Business Intelligence Analyst (15-2051.01)

Career Family

Computer & Mathematical → Data Analytics & BI

Fit Summary

Investigative (I) with Conventional (C) and Enterprising (E); MBTI often INTJ/ISTJ/ENTP—quant, curious, stakeholder-facing.

Career Overview

Model and analyze business data; build dashboards and reports; discover trends and opportunities; partner with teams to define metrics and support decisions.

Credential Pathways

Typical Education: Bachelor’s in analytics/CS/statistics/business; certifications (BI tools/SQL) valued; Job Zone 4–5.

Pathways: Analyst → senior → analytics engineer/BI lead → data product manager.

Regulatory Moat: Data governance, privacy, and access controls; documentation standards.

Alternative Pathways: Operations/finance → self-taught SQL + BI projects; bootcamps and portfolios.

Environment & Lifestyle

• Work Environment: Office/remote; sprints with product/ops/finance; ad hoc asks around launches/close.
• Sensory/Social Load: High—requirements gathering and stakeholder comms.
• Physicality/Fieldwork: Low—desk-based.
• Geographic Anchoring: Across industries; strong in tech/finance/ops hubs; many remote roles.
• Remote Amenability: Very high—data work and collaboration online.

Future-Proofing Snapshot

• AI Augmentation Potential: Very high — automated insight surfacing, NL-to-SQL, forecasting.
• AI Displacement Risk: Low-Medium — basic reporting automates; consultative analysis persists.
• AI New Task Creation: High — semantic layer stewardship, decision intelligence.
• AI Skill Shift Intensity: High
• Automation Risk Score: Low-Medium
• Human-Core Score: High — problem framing, communication, domain context.
• Overall Vulnerability/Resilience: Resilient for analysts who pair SQL with storytelling and product sense.
• Emerging Trends: Metrics layers, reverse ETL, self-serve analytics, causal methods.

Risks / Watchpoints

• Dashboard sprawl
• Data quality debt
• Misinterpretation of metrics

Notes on Fit

Great for pattern-spotters who translate data into clear decisions.

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