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Location: virtual
Who are we?
Live nation entertainment is the world’s leading live entertainment and ecommerce company, comprised of four market leaders: ticketmaster.com , live nation concerts, front line management group and live nation networkTicketmaster.com is the global event ticketing leader and one of the world’s top five ecommerce sites, with over 26 million monthly unique visitorsLive nation concerts produces over 20,000 shows annually for more than 2,000 artists globallyFront line is the world’s top artist management company, representing over 250 artistsThese businesses power live nation network, the leading provider of entertainment marketing solutions, enabling over 800 advertisers to tap into the 200 million consumers live nation delivers annually through its live event and digital platformsFor additional information, visit www.livenation.com/investors .
Who are you?
Business intelligence, as data visualization and storytelling service, is an integral part of the core data services teamWe are looking for a seasoned manager to lead and improve bi as a service.
Have you done traditional bi well? been there, done that - star schema, edw, report design for ease of understanding the data? ready to take business intelligence to the next level?
A successful candidate will be able to cover a wider range of responsibilities from managing existing bi infrastructure, reports, reporting systems, user demands and slas while participating in architecting a new robust offering of data visualization and data storytelling as an extension of an enterprise data platformThis includes developing a robust semantic model and a set of business metrics that can be used to unify data analysis between different departments and use cases, creating a predefined set of best practices for visualizing those metrics, default report layouts and functions that enable geographically diverse and intrinsically complex business to be expressed via easy to consume data analysis interfaces.
Successful candidate must be able to demonstrate ability to build and maintain scalable and robust systems, secure infrastructure, extensive standard operating procedures for ease of maintenance to ensure that data is available to bi users in a predictable, reliable and sla-supported manner.
The team
Core data services team is at the center of data and analytics initiativeWe are in the beginning of our journey to build and enterprise data platform capable to be a true underpinning of any data needs for the enterpriseOur mission is to make reliable data available and enable value creation by the data community of engineers, analysts and decision makersCore data services team consists of platform engineering team, data engineering, data enablement and operations teamBi is part of data enablement and is a critical component of providing users visibility into the data and providing self-service for interacting with data first hand.
Core data services is currently in process of adopting spark as our main etl engine and realizing the value of highly functional, performant and transparent data lake, all this while maintaining and streamlining existing data infrastructure and doing careful migrationThese activities will create new opportunities for business intelligence functionality and effective data value delivery
The role
This is a unique opportunity for a senior bi architect to own bi tech stack, bi data architecture and best practices at live nation entertainment supporting new level of business demands and expectation for solid data definitions and semantic models to underpin effective data visualizations and support business and analytical decision makers.
The right candidate will utilize prior experience building effective bi environments to re-think and re-define modern functionality of reporting, analysis, dashboarding and aiding decision-making processesDefining the service model for business intelligence is a new frontier and we are looking for an exceptional architect to conquer it.
Success in this role means satisfied business community with robust bi reporting, effective self-service, stable and secure bi environment based on a modern tech stack.
What this role will d o
Stabilize, document and govern existing bi space
Continuously work with business community to ensure that suite of offered reports satisfy expectations for data latency, report performance and ease of use
Partner with data engineering and data operations teams to design and implement bi data store, effectively manage bi infrastructure and ensure data consistency for bi purposes
Support existing bi environment which includes multiple data sources, multiple bi technologies, large data volumes and large user communityContinuously drive toward simplicity, automation, user self-service
Design and implement effective practices for business intelligence team including sdlc, data integration, change control
Improve and evolve governance and data security practices in bi
Work with other bi teams and architects to share and evangelize best practices, unify tech stack, evangelize enterprise data definitions and consistent metric visualizations
What this person will bring - technical skills/competencies
Technical skillset to work with large data volumes, advanced data models, low latency, and high business complexity to oversee and create a large set of functional and effective business performance reports and visualization
Advanced sql skills
Curiosity and drive to learn entertainment and ticketing space and be able to lead conversations about business metrics, dependencies, references and help your user community to understand and internalize the information in bi reports
Ability to visualize data and unlock its power while hiding complexity
Experience in data modeling and ability to understand data lineage, data dependencies and effectively use that to service bi users in a way that all of the complexity is hidden
Understanding of bi vendor space and differences in architecture of bi products, their features, fit for purpose, limitations and map that to the existing use cases and user needsPrior exposure to tableau, domo, ibm cognos, looker and other bi solutions
Offer bi as a platform functionality to allow department and product focused bi engineers to build on to of it
Understand data cataloging in order to integrate reports with metadata
Experience in supporting a large set of bi reports in production for a variety of use cases ranging from high demand operational reports to highly analytical to strategic.
Solid base in mathematics in order to be able to explain advanced metrics, support users in choosing reports as well as ability to bridge between requirements and technical implementation of specific calculations
Experience building multinational solution for bi
Self-motivated, driven and eager to contribute – with no ego – for the betterment of the team
Benefits & perks
Our motto is ‘taking care of our own’ through 6 pillars of benefits:
Health: medical, vision and dental benefits for you and your family, including flexible spending accounts (fsa) and health savings accounts (hsas)
Yourself: generous paid time off policy including paid holidays, sick time and paid days off for your birthday, free concert tickets
Wealth: 401(k) program with company match, stock program
Family: new parent programs & support including caregiver leave and baby bonuses, infertility support
Career: tuition reimbursement, student loan repayment internal growth and development programs & trainings
Others: volunteer time off, crowdfunding network
Live nation’s policy regarding vaccinations and masking will evolve based upon updated regulations and factors related to covid-19Currently, we strongly encourage employees to be fully vaccinated or have received a negative covid test within [24] hours of entering an office.
Equal employment opportunity
We are passionate and committed to our people and go beyond the rhetoric of diversity and inclusionYou will be working in an inclusive environment and be encouraged to bring your whole self to workWe will do all that we can to help you successfully balance your work and homelifeAs a growing business we will encourage you to develop your professional and personal aspirations, enjoy new experiences, and learn from the talented people you will be working withIt’s talent that matters to us and we encourage applications from people irrespective of their gender, race, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability status or caring responsibilities.
Live nation strongly supports equal employment opportunity for all applicants regardless of age (40 and over), ancestry, color, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), family and medical care leave or the denial of family and medical care leave, mental or physical disability (including hiv and aids), marital status, domestic partner status, medical condition (including cancer and genetic characteristics), genetic information, military and veteran status, political affiliation, national origin (including language use restrictions), citizenship, race, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding), gender, gender identity, and gender expression, sexual orientation, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law, rule, ordinance or regulation.
We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the los angeles fair chance ordinance, san francisco fair chance ordinance and the california fair chance act and consistent with other similar and / or applicable laws in other areas.
We also afford equal employment opportunities to qualified individuals with a disabilityFor this reason, live nation will make reasonable accommodations for the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified individual with a disability who is an applicant consistent with its legal obligations to do so, including reasonable accommodations related to pregnancy in accordance with applicable local, state and / or federal lawAs part of its commitment to make reasonable accommodations, live nation also wishes to participate in a timely, good faith, interactive process with a disabled applicant to determine effective reasonable accommodations, if any, which can be made in response to a request for accommodationsApplicants are invited to identify reasonable accommodations that can be made to assist them to perform the essential functions of the position they seekAny applicant who requires an accommodation in order to perform the essential functions of the job should contact a human resources representative to request the opportunity to participate in a timely interactive processLive nation will also provide reasonable religious accommodations on a case by case basis.
Hiring practices
The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classificationIt is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.
Live nation recruitment policies are designed to place the most highly qualified persons available in a timely and efficient mannerLive nation may pursue all avenues available, including promotion from within, employee referrals, outside advertising, employment agencies, internet recruiting, job fairs, college recruiting and search firms.
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