BI Analyst – Knowledge Management Co-op

Please Submit applications by 6am on Tuesday, October 15th, 2019.

Indigo is a company dedicated to harnessing nature to help farmers sustainably feed the planet. With a vision of creating a world where farming is an economically desirable and accessible profession, Indigo works alongside its growers to apply natural approaches, conserve resources for future generations, and grow healthy food for all. Utilizing beneficial plant microbes to improve crop health and productivity, Indigo’s portfolio is focused on cotton, wheat, barley, corn, soybeans, and rice. The company, founded by Flagship Pioneering, is headquartered in Boston, MA, with additional offices in Memphis, TN, Research Triangle Park, NC, Sydney, Australia, Buenos Aires, Argentina, and São Paulo, Brazil. www.indigoag.com

As part of the Business Intelligence team, the Business Intelligence Knowledge Management Analyst will help create the foundation of global knowledge management and data sourcing for Indigo. This role will be hands-on, working collaboratively and cross-functionally to gather BI data sourcing requirements for company needs, finding, analyzing, and deriving new international data sets, and working with the team to ensure accurate integration in our data warehouse and the creation of access and thorough documentation.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Data at IndigoAg is centralized in a single repository, in this role you will be responsible for:
  • Documenting data sets to provide resources for individuals interested in the data
  • Working across different countries to establish data requirements
  • Sourcing new data sets when required by stakeholders
• Looker is the core BI platform amongst other tools, this role will have you interacting with Looker to:
  • Build visualizations and reporting for the KM function
  • Work with the BI Enablement team to identify, catalog, and summarize all current Looker insights/dashboards
  • Use SQL to explore data sets and develop a thorough understanding which can then be documented and shared with the rest of the organization
  • Evaluate new data sources
  • Work with the broader Data Innovation team to develop new derived data
• Special Projects:
  • Brazilian warehouse data
    • Work with Brazil lead to identify process of data creation
    • Work with BI teams to integrate into the data warehouse
    • Ensure documentation is timely and accurate
  • Understand and embody our purpose & core values
    • Excited by Indigo’s mission; believes that Indigo can fundamentally change the agriculture industry; can clearly articulate passion for our mission and values
    • Optimistic and innovative; solution-oriented; shows no signs of cynicism
    • Will be widely viewed as someone who personifies our core values, is committed to them, and leans on them when making decisions. Specifically:
      • Demonstrates a track record of high integrity - doing the right thing, owning mistakes, conducting oneself honestly
      • Values, communicates and interacts with others with high levels of transparency and respect
    • Collaborates well across functions; creates an inspiring and collegial work environment

COMPETENCIES

• Competent in the use of:
  • SQL
  • Excel
  • Web-based searches for specific datasets
• Nice to haves:
  • JIRA/ Confluence
  • CSS/HTML
  • Looker/ Other BI Tools
  • Training
• Superior communicator
• Able to provide consultative, process-driven approach to collecting requirements
• Able to interact with Engineering as well as SMEs across the organization
• Passionate about learning
• Ability to translate passion for learning into an onboarding program and workshops
• Able to transfer knowledge and patience to work with embedded analysts to help address business questions
• High level of professionalism
• Passion for concise and thorough documentation
• Thrives in fast-paced environment
• Comfortable with ambiguity and challenging company goals
• Able to work independently and generate solutions with minimal direction
• Effective multitasker - you will be asked to juggle multiple projects and work within an Agile Framework with priorities that are subject to change