Senior Manager Business Intelligence (FAST and AVOD)

Sony Pictures Entertainment, a division of Sony Corporation, is a global creative entertainment company built on a foundation of technology, storytelling, and innovation. Sony Pictures Core is a streaming service that operates on BRAVIA TVs and PlayStation consoles. We are seeking a strategic and analytical Senior Manager, Business Intelligence to oversee the development and implementation of BI solutions that drive decision-making across the organization and help shape the future of our DTC AVOD and FAST platforms- ultimately influencing the vision, launch, and growth of Sony Pictures Core. This role is a part of the broader ISA team but is dedicated and embedded in the day to day of the Sony Pictures Core AVOD/FAST business. The ideal candidate has a strong blend of technical expertise, business acumen, and leadership skills.

Key Responsibilities:

• BI Infrastructure & Tools: Lead the design and optimization of data models, dashboards, and modularized analytical applications using modern BI and development platforms (i.e. Tableau, Power BI, Looker), 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.
• 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.
• Team Leadership: Lead, mentor, and guide junior BI analysts and developers. Foster a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and accountability.
• Strategic Partnership: Collaborate with cross-functional teams (e.g., Product, Operations, Marketing, Finance) to identify business needs and translate them into 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.
• Project Management: Prioritize and manage multiple analytics projects and stakeholder requests, ensuring timely and high-quality delivery.
• 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.
• 7+ years of experience in business intelligence, analytics, or data science.
• Background in entertainment, with a deep understanding of the TV and streaming landscape across linear, digital, AVOD, FAST, SVOD, and emerging platforms. 
• Proficiency with BI tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, Looker), Alteryx and SQL.
• Strong understanding of data warehousing concepts and modern cloud data platforms (e.g., Snowflake, Redshift, BigQuery).
• Proven track record of turning complex data into actionable insights that influence business outcomes.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience in agile project environments and cross-functional collaboration.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of Python or R for advanced analytics.
• 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.
• 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).
• Familiarity with Markdown, Quarto, and/or LaTeX for documentation, reporting, or templated publishing.
• Knowledge of web technologies, APIs, or document/report automation tools.
• 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.

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.

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