Director Data & Analytics

Position Title: Director Data & Analytics (M4)

For more than three decades, Crown Castle has led the way in shared communications infrastructure, delivering profitable solutions by connecting communities, businesses, and people, and enabling each to thrive with reliable access to voice and data in more places, faster than ever before. When you join Crown Castle, you become part of a dynamic team of passionate and collaborative professionals engaging in complex challenges and contributing to projects that shape the future of life and work.

ABOUT THE ROLE
As the Director, Data & Analytics, you will be responsible for defining and executing the analytics strategy across the enterprise by partnering with stakeholders to understand business needs and leading a team to develop operational and advanced analytics solutions that transforms raw data into strategic business insights bridging the gap between technical data and executive decision-making.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Develop enterprise data strategy and execute the analytics roadmap ensuring data initiatives align with long-term business goals.
• Lead the evolution of reporting modernization, predictive analytics, and automation initiatives.
• Champion a data-driven culture by enabling leaders and teams to use insights for decision-making
• Serve as the primary analytics liaison to executive leaders and business stakeholders to understand priorities, and analytics needs facilitating cross-functional projects and driving alignment.
• Lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing analytics team including data analysts, data scientists, and BI developers.
• Oversee the design, development, and delivery of dashboards, KPIs, scorecards, and ad‑hoc analytical projects.
• Translate complex data sets into clear, actionable insights that influence business strategy and performance.
• Establish best practices for analytics processes, methodologies, and documentation.
• Ensure data quality, consistency, accuracy, and accessibility across the organization.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO SUCCEED

Education/Certifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, or related field.
• Master’s degree and/or MBA preferred.

Experience & Skills:

• 10 years of experience in analytics, business intelligence, or data science required
• Proven track record of driving data strategy and delivering impactful business insights.
• 5 years' experience leading data/analytics teams or managing direct reports required
• Demonstrated ability to lead and influence, resolve conflicts, and motivate teams in fast-paced environments.
• Deep understanding of SQL, Python, or R, alongside statistical modeling and machine learning tools and techniques required.
• Understanding of data visualization and big data platforms (Tableau, Power BI, Apache Spark, etc.)
• AI first mindset and demonstrable understanding of GenAI use cases in data analytics products for productivity and process enhancement
• Prior telecommunications and infrastructure industry experience preferred.

Where You Will Work
This role falls into our hybrid work model, which is 1-day work from home (typically Friday but may vary depending on the position) and 4-days in the office to optimize collaboration, relationship building and key stakeholder engagement, and may require some travel as needed.

YOUR COMPANY BENEFITS
At Crown Castle, we do our best to ensure you have access to the resources you need to live a healthy and happy life no matter where you are in life. Our benefits are built around your individual needs, covering physical, mental, and financial health and designed to enhance your quality of life.

Organizational Relationship

Reports to: VP, Digital & Data

Title(s)/Number of direct reports (if applicable): Senior Managers (Data Analytics, Data Science, Data Product Management) 

We are proud to offer a full suite of health and wealth benefits for you and your loved ones. Below are a few of the key highlights of the many benefits we provide.

• Comprehensive healthcare plans with highly company subsidized premiums and up to $2,000 annual company contribution to your Health Savings Account (HSA base plan for employee and dependents).
• Market-leading 401(k) plan, which includes up to 10% company contributions through our 5% match and 5% profit sharing program (based on employee contributions).
• New-child leave up to 8 weeks of 100% paid leave upon birth or legal adoption of a new child. Birth mothers are eligible for up to 8 weeks of additional 100% paid medical leave.
• Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250 per year of eligible tuition and fees.
• Crown Castle scholarship program awarding up to $10,000 per recipient each year for eligible dependent children of employees and interns.
• Matching charitable contributions to qualified charitable organizations of up to $1,000 per year per teammate.
• Generous paid time-off for eligible full-time employees (minimum 18 days per year based on years of service).
• 10 company holidays plus 2 floating holiday.
• All offices provide free beverages and snacks.

Compensation
The salary range offered for this position is $173860 - $239057 annually. A candidate's offer is determined by various factors including but not limited to, depth of experience, role-related knowledge and skills, relevant education or training, internal alignment, and work location. Depending on the position offered, the compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of a discretionary annual cash bonus or commissions, and equity incentives.

Additional Information
If you are interested in joining our team, please visit the Crown Castle careers site to apply. We do not accept resumes from agencies, headhunters, or other third-party suppliers who have not signed a formal agreement with us. This position will remain posted until filled.