Hybrid Senior Vice President – Business Intelligence

at C.A. Carlin

• Job title: Senior Vice President – Business Intelligence
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: No Education Requirement
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Schaumburg, United States

About the role

• Senior Vice President leading Business Intelligence and analytics strategy for C.A. Carlin. Overseeing data solutions, driving insights and transforming client engagement as a competitive advantage.

Responsibilities

• The Senior Vice President (VP) of Business Intelligence owns the vision, strategy, operating model, data assets, tools, governance, and talent required to deliver best-in-class analytics, insights, and data solutions across the organization.
• This role ensures Business Intelligence is embedded in decision-making, fuels revenue generation, strengthens client partnerships, and serves as a core competitive advantage for the agency.
• Own the enterprise Business Intelligence vision, strategy, and roadmap across Insights, Category Management, and Data.
• Translate organizational and commercial priorities into scalable analytics capabilities and insight-driven frameworks.
• Act as a strategic advisor to executive leadership on performance management, growth opportunities, and data strategy.
• Ensure Business Intelligence evolves in step with agency growth, client complexity, and retailer dynamics.
• Define and champion an agency-wide approach to insight storytelling that elevates the quality, clarity, and persuasiveness of all client deliverables.
• Drive client-facing analytics and insights that improve distribution, pricing, promotion, assortment, and shelf performance.
• Elevate insight storytelling to clearly connect data to strategy, execution, and revenue impact.
• Support client growth, renewals, and new business through differentiated analytics, insights, and thought leadership.
• Partner closely with Sales and Retail Execution leaders to embed insights into daily decision-making.
• Serve as a senior analytics thought leader in client engagements, QBRs, and prospect pitches.
• Own all enterprise data assets, BI platforms, and analytics technologies across the organization.
• Establish and govern data quality, security, access, and usage standards to ensure trust and scalability.
• Lead the adoption, optimization, and future state vision for Snowflake, Power BI, and AI-enabled analytics tools.
• Partner with internal technology teams and external vendors on data architecture and platform enhancements.
• Evaluate, select, and implement technology investments that enable automation, efficiency, and innovation.
• Oversee integration and effective use of syndicated data (Circana/IRI, NielsenIQ), retailer POS, loyalty, and eCommerce data.
• Set standards for analytics methodologies, self-service BI, visualization, and executive reporting.
• Ensure insights are timely, accurate, actionable, and clearly tied to business outcomes.
• Identify and champion advanced analytics opportunities, including forecasting, modeling, and AI-driven use cases.
• Monitor analytics performance, usage, and impact to ensure best-in-class delivery.
• Build, lead, and scale a high-performing Business Intelligence organization across Insights, Category Management, and Data.
• Define team structure, roles, capabilities, and career paths to support long-term growth and retention.
• Coach and develop leaders and high-potential talent within the BI organization.
• Foster a culture of accountability, experimentation, continuous learning, and data-driven decision-making.
• Champion data literacy and analytics adoption across all levels of the organization.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in insights, analytics, category management, or related disciplines within CPG, retail, or a sales broker environment
• Demonstrated experience leading enterprise analytics, insights, and/or data organizations
• Strong working knowledge of modern data stacks, including Snowflake, Power BI, and advanced analytics tools; AI agent experience is a plus
• Deep understanding of CPG metrics, retail dynamics, and syndicated data (Circana/IRI, NielsenIQ, POS, loyalty, eCommerce)
• Proven ability to translate complex data into clear, compelling stories that drive growth and revenue
• Experience partnering cross-functionally with Sales, E-commerce, Retail Execution, Finance, and Technology teams
• Executive-level communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence at all levels
• Track record of building scalable BI capabilities and advancing analytics maturity
• Growth mindset with a passion for innovation, impact, and long-term organizational development.

Benefits

• PTO and Sick Days
• 11 paid company holidays per year
• 1 Floating Holiday
• 2 paid volunteer days per year
• 3 months fully paid parental leave (regardless of gender)
• Medical, dental, and vision
• Paid company life insurance
• 401 (k) with company match
• Summer hours (half-day Fridays from Memorial Day through Labor Day)
• Work from home flexibility
• Bonus Eligibility