What are the responsibilities and job description for the Business Data Specialist position at Bell Textron Inc.?
Business Data Specialist
Description
We’re more than aviation experts, we’re pioneers. We challenge what’s possible. From breaking the sound barrier to advanced tiltrotor systems. Today, Bell is shaping the future of aviation through specialized engineering. And we want you.
Enterprise Digital Systems
Bring your skills and experience to the Enterprise Digital Systems department at Bell who maintains cross-functional alignment and long-term strategy for tools in engineering design, manufacturing, and product lifecycle management. The team advocates for the business need of engineering analytical tools, aligns tool development with program needs short and long-term, and orchestrates evaluation of new methods and tools. The team also has responsibility to drive data governance, enable data domain ownership, and support adoption of data mesh principles. What you’ll be doing as a Business Data Specialist
- Develop advanced analytics solutions using tools like Power BI, R, and Python to consume and visualize data from existing data products
- Create dashboards, reports, and visualizations that provide actionable insights for business and engineering teams as well as define and maintain data products that ensure trusted, high-quality data for analytics and decision-making
- Utilize and improve data governance policies, standards, and stewardship practices across engineering and associated manufacturing domains to enable data product quality sustainment and analytics output viability (not in the job role to create data governance outside of the EDP and analytics team)
- Understand technical analytics needs of business stakeholders and provide documentation of sourcing, transformation, and quality expectations to data product architects and development teams
- Explain technical implications of systems like structured databases, the Databricks cloud data, and API endpoint integrations to business stakeholders as well as analyze and document existing data architecture to identify gaps and opportunities for improvement
- Work with IT Data Architecture team to ensure alignment of data architecture with business goals and objectives as well as enable domain experts with templates, tools, and processes to manage their data products effectively
- Oversee the migration of existing Power BI reports to new data medallions, operating within the Databricks lakehouse environment
- Advocate for data quality, consistency, and security across the enterprise, as well as educate teams on data mesh principles, governance best practices, and modern analytics capabilities
- Provide training and support to teams on data tools, systems, and processes
Qualifications
Skills You Bring To this Role
- Strong understanding of data governance, stewardship, and data mesh principles
- Designer and developer skills in analytics toolsets such as Power BI, Tableau, SQL, Python, R, and Databricks
- Understanding of ETL processes and data pipeline development
- Ability to translate business needs into technical requirements and vice versa
- Skilled in rolling out stewardship programs to organizations primarily oriented to product design, engineering, and manufacturing
- Ability in interpreting organizational hierarchies to anticipate both technical and labor management expectations
- Ability to work collaboratively across teams and manage multiple priorities
- Agility to utilize in-person and virtual communications to coordinate numerous stakeholders What you need to be successful
- 10 years overall experience with Information Technology (IT)/ Operations Technology (OT) networking, programming, and/or other role relevant to IT/OT
- Bachelor’s degree in information systems, engineering, engineering management, business administration or other related field What we offer you in return
- You’ll be off every other Friday with our 9/80 work schedule
- 80 hours of Personal Time Off (PTO)
- 120 hours Vacation time
- 12-13 paid holidays per year
- 6 weeks parental leave
- Tuition reimbursement
- Competitive salary
- Comprehensive health insurance
- On-site clinic, pharmacy, physical therapy, and licensed counselor
- Access to more than 11 Employee Resource Groups
- And so much more
It’s time to make your mark on the future of aviation. Join us on this mission, and let’s make history together. We are on a journey to amplify innovation, cultivate purpose and bridge experiences by fostering a culture that is driven by unique perspectives, voices and values.
EEO Statement
Textron is committed to providing Equal Opportunity in Employment, to all applicants and employees regardless of race, color, religion, age, national origin, military status, veteran status, disability, sex (including pregnancy and sexual orientation), genetic information or any other characteristic protected by law.
This position requires use of information which is subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and/or the Export Administration Regulations (EAR)., Non-U.S. persons selected must meet eligibility requirements for access to export-restricted information. , The ITAR/EAR defines a U.S. person as a U.S. Citizen, U.S. Permanent Resident (i.e. 'Green Card Holder'), Political Asylee, or Refugee.
Recruiting Company: Bell Textron Inc.
Primary Location: US-Texas-Fort Worth
Job Function: Information Technology
Schedule: Full-time
Job Level: Individual Contributor
Job Type: Standard
Shift: First Shift
Relocation: Available
Job Posting: 11/14/2025, 1:37:08 PM
Job Number: 337461