What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Data Analyst position at Jobright.ai?
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Job Summary:
Suffolk Construction is a national enterprise that builds, innovates, and invests, focusing on providing value throughout the entire project lifecycle. The Senior Data Analyst will design, implement, and optimize analytical solutions to drive data-informed decision-making, leading complex analyses and dashboards while ensuring data governance and quality standards are met.
Responsibilities:
• Lead complex, end ‑ to ‑ end analytical projects – frame ambiguous business questions, design robust analyses across large or multi ‑ source data sets, and deliver clear, actionable insights that influence strategic decisions.
• Translate strategic objectives into data requirements and Agile deliverables – partner with Product Owners to refine epics, decompose them into sprint ‑ ready user stories with acceptance criteria, and drive their execution (analysis, development, testing, documentation) to on ‑ time, high ‑ quality delivery.
• Set standards for Business ‑ as ‑ Usual (BAU) data fulfillment – own the BAU request pipeline, automate repetitive tasks, monitor SLAs, and coach team members to ensure consistent, scalable service levels.
• Partner with Data Engineering to architect and evolve analysis ‑ ready data models – collaborate to define requirements, champion best practices in ELT/ETL and data ‑ ops, and validate that pipelines and marts meet analytical needs for accuracy, timeliness, and cost efficiency.
• Drive self ‑ directed deep ‑ dive analyses that uncover growth and efficiency opportunities – proactively surface hypotheses, design experiments or statistical tests, and translate findings into prioritized recommendations with quantified impact.
• Influence and align senior stakeholders – craft executive ‑ ready narratives and visualizations, present findings to leadership, and build consensus on data ‑ driven initiatives, investment decisions, and KPI definitions.
• Elevate team capability – mentor analysts on analytical design, coding standards, QA, and storytelling; share best practices; and foster a culture of continuous improvement and knowledge sharing across functions.
Qualifications:
Required:
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Information Systems, Business Analytics, or related fields.
• 5 years of experience in data space, with a minimum of 2 years as a Data Analyst with a proven track record managing complex pipelines or systems, consistently delivering high-performance ratings, and impactful contributions to business efficiency.
• Advanced proficiency in data visualization frameworks (at least one enterprise BI platform - Tableau or Power BI; with some code-first JavaScript, Python, or R).
• Advanced proficiency in SQL, Python, or R for data manipulation and automation.
• Intermediate understanding of data engineering (e.g., ETL processes, database optimization).
• Advanced statistical analysis and problem-solving.
Preferred:
• Advanced degree is preferred.
• Experience with project ‑ based, asset ‑ heavy industries (construction, real estate development, infrastructure) is strongly preferred.
• Experience in the construction subcontractor/ self-perform industry will be a strong differentiator.
Company:
Suffolk Construction is a construction contracting company. Founded in 1982, the company is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, with a team of 1001-5000 employees. The company is currently Late Stage. Suffolk Construction has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships.
