
Senior Business Process Analyst – Data Analytics, Operations & Strategy
Illumina
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: San Diego • California • United States
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Salary
💰 $90,000 - $135,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Acquire, integrate, and prepare data from multiple business systems
- Design, build, and maintain SQL business views, data pipelines, and governed data structures
- Transform raw data into dashboards, reports, visualizations, and analytical products for leadership and to drive operational routines such as resource capacity planning
- Develop and maintain data quality frameworks, validation rules, and documentation
- Partner with functional SMEs to ensure consistent definitions, business rules, and metadata
- Assess current processes, identify improvement opportunities, and implement scalable solutions to support efficient portfolio operations
- Standardize workflows, governance mechanisms, and portfolio management processes
- Lead or contribute to high‑impact cross‑functional initiatives that enhance efficiency and transparency
- Support tool enablement (Planisware, Smartsheets, Jira, Tableau, SAP, Atlassian tools), ensuring adoption and continuous improvement
- Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve process or data errors, driving corrective actions
- Drive organizational change management by partnering with cross‑functional teams to plan, communicate, and execute process and system transitions
- Connect analytics and process improvements to broader organizational strategy and outcomes
- Interpret business needs, translate them into technical requirements, and influence roadmap decisions
- Develop insights that support strategic planning, operational reviews, and portfolio decisions, including for executive leadership
- Engage stakeholders at all levels to communicate progress, align decisions, and drive change enablement.
Requirements
- 5-7+ years in data analytics(required), business operations(preferred), or process improvement(preferred) roles
- Strong SQL skills with experience building business‑ready datasets/views
- Expertise with BI tools (Tableau or PowerBI required; Excel expert)
- Comfortable building ETL workflows (Python, SnapLogic, etc)
- Experience handling large, complex datasets; ability to interpret and communicate insights clearly
- Demonstrated ability to operate in ambiguity, self‑direct, and deliver results across multiple teams
- Strong understanding of business processes and the ability to connect tactical work to strategic outcomes
- Excellent communication, stakeholder engagement, and cross‑functional collaboration skills
- Bachelor’s degree required.
Benefits
- access to genomics sequencing
- family planning
- health/dental/vision
- retirement benefits
- paid time off
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
SQLdata analyticsETL workflowsdata quality frameworksdata pipelinesdata visualizationbusiness intelligencedata transformationdata governanceprocess improvement
Soft Skills
communicationstakeholder engagementcross-functional collaborationself-directionoperational efficiencychange managementstrategic planningproblem-solvinginfluenceadaptability
Certifications
Bachelor's degree