C.A. Carlin

Senior Vice President – Business Intelligence

C.A. Carlin

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Schaumburg • Illinois • United States

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Senior

About the role

  • 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
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
analyticsdata strategyforecastingmodelingdata storytellingbusiness intelligencedata governancedata qualityself-service BIvisualization
Soft Skills
leadershipcommunicationstakeholder managementinfluencecoachingteam buildingaccountabilitycontinuous learninginnovationgrowth mindset