Manager, Business Intelligence - App Development

Sony Pictures Television Studios (SPTS) is one of the industry’s leading content providers, producing programming worldwide across genres and platforms. As the largest independent TV studio in the industry, SPTS produces 50+ shows each year including THE BOYS, COBRA KAI, THE GOOD DOCTOR, OUTLANDER, and PLATONIC. SPTS is part of the larger Sony Pictures Television (SPT) division. SPT is a Sony Pictures Entertainment Company, a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Sony Group Corporation.  

We are seeking a strategic and analytical Manager, Business Intelligence (Application Development) to support the development of scalable, modular, and user-centric analytics solutions that transform data into actionable insights. This role will contribute to the development and implementation of data applications, reporting, and analytics tools that drive decision-making across the organization. The ideal candidate has a strong blend of technical expertise, business acumen, and a focus on intuitive UI design that enhances user experience and data accessibility.

Key Responsibilities:

• BI Infrastructure & Tools: Design and optimize data models, dashboards, and modularized analytical applications using modern BI and development platforms, ensuring usability, scalability, and performance, while applying UI/UX best practices to deliver intuitive, visually clear interfaces that align with stakeholder needs and drive adoption.
• Technical Leadership: Serve as a hands-on contributor and mentor, guiding the team in applying modern software development best practices – including modular coding, version control, and collaborative workflows – to scale analytics delivery.
• Strategic Partnership: Collaborate with cross-functional teams (e.g., Marketing, Finance, Product, Operations) to identify business needs and translate them into analytical applications and scalable BI solutions.
• Data Governance: Ensure data accuracy, integrity, and security across systems. Partner with data engineering and IT teams on data architecture and governance initiatives.
• Insights & Analytics: Generate clear, high-impact, data-driven insights and recommendations to support strategic initiatives and KPIs. Promote reproducibility and transparency through well-documented, automated reporting processes.
• Project Management: Prioritize and manage multiple analytics projects and stakeholder requests, ensuring timely and high-quality delivery. Lead agile development cycles using SCRUM or similar frameworks to coordinate cross-functional initiatives.
• Change Agent: Champion the use of data across the organization, promoting a data-first culture and encouraging self-service analytics where appropriate.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business, Analytics, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in data application development, business intelligence, or analytics roles.
• Hands-on experience developing modularized, cloud-based R, Python, or JavaScript applications (e.g., Shiny, Dash, Streamlit, React/Node) that visualize and deliver insights from SQL-based data sources.
• Proficiency with BI tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, Looker), Alteryx, and SQL.
• Strong understanding of data warehousing concepts and modern data platforms (e.g., Snowflake, Redshift, BigQuery).
• Strong understanding of UI/UX design principles and practical experience with CSS for layout and styling of data applications. Understanding of collaborative version control workflows (e.g., Git) and good coding practices (e.g., DRY, SOLID)
• Proven track record of turning complex data into actionable insights that influence business outcomes.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Experience in agile project environments and cross-functional collaboration.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with cloud data ecosystems and data integration tools.
• Familiarity with Markdown, Quarto, and/or LaTeX for documentation, reporting, or templated publishing is a plus.
• Knowledge of web technologies, APIs, or document/report automation tools is a plus.
• Knowledge of basic statistics and data science concepts to contextualize analyses and visuals.
• Contributions to open-source or GitHub-hosted projects demonstrating visualization, app-building, or BI engineering work.
• Background in entertainment or media industries.

Sony Pictures Entertainment is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other protected characteristics.

SPE will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with applicable law.

To request an accommodation for purposes of participating in the hiring process, you may contact us at [email protected].