Top Data Management Jobs in Chicago, IL

Manage Finance-focused data products, collaborating with teams to define requirements and drive delivery for financial analysis and reporting.

Leads data engineering and data science teams, setting strategy and delivering scalable pipelines, data architecture, models, analytics infrastructure, and data governance. Partners with product, analytics, and business stakeholders to prioritize initiatives, assess upstream changes, maintain data quality, and support Snowflake-based warehousing. This hands-on leadership role includes mentoring staff, contributing to technical codebases, and advancing data science and engineering solutions.

Lead a team evaluating new and existing data assets, standardize due-diligence and analytical methodologies, validate data quality and business value, partner with Product and Technology to support onboarding and OneTru cataloging, establish governance and lineage standards, and coach team members to drive data-driven product and revenue decisions.

Owns governance, quality, standards, and lifecycle management for eight master data domains across ERP and related systems. Administers NetSuite master data, defines validation and error-proofing controls, resolves data discrepancies, maintains audit-ready documentation, and reports quality KPIs. Partners with IT, Supply Chain, Finance, Commercial, Regulatory, Customer Care, and other teams on integrations, migrations, product launches, compliance, serialization, and pricing. Provides cross-functional guidance and drives data discipline without direct authority.

Manages a data engineering team responsible for scalable, reliable data pipelines, infrastructure, and analytics tooling. Provides mentorship, performance management, and technical leadership while coordinating with product, analytics, finance, compliance, engineering, and regulators. Prioritizes cross-functional projects, supports data architecture and governance, ensures performance and reliability, and operates within strict regulatory and audit requirements.

Analyzes, cleanses, validates, and prepares operational datasets for mailing, email, reporting, billing, and processing activities. Develops Databricks queries and Alteryx workflows to automate processes and improve data quality. Performs audits, reconciliations, root-cause analysis, and corrective actions while maintaining governance and security compliance. Provides actionable insights, mentors junior analysts, communicates findings, and leads continuous improvement initiatives.

Manages HR data, analytics, reporting, dashboards, pipelines, integrations, and automation. Supports compensation, performance management, workforce planning, HRIS maintenance, and employee listening initiatives. Builds data models and AI integrations, audits data integrity, develops actionable insights, and presents findings to HR and executive leadership. Requires strong compensation expertise, advanced Excel, HRIS and BI experience, scripting, data modeling, and handling confidential information.

Lead a team to analyze large-scale datasets, build and validate models, improve reporting and operational efficiency, design data/storage systems, run strategic tests, and collaborate across business units to drive analytics strategy and customer experience.

Leads data analysis, reporting, performance evaluation, and dashboard development for federal transition assistance programs. Manages data integration, modeling, quantitative and qualitative analysis, program evaluations, executive reporting, and performance measurement. Translates complex data into actionable recommendations supporting operational effectiveness, strategic planning, modernization, and continuous improvement. Collaborates with government leaders, program managers, technical teams, and stakeholders. The role is remote with occasional travel for in-person meetings.

Leads public financial management data analysis, fund-flow and expenditure reconciliation, fiduciary risk assessment, and verification support in Uganda. Produces dashboards, exception reports, risk flags, and evidence summaries from financial, HRIS, and administrative data. Supervises and trains analysts and verification teams, coordinates with government and project stakeholders, maintains audit trails, and identifies issues requiring targeted field verification.

Leads the design, delivery, and reliability of an enterprise data platform. Manages and mentors data engineers, oversees architecture and scalable pipelines, establishes engineering standards, and drives platform modernization. Responsibilities include incident response, monitoring, governance, security, AI-assisted development, automation, and GCP cost optimization. The role requires hands-on technical leadership across data modeling, cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, batch and streaming architectures, and stakeholder collaboration.

Lead design and rollout of a fit-for-purpose data governance program: manage data lifecycle, implement governance frameworks and tools, drive data catalogs/lineage, upskill stewards, define KPIs, and partner cross-functionally to improve data quality, compliance, and usability.

Lead a team delivering enterprise-wide model risk reporting and AI-driven automation. Build and deploy scalable ML/AI solutions, conversational reporting, multi-agent workflows, and centralized data integrations. Drive analytics strategy, validate models and data, improve reporting and operational efficiency, and collaborate across business units.

Leads enterprise analytics strategy, data integration, governance, reporting, dashboards, forecasting, and advanced business analysis. Manages analysts and partners with Sales, Pricing, Finance, Product Management, Operations, and executive leadership to translate complex data into actionable recommendations. Oversees Power BI dashboards, KPI frameworks, data quality, predictive modeling, and reporting automation to improve growth, profitability, pricing, and operational performance.

Leads R&D data stewardship across metadata, cataloging, data products, profiling, quality, governance, and compliance. Uses Informatica, SQL, Databricks, Python, and PySpark to curate data, automate workflows, define quality controls, and resolve complex issues. Applies AI-assisted stewardship and semantic data concepts while collaborating with technical and business stakeholders. Coaches other stewards, supports audit readiness, and improves stewardship standards and operating practices.

Leads the architecture, implementation, and evolution of enterprise data platforms, including Master Data Management, data lakes, lakehouses, and cloud data services. Manages data engineers and developers, establishes engineering standards, oversees Azure-based integrations and pipelines, and owns data applications, databases, security, governance, and production support. The role also directs technical strategy, manages multiple initiatives, and communicates architecture and delivery plans to stakeholders.

Develop statistical, machine learning, and deep learning models to measure the impact of pharmaceutical HCP, DTC, and Medical Affairs campaigns. Partner with internal and external clients, provide analytical insights and methodological guidance, consult with sales and market research teams, and coach an offshore analytics team. The role requires applying causal inference, healthcare and pharmaceutical data expertise, and clear communication of findings to clients and executives.

Lead a small data engineering team and own market data platforms from ingestion through delivery. Build and maintain KDB+/Q time-series systems, ensure data correctness, low-latency decoding, replay/recovery, and reliable distribution to downstream consumers. Write production code, review designs, improve observability, and prepare the platform for AI-driven consumers.

Leads the enterprise analytics organization, managing Analytics Engineers, Data Analysts, and BI Developers. Defines analytics strategy, delivers executive dashboards and operational reporting, establishes KPI and governance standards, builds semantic models and curated datasets, and drives self-service BI adoption. Partners with Engineering, Product, Finance, Operations, Customer Success, and executives to translate business needs into trusted analytical solutions while developing talent and prioritizing analytics initiatives.

Leads the enterprise analytics organization, managing Analytics Engineers, Data Analysts, and BI Developers. Defines analytics strategy; delivers executive dashboards, KPI scorecards, operational reporting, semantic models, and self-service BI. Establishes data governance and metric standards, ensures data quality, partners with Engineering, Product, Finance, Operations, and executives, and translates business questions into actionable analytical solutions. Mentors analytics talent and drives prioritization, adoption, and measurable business outcomes.

Leads server-side tagging, marketing pixel, and CAPI implementations for clients. Responsibilities include architecture, QA, troubleshooting, UAT, implementation documentation, data quality support, stakeholder training, and coordination with client development teams. Serves as the technical advisor for Tealium, Adobe Experience Platform Tags, Google Tag Manager, and related tracking infrastructure. The role also manages client relationships, supports measurement strategy, and develops one to two direct reports.

Leads cross-functional data management and analytics projects for pharmaceutical and life sciences clients. Responsibilities include data warehouse development, ETL and schema design, data analysis, process optimization, client communication, project management, business development, and mentoring junior staff. The role also provides strategic guidance, develops reporting solutions, manages timelines and resources, and contributes to internal data platform initiatives.

Leads and develops a team of Conversion Data Analysts, owning workload prioritization, delivery quality, and performance outcomes. Uses KPIs and data to identify risks, guide decisions, and improve high-volume conversion workflows. Partners with project management, Engineering, Product, Support, and leadership to ensure accurate data mapping and successful customer onboarding. Requires people leadership, SQL, Excel, data validation, CRM, and conversion tooling experience.

Manages the enterprise Data Governance and Analytics Center of Excellence, leading staff, governance initiatives, analytics strategy, maturity modeling, budgets, vendors, and planning. Coordinates data quality, stewardship, privacy, acquisition, and release programs while partnering with data scientists, engineers, technology governance teams, and business stakeholders. Develops executive presentations, aligns enterprise definitions and algorithms, establishes standards, and ensures analytics projects and business cases meet organizational objectives and deadlines.

Leads data strategy and analytics for the Risk/Credit team, translating complex datasets into insights for Credit, Operations, Marketing, Product, and Finance. Responsibilities include automating Python/R workflows, building Tableau dashboards, partnering with Data Engineering on Databricks workflows, conducting strategic analyses, monitoring data quality, presenting recommendations to leadership, and documenting analytical methodologies. The role requires strong SQL, cloud data warehouse, visualization, analytics programming, distributed computing, and version-control expertise.