Senior Level Business Intelligence Lead Jobs
Senior level business intelligence lead jobs place experienced professionals in charge of analytics strategy, data governance, and the cross-functional teams that turn raw data into decisions that drive the business. Openings concentrate in Technology & Software, Consulting & Professional Services, and Healthcare & Medical Services, with a 42% remote or hybrid share, and employers like Google, Okta, and Cornerstone Research hiring at this level now.
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Principal, Pursuit Strategy & Intelligence
- (193881)
At HDR, our employee-owners are fully engaged in creating a welcoming environment where each of us is valued and respected, a place where everyone is empowered to bring their authentic selves and novel ideas to work every day. As we foster a culture of inclusion throughout our company and within our communities, we constantly ask ourselves: What is our impact on the world?
Watch Our Story:' https://www.hdrinc.com/our-story'
Each and every role throughout our organization makes a difference in our ability to change the world for the better. Read further to learn how you could help make great things possible not only in your community, but around the world.
The Principal, Pursuit Strategy & Intelligence drives the Architecture business group’s strategic growth by embedding data-informed decision-making, early engagement, and disciplined capture planning across the pursuit lifecycle. This role serves as a central connector and intelligence hub, enabling stronger opportunity selection, sharper positioning, and improved win rates.
This leader is responsible for advancing and integrating core pursuit strategy processes, including earlier engagement in the pursuit lifecycle such as capture planning, go/no-go decision frameworks, pre-marketing efforts, and market and competitor intelligence. The role focuses on elevating how and why the firm pursues brand-defining opportunities—designing scalable processes, building high-performing teams, stronger differentiation and alignment with client priorities and delivering actionable insights that increase both win rates and capture success.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and manage a multidisciplinary team of pursuit strategist, specialists, and designers across sectors.
- Recruit, hire, onboard, and train new team members to strengthen capacity and capability.
- Foster a collaborative, inclusive team culture that supports innovation, engagement, and growth.
- Represent AMS in internal initiatives, training opportunities, technology adoption, and operational improvements.
- Lead development and implementation of a firmwide pursuit strategy framework that standardizes early engagement and decision-making.
- Establish and scale capture planning and premarketing practices across all sectors.
- Provide strategic guidance on opportunity positioning, teaming, and differentiation.
- Enable pursuit teams to bring strong, strategy-led insights into go/no-go discussions.
- Build and manage pursuit dashboards and reporting systems to track performance and inform decisions.
- Deliver actionable insights on clients, markets, and opportunities to improve selectivity and targeting.
- Lead win/loss analysis, debriefs, and continuous improvement efforts.
- Drive adoption of CRM tools (e.g., Redwood) and integration of intelligence into workflows.
- Lead innovation in pursuit strategy, including AI-enabled tools, analytics, and frameworks.
- Support and lead GNG readiness processes through data and technology.
- Develop scalable tools and standardized approaches for firmwide use.
- Engage across sectors to identify market trends, client drivers, and growth opportunities.
- Communicate firm capabilities and competitive differentiators to internal and external stakeholders.
- Promote a culture of strategic thinking and informed decision-making.
- Mentor and train pursuit professionals on strategy development, capture planning, and opportunity analysis.
- Lead onboarding and capability-building for technical and marketing staff related to strategy.
- Increase awareness and engagement of AMS in business development efforts across cost centers.
- Demonstrated experience in winning high-value contracts in the A/E/C industry
- Ability to travel up to 20%
- Work on pursuit deadlines up to 25%
- Cover letter and focused resume to job description
Required Qualifications
- A minimum of 15 years relevant industry experience
- Demonstrated "self-starter" with a history of completing projects with limited oversight
- Deep knowledge of the A/E/C industry's standard approach to procurement of professional services
- Demonstrated ability to motivate and inspire others
- Maintain a professional or engineering registration or certificate or have related technical experience
- Experience in sales and developing effective win strategies
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Proficient in Microsoft Office applications, including Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- Ability and desire to travel and engage with others in-person
- Demonstrated experience in writing compelling content based on information from technical staff
- Strong financial acumen and negotiation skills
What We Believe
HDR is our company. Together, we build on each other's life experiences and perspectives to make great things possible every day. This shapes our collaborative culture, encourages organizational trust and connects us closer to the clients and communities we serve.
Our Commitment
As employee owners, we all have a role in creating an inclusive environment where each of us is welcomed, valued, respected and empowered to bring our authentic selves to work every day.
Our eight Employee Network Groups (Asian Pacific, Black, Hispanic/Latino(a), LGBTQ+, People with Disabilities, Veterans, Women, Young Professionals) help create a sense of belonging and foster a supportive environment where everyone is empowered to engage and contribute. Each group has an executive sponsor and is open to all employees.
We provide a comprehensive benefits package that promotes employee ownership, employee health, performance, and success, which includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life insurance, an employee assistance program, paid time away, parental leave, paid holidays, a retirement savings plan with employer match, employee referral bonus and tuition reimbursement. The expected compensation range for this position depends upon skills, experience, education and geographical location. (Stated benefits are for full-time regular positions. Temporary and part-time roles eligible for limited benefits.) Los Angeles, CA and Pennington, NJ: $147,637.00 - $210,910.00 Arlington, Virginia: $154,056.00 - $220,080.00
United States-Nebraska-Omaha
United States-California-Los Angeles, United States-Virginia-Arlington, United States-New Jersey-Pennington
Marketing/Communications
Full-time
Regular
Marketing and Admin
Jun 29, 2026
Principal, Pursuit Strategy & Intelligence
- (193881)
At HDR, our employee-owners are fully engaged in creating a welcoming environment where each of us is valued and respected, a place where everyone is empowered to bring their authentic selves and novel ideas to work every day. As we foster a culture of inclusion throughout our company and within our communities, we constantly ask ourselves: What is our impact on the world?
Watch Our Story:' https://www.hdrinc.com/our-story'
Each and every role throughout our organization makes a difference in our ability to change the world for the better. Read further to learn how you could help make great things possible not only in your community, but around the world.
The Principal, Pursuit Strategy & Intelligence drives the Architecture business group’s strategic growth by embedding data-informed decision-making, early engagement, and disciplined capture planning across the pursuit lifecycle. This role serves as a central connector and intelligence hub, enabling stronger opportunity selection, sharper positioning, and improved win rates.
This leader is responsible for advancing and integrating core pursuit strategy processes, including earlier engagement in the pursuit lifecycle such as capture planning, go/no-go decision frameworks, pre-marketing efforts, and market and competitor intelligence. The role focuses on elevating how and why the firm pursues brand-defining opportunities—designing scalable processes, building high-performing teams, stronger differentiation and alignment with client priorities and delivering actionable insights that increase both win rates and capture success.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and manage a multidisciplinary team of pursuit strategist, specialists, and designers across sectors.
- Recruit, hire, onboard, and train new team members to strengthen capacity and capability.
- Foster a collaborative, inclusive team culture that supports innovation, engagement, and growth.
- Represent AMS in internal initiatives, training opportunities, technology adoption, and operational improvements.
- Lead development and implementation of a firmwide pursuit strategy framework that standardizes early engagement and decision-making.
- Establish and scale capture planning and premarketing practices across all sectors.
- Provide strategic guidance on opportunity positioning, teaming, and differentiation.
- Enable pursuit teams to bring strong, strategy-led insights into go/no-go discussions.
- Build and manage pursuit dashboards and reporting systems to track performance and inform decisions.
- Deliver actionable insights on clients, markets, and opportunities to improve selectivity and targeting.
- Lead win/loss analysis, debriefs, and continuous improvement efforts.
- Drive adoption of CRM tools (e.g., Redwood) and integration of intelligence into workflows.
- Lead innovation in pursuit strategy, including AI-enabled tools, analytics, and frameworks.
- Support and lead GNG readiness processes through data and technology.
- Develop scalable tools and standardized approaches for firmwide use.
- Engage across sectors to identify market trends, client drivers, and growth opportunities.
- Communicate firm capabilities and competitive differentiators to internal and external stakeholders.
- Promote a culture of strategic thinking and informed decision-making.
- Mentor and train pursuit professionals on strategy development, capture planning, and opportunity analysis.
- Lead onboarding and capability-building for technical and marketing staff related to strategy.
- Increase awareness and engagement of AMS in business development efforts across cost centers.
- Demonstrated experience in winning high-value contracts in the A/E/C industry
- Ability to travel up to 20%
- Work on pursuit deadlines up to 25%
- Cover letter and focused resume to job description
Required Qualifications
- A minimum of 15 years relevant industry experience
- Demonstrated "self-starter" with a history of completing projects with limited oversight
- Deep knowledge of the A/E/C industry's standard approach to procurement of professional services
- Demonstrated ability to motivate and inspire others
- Maintain a professional or engineering registration or certificate or have related technical experience
- Experience in sales and developing effective win strategies
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Proficient in Microsoft Office applications, including Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- Ability and desire to travel and engage with others in-person
- Demonstrated experience in writing compelling content based on information from technical staff
- Strong financial acumen and negotiation skills
What We Believe
HDR is our company. Together, we build on each other's life experiences and perspectives to make great things possible every day. This shapes our collaborative culture, encourages organizational trust and connects us closer to the clients and communities we serve.
Our Commitment
As employee owners, we all have a role in creating an inclusive environment where each of us is welcomed, valued, respected and empowered to bring our authentic selves to work every day.
Our eight Employee Network Groups (Asian Pacific, Black, Hispanic/Latino(a), LGBTQ+, People with Disabilities, Veterans, Women, Young Professionals) help create a sense of belonging and foster a supportive environment where everyone is empowered to engage and contribute. Each group has an executive sponsor and is open to all employees.
We provide a comprehensive benefits package that promotes employee ownership, employee health, performance, and success, which includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life insurance, an employee assistance program, paid time away, parental leave, paid holidays, a retirement savings plan with employer match, employee referral bonus and tuition reimbursement. The expected compensation range for this position depends upon skills, experience, education and geographical location. (Stated benefits are for full-time regular positions. Temporary and part-time roles eligible for limited benefits.) Los Angeles, CA and Pennington, NJ: $147,637.00 - $210,910.00 Arlington, Virginia: $154,056.00 - $220,080.00
United States-Nebraska-Omaha
United States-California-Los Angeles, United States-Virginia-Arlington, United States-New Jersey-Pennington
Marketing/Communications
Full-time
Regular
Marketing and Admin
Jun 29, 2026
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Senior Level Business Intelligence Lead Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a senior level business intelligence lead job?
Employers at this level look for candidates who have owned end-to-end BI programs, not just built dashboards. Demonstrating that you have defined data strategy, governed a semantic layer or data model, and influenced executive decisions with your outputs sets you apart. Candidates who can speak to team development, stakeholder alignment, and measurable business outcomes consistently advance past the first screening round.
Which companies hire senior level business intelligence leads?
Companies hiring senior level business intelligence leads right now include Google, Okta, and Cornerstone Research, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of July 2026. Hiring at this level tends to come from large enterprises running mature data platforms alongside fast-growing technology and financial services companies building out their analytics infrastructure.
Are there remote senior level business intelligence lead jobs?
Yes, remote availability at this level is meaningful but selective. About 42% of senior level business intelligence lead openings are remote or hybrid as of July 2026, though many employers prefer hybrid arrangements for roles that involve close collaboration with executive stakeholders or data engineering teams. Fully remote postings tend to favor candidates with a strong portfolio of asynchronous leadership and documentation.
What makes a business intelligence lead role senior level?
A senior level business intelligence lead owns the analytics roadmap for a business unit or the whole organization, not just a set of reports. The role carries accountability for data quality standards, tooling decisions, and the performance of junior analysts or engineers on the team. Senior roles require translating ambiguous business problems into structured analytical frameworks and presenting findings directly to leadership.
Which industries hire the most senior level business intelligence leads?
Senior level business intelligence lead roles concentrate in Technology & Software, Consulting & Professional Services, and Healthcare & Medical Services, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of July 2026. These sectors invest heavily in BI at scale because they rely on continuous operational and customer data to make strategic decisions, which creates sustained demand for experienced leads who can manage both the technical stack and the analytical output.