Position Title: Sr Dir, Data and Analytics
Location: Des Moines, IA, United States
Description:
The Senior Director, Data & Analytics leads the enterprise direction and day-to-day execution of Berkshire Hathaway Energy's data and analytics (D&A) strategy, governance, and operating model. This role partners with business and technology leaders to establish standards and decision rights, improve data quality and trust, ensure regulatory-aligned controls (e.g., privacy, security, retention), and scale analytics products and services that drive measurable business outcomes across BHE and its operating companies.
Work Location: Onsite at one of the listed locations; remote candidates may be considered.
Responsibilities:
- Execute D&A strategic direction: Maintain the multi-year D&A strategy, roadmap, and investment priorities aligned to business objectives (reliability, safety, customer, affordability, growth) and regulatory expectations.
- Lead data governance: Establish/operate governance forums and decision rights (data owners, stewards, custodians), policies, standards, and procedures across domains (customer, asset, work, finance, market, etc.).
- Drive data quality and trust: Implement data quality management, issue intake/remediation processes, data controls, and metrics; publish data health dashboards and accountability mechanisms.
- Define the D&A operating model: Design and run the processes, roles, funding approach, and intake/prioritization for data products, analytics use cases, and platform enhancements.
- Scale analytics product delivery: Partner with data engineering, BI, and data science teams to build reusable data products (curated datasets, semantic layers, feature stores, reporting/insight products) with clear SLAs and lifecycle management.
- Enable self-service responsibly: Build governed self-service reporting/analytics capabilities including cataloging, lineage, definitions, training, and support, while reducing shadow data and inconsistent metrics.
- Ensure privacy, security, and compliance: Embed privacy-by-design and security-by-design practices; coordinate with cyber, legal, compliance, and records management to support audits and compliance obligations.
- Master data & metadata management: Lead enterprise approaches to master/reference data, business glossary, metadata, and lineage to improve interoperability and transparency.
- Performance management: Define KPIs for governance maturity, adoption, platform reliability, delivery throughput, value realization, and cost efficiency; report progress to executive stakeholders.
- Change management and adoption: Develop communication, training, and enablement plans; create playbooks and community-of-practice models for data owners/stewards and analytics users.
- Vendor/partner management: Manage relationships and contracts with tooling and consulting partners; ensure outcomes, cost discipline, and knowledge transfer.
- Team leadership: Build, mentor, and lead a high-performing team spanning governance, operations, enablement, and analytics program management; foster a culture of accountability, safety, and continuous improvement.
- Stakeholder partnership: Serve as a trusted advisor to executives and operating company leaders; translate business needs into actionable D&A initiatives and ensure alignment across organizations.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in information systems, computer science, engineering, business, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 10+ years of progressive experience in data & analytics, data governance, data management, analytics operations, or related fields, including leadership of cross-functional programs.
- 5+ years of people leadership experience, including hiring, performance management, coaching, and organizational design.
- Demonstrated experience establishing or modernizing enterprise data governance (policies, standards, stewardship, catalog/glossary, lineage, data quality) in a complex organization.
- Strong understanding of modern data platforms and analytics ecosystems (cloud and/or hybrid architectures, data integration, BI/semantic layers, APIs), and how governance and operating processes enable safe scale.
- Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders, facilitate decision-making forums, and drive alignment across business units and technology teams.
- Experience defining KPIs, operating rhythms, intake/prioritization, and value realization methods for D&A portfolios.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to translate technical topics into business outcomes.
About US:
MidAmerican Energy Company, a Midwest utility, provides regulated electric and natural gas service to more than 1.6 million customers in Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota. The company owns and operates a portfolio of power-generating assets, approximately 61% of which is wind generation.
About the Team:
MidAmerican Energy Company is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or religious creed, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status (except as required by law), gender (including gender identity and expression), sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, genetic information, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, familial or parental status, marital status or any other category protected by applicable local, state or U.S. federal law. Employees must be able to perform the essential functions of the position, with or without an accommodation.
JOB INFO
Job Identification: 10004772
Job Category: Information Technology
Posting Date: 2026-04-10
Apply Before: 2026-05-08T21:45:00+00:00
Job Schedule: Full time
Locations: 4299 NW Urbandale Dr, Urbandale, IA, 50322, US
Business: MidAmerican Energy Company
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