• Experience in the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry or manufacturing
• Microsoft Fabric certification or previous experience implementing Fabric
• Education or experience in financial accounting

Notes:

• This is a hybrid role out of our Richmond HQ (3 days in the office)
• The salary range will be between $145,000 - $165,000 with a 15% bonus