What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director, Data Insights Business Partner position at MillerKnoll?
Why join us?
Our purpose is design for the good of humankind. It’s the ideal we strive toward each day in everything we do. Being a part of MillerKnoll means being a part of something larger than your work team, or even your brand. We are redefining modern for the 21st century. And our success allows MillerKnoll to support causes that align with our values, so we can build a more sustainable, equitable, and beautiful future for everyone.
GENERAL PURPOSE
The Director of Data Analytics provides data and analytics for better, faster, and more informed business decisions. This role partners closely with the technology team and business leaders to proactively deliver relevant data, insights, and visualizations that help business leaders operate and grow the business. This role helps the business anticipate trends, identify risks and opportunities early, translating data into actionable strategies that drive performance and growth.
Essential Functions
Education/Experience
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions Must be able to perform all essential functions of the position with or without accommodations.
Who We Hire?
Simply put, we hire qualified applicants representing a wide range of backgrounds and abilities. MillerKnoll is comprised of people of all abilities, gender identities and expressions, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, veterans from every branch of military service, and more. Here, you can bring your whole self to work. We’re committed to equal opportunity employment, including veterans and people with disabilities.
This organization participates in E-Verify Employment Eligibility Verification. In general, MillerKnoll positions are closed within 45 days and are open for applications for a minimum of 5 days. We encourage our prospective candidates to submit their application(s) expediently so as not to miss out on our opportunities. We frequently post new opportunities and encourage prospective candidates to check back often for new postings.
MillerKnoll complies with applicable disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact MillerKnoll Talent Acquisition at careers_help@millerknoll.com.
Our purpose is design for the good of humankind. It’s the ideal we strive toward each day in everything we do. Being a part of MillerKnoll means being a part of something larger than your work team, or even your brand. We are redefining modern for the 21st century. And our success allows MillerKnoll to support causes that align with our values, so we can build a more sustainable, equitable, and beautiful future for everyone.
GENERAL PURPOSE
The Director of Data Analytics provides data and analytics for better, faster, and more informed business decisions. This role partners closely with the technology team and business leaders to proactively deliver relevant data, insights, and visualizations that help business leaders operate and grow the business. This role helps the business anticipate trends, identify risks and opportunities early, translating data into actionable strategies that drive performance and growth.
Essential Functions
- Partners with leaders and functional teams to understand key business decisions, priorities, and growth objectives.
- Translates business questions into analytic frameworks that clearly inform trade‑offs, scenarios, and actions.
- Serves as a trusted advisor, using data to challenge assumptions and elevate the quality of decision‑making.
- Proactively delivers insights, not just reports, by identifying patterns, trends, and drivers of performance.
- Develops intuitive dashboards and visualizations that clearly communicate performance, risks, and opportunities at the right altitude for business partners.
- Moves beyond lagging metrics by providing leading indicators that predict outcomes and guide early intervention.
- Enables teams to track progress toward business goals using fact‑based insights tied to financial and operational results.
- Supports growth initiatives by identifying opportunities for revenue expansion, margin improvement, customer behavior shifts, and operational efficiency.
- Collaborates with data, technology, and governance teams to ensure data accuracy, consistency, and usability.
- Advocates for high‑quality data foundations that enable self‑service insights while maintaining trust and rigor.
- Balances speed and precision, ensuring insights are timely and decision‑ready.
- Leads a high‑performing analytics team with strong technical and analytical skills. Works with the technology Data team to ensure continuous improvements in data quality.
- Performs additional responsibilities as requested to achieve business objectives.
Education/Experience
- Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Information Technology, Business Analytics or related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- 7 years of experience working with data & analytics teams in high-performance environments
- 5 years of management experience
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions Must be able to perform all essential functions of the position with or without accommodations.
Who We Hire?
Simply put, we hire qualified applicants representing a wide range of backgrounds and abilities. MillerKnoll is comprised of people of all abilities, gender identities and expressions, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, veterans from every branch of military service, and more. Here, you can bring your whole self to work. We’re committed to equal opportunity employment, including veterans and people with disabilities.
This organization participates in E-Verify Employment Eligibility Verification. In general, MillerKnoll positions are closed within 45 days and are open for applications for a minimum of 5 days. We encourage our prospective candidates to submit their application(s) expediently so as not to miss out on our opportunities. We frequently post new opportunities and encourage prospective candidates to check back often for new postings.
MillerKnoll complies with applicable disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact MillerKnoll Talent Acquisition at careers_help@millerknoll.com.