Market & Business Intelligence Manager
About the role
The Market & Business Intelligence Manager plays a pivotal role in supporting DLA Piper's strategic initiatives through the development and execution of analytics strategies. This role oversees a team of business analysts, ensuring they deliver high-quality data products and insights that drive firm-wide decision-making, portfolio optimization, and sector intelligence.
Responsibilities
Team Leadership and Development: Manage and mentor a team of analysts, fostering a collaborative, high-performance culture.
Strategic Planning and Execution: Design and implement analytics strategies that align with firm goals, including proactive intelligence delivery and client segmentation.
Project Management: Lead analytics projects from scope to delivery, ensuring timelines, quality standards, and stakeholder expectations are met.
Stakeholder Engagement: Partner with senior leaders across Sector Practices, Practice Groups, Business Development & Marketing, and corporate groups to understand needs and deliver actionable insights.
Data Governance and Compliance: Ensure adherence to data governance policies, maintaining data quality, security, and regulatory compliance.
Tool Development and Enhancement: Oversee the evolution of internal tools for advanced business analytics, workflow automation, and reporting capabilities.
Qualifications
Desired Skills: Proven success building and leading analytics teams, leadership & team management, statistical analysis & data mining, advanced analytics, programming & database management, data visualization, critical thinking & problem-solving, strategic thinking, project management, communication & stakeholder management.
Minimum Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Business Analytics, Computer Science, Marketing, or related field. Masters Degree preferred.
Minimum Years Of Experience: 8 years’ progressive experience working in the business analytics, market research and/or competitive intelligence environment.
Essential Job Expectations
Effectively communicate, verbally and in writing, with clients, lawyers, business professionals, and third parties.
Produce deliverables, answer phone calls, and reply to correspondence in an efficient and responsive manner.
Provide timely, accurate, and quality work product.
Successfully meet deadlines, expectations, and perform work duties as required.
Foster positive work relationships.
Comply with all firm policies and practices.
Engage in both physical and sedentary activity, such as working at a computer for extended periods of time, participating in digital/virtual conference calls, and participating in meetings as needed.
Ability to work under pressure and manage competing demands in a fast-paced environment.
Perform all other duties, tasks or projects as assigned.
Physical Demands
Sedentary work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.
Work Environment
The individual selected for this position may have the opportunity for a hybrid work arrangement comprised of remote and in-office work, the requirement for which will be determined in coordination with the hiring manager or supervisor and may be modified in the firm’s discretion in the future.
Application Process
Applicants must apply directly online instead of sending application materials via email. Applicants who are not based in the jurisdiction in which this position is posted and who apply for this role are doing so voluntarily and are not eligible for relocation assistance. Any relocation benefits, if any, are provided only where a relocation is required at the firm’s direction and in accordance with applicable policy and law.
Equal Opportunity Employer
We are committed to excellence in how we represent our clients and develop our people. DLA Piper is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.