Rapid7 is a leading provider of security data and analytics solutions that enable organizations to implement an active, analytics-driven approach to cyber security. We combine our extensive experience in security data and analytics and deep insight into attacker behaviors and techniques to make sense of the wealth of data available to organizations about their IT environments and users. Our solutions empower organizations to prevent attacks by providing visibility into vulnerabilities and to rapidly detect compromises, respond to breaches, and correct the underlying causes of attacks. Rapid7 is trusted by more than 9700+ organizations across 125 countries, including 48% of the Fortune 100. To learn more about Rapid7 or get involved in our threat research, visit www.rapid7.com. 

The Opportunity

We are looking for a highly motivated Tableau Lead to be the central subject matter expert on all things Tableau and help us continue to build out our data and analytics strategy. You will provide best practice expertise on all things Tableau, from simple visuals to helping analysts build complex analytical tooling that supports the Rapid7 enterprise. You will help train and enable hundreds of users in our Tableau environment.

The ideal candidate will be an inquisitive learner with a passion for data and analytics who can collaborate with stakeholders across all functional areas to review and optimize reporting, analytics, and data enablement all while aligning to corporate objectives. This role requires a mixture of business acumen and technical expertise, along with an ability to build strong partnerships with business partners and train groups of technical learners. You will take a leadership role in coaching and enabling your peers. You will focus the majority of your time on managing and improving the effectiveness of our Tableau environment for both desktop and online users.

In this role you will:

• Be the face of Tableau at Rapid7.

• Play a central role in advancing our training, data enablement and data literacy programs across a wide variety of stakeholders and use cases.

• Contribute analytical support, data, insights and recommendations to stakeholders, with a core focus on best practices within Tableau.

• Drive consistency in reporting and analysis across the company, reinforcing process, increasing visibility, and acting as a key point of communication between stakeholder teams.

• Strong focus on simplifying processes, identifying stakeholder teams’ core KPIs and performing diagnostic analysis on our Tableau environment.

• Be the central point of contact on creating clear visualizations and analyses for all levels, from an IC to the executive team and board of directors.

• Develop in-depth understanding of underlying data, data structures, and business uses of data.

• Provide recommendations to Business Intelligence leadership on best practices and the continual improvement in business intelligence & systems landscape at Rapid7.

• Takes a senior role on the team providing leadership, mentorship and support to other team members.

• Advance BI team & corporate goals, promoting a data-oriented culture, insight generation and enablement of end-users.

• Ad-hoc analysis as required to aid management decision making and business planning. 

In return you will bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics, Business, Economics, or related discipline required.

• At least 5 years working extensively in Tableau development - including user, content and data management within Tableau. Management consulting experience a plus.

• Experience with training teams on Tableau use, including technical calculations, visualization best practices and data model management within Tableau.

• Strong experience with and understanding a modern data stack, including cloud based data warehousing (Snowflake), ELT Tools and, of course, Tableau.

• Strong business acumen, possessing the ability to understand cross-functional trends, and how those trends impact corporate KPIs; prior experience in an operational role a plus.

• Fast learner with high attention to detail and possess a passion for data, data quality & business analytics.

• Excellent communication & interpersonal skills, utilizing data to tell a story.

• Top-notch work ethic and customer service orientation.

• Ability to work independently and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.