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Business Intelligence Specialist

Company
Macy
Location
New York, NY
Work type
Full Time
Posted
2026-09-03

Job description

Job Overview

The Business Intelligence Developer will develop reporting solutions that enable better decision-making across Marketing and partner teams. This role blends technical execution with emerging analytics trends, helping translate business questions into clear, accurate, and actionable outputs.

Working within a cross-functional data environment, the BI Developer partners with analysts, developers, and stakeholders to support the end-to-end lifecycle of BI products, from dataset creation and data validation through dashboard delivery and maintenance. This position reports to the Director of Marketing Product Management, under the Vice President of Marketing Effectiveness.

What You Will Do

Data & Dashboard Development

Support creation and maintenance of Power BI datasets, dashboards, and reports
Write and refine SQL queries to extract, transform, and validate data
Assist in building semantic models and ensuring metric definitions are consistent and accurate
Contribute to dashboard UX, ensuring clarity, usability, and alignment to stakeholder needs
Perform QA and validation checks to maintain data integrity across systems
Maintain and update existing dashboards to ensure continued relevance and performance
Understand and use AI and agentic solutions to improve report creation, validation, and maintenance
Help document datasets, dashboards, and business logic for transparency and reuse
Collaborate with Data Engineering teams to understand upstream data pipelines and dependencies, identifying root causes for data issues

Business Insights & Partnership

Identify trends, patterns, and insights within datasets and communicate findings clearly
Support development of narratives and storytelling within dashboards and presentations
Collaborate closely with BI developers and business partners (e.g., marketing stakeholders)
Keep ahead of emerging trends in data, analytics, business intelligence, as well as AI and agentic solutions in this area

Skills You Will Need

Technical Skills

Working knowledge of Power BI (data modeling, data integrity, DAX exposure, dashboard design)
Foundational SQL skills for querying and data manipulation
Understanding of data structures (tables, joins, schemas, metric logic)
Well-versed in Excel and/or other BI tools (e.g., Tableau)
Exposure to data pipelines or warehouse concepts is a plus

Analytical & Business Skills

Strong analytical thinking and attention to detail
Ability to interpret data and identify meaningful insights
Basic understanding of business metrics and performance measurement
Strong communication skills; able to explain data in simple, clear terms
Curiosity and willingness to build domain knowledge in marketing/product

Who You Are

1-3 years of experience in business intelligence, analytics, or a related field
Experience building dashboards or working with structured datasets preferred
Exposure to enterprise data environments in marketing, retail, or finance a plus
Awareness of AI and agentic trends in reporting, analysis, and insights
Regularly required to sit, talk, hear; use hands/fingers to touch, handle, and feel. Occasionally required to move about the workplace and reach with hands and arms. Requires close vision.
Able to work a flexible schedule, including days, evenings, weekends, and holidays, based on department and company needs.

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