General Mills
Website:
generalmills.com
Company:
https://www.linkedin.com/company/general-mills
Seniority: Not Applicable
Industries: Manufacturing
Job details:
Company Overview
We exist to make food the world loves. But we do more than that. Our company is a place that prioritizes being a force for good, a place to expand learning, explore new perspectives and reimagine new possibilities, every day. We look for people who want to bring their best — bold thinkers with big hearts who challenge one another and grow together. Because becoming the undisputed leader in food means surrounding ourselves with people who are hungry for what’s next.
Overview
Lead BI ideation, consulting, and delivery while owning the design of governed, reusable semantic models using Looker, LookML, and BigQuery. Enable trusted metrics, consistent business definitions, dashboards, self-service analytics, and AI-enabled BI capabilities. As an individual contributor, partner with business and Digital & Technology teams to deliver standardized, user-friendly solutions.
Key Accountabilities
- Design and evolve scalable, governed semantic models using Looker, LookML, and BigQuery.
- Build reusable domain and use-case models with clear standards for performance, quality, security, and downstream use.
- Translate business needs into intuitive views, Explores, dimensions, measures, joins, and business logic.
- Define and maintain certified metrics, business terms, metadata, glossaries, guardrails, and test suites.
- Enable trusted conversational and agentic BI through governed semantic models and natural-language-ready definitions.
- Develop and optimize SQL and BigQuery solutions using sound dimensional modeling and cost-efficient practices.
- Lead governance, access controls, security, certification, monitoring, auditing, Git workflows, code reviews, and CI/CD.
- Partner with stakeholders to shape BI strategy, clarify business problems, communicate trade-offs, and deliver impactful solutions.
- Mentor team members and champion BI standards, automation, tool rationalization, and continuous improvement.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university (full-time) in Business Analytics, Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, or a related field.
- 9+ years of total experience, including 6+ years designing and delivering analytics solutions with business stakeholders.
- Advanced experience with Google Looker, LookML, SQL, and BigQuery; proficiency in Tableau and Python.
- Proven ability to build reusable semantic models, certified metrics, business definitions, self-service analytics, and AI-enabled BI solutions.
- Strong knowledge of dimensional modeling, data warehousing, ETL, metadata management, data governance, access controls, and performance optimization.
- Experience with Git-based development, code reviews, CI/CD, and change control for analytics assets.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to translate business needs into technical solutions, influence without authority, advise leaders, and drive BI adoption
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with semantic-layer strategy, shared data models, or BI architecture modernization.
- Knowledge of AI for BI governance, including use-case intake, agent testing, monitoring, auditing, and production readiness.
- Familiarity with Python or another programming language, plus data catalog and governance tools such as Alation or Google Cloud data services.
- Thoughtful, proactive leader who delivers scalable business solutions and addresses problems directly.
- Consultant mindset with the confidence to challenge constructively and influence peers and leaders.
- Agile learner with curiosity, passion, and a focus on understanding the “why.”
ELIGIBILITY
Applicants must meet minimum age qualifications in the country in which the job is located.
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