Cushman & Wakefield - Tableau Architect/Administrator - Business Intelligence & Analytics Solutions

Job Title : Tableau Architect/Administrator

Job Description Summary :

Cushman & Wakefield is seeking a highly skilled Tableau Architect / Administrator to lead the implementation, and governance of scalable, secure, and high-performing business intelligence and analytics solutions across the enterprise.

Reporting to the Director of Data Engineering & Analytics, this hands-on leadership role focuses on modernizing the data platform, guiding the adoption of emerging technologies, and ensuring alignment with organizational goals and compliance standards.

As part of Cushman & Wakefields mission to deliver exceptional value through real estate services, this role plays a key part in enabling enterprise-wide data strategy, analytics, and AI/ML capabilitiesunlocking insights that drive performance, optimize operations, and enhance client value.

Job Description :

Key Responsibilities :

- Lead the architecture, implementation, and administration of Tableau as the enterprise analytics and visualization platform.

- Design and maintain Tableau Server/Cloud architecture, including environment setup, clustering, scalability, and high availability.

- Administer Tableau environments: manage user access, roles, authentication (AD/SSO), and licensing.

- Develop, optimize, and maintain Tableau dashboards, scorecards, and reports that deliver actionable insights, following visualization best practices.

- Collaborate with business users to translate requirements into interactive dashboards, ensuring usability, performance, and alignment with KPIs.

- Lead the conversion and migration of Salesforce CRM Analytics (CRMA) reports and dashboards into Tableau, ensuring business continuity and improved visualization standards.

- Drive the creation of POCs and prototypes to evaluate new Tableau features, visualization techniques, and integration with emerging data platforms.

- Optimize Tableau performance by conducting system monitoring, capacity planning, tuning extracts, and query optimization.

- Define and enforce governance standards for workbooks, dashboards, data sources, and certified datasets.

- Collaborate with BI developers and data engineers to integrate Tableau with enterprise data sources (Fabric, Synapse, Databricks, SQL Server, Snowflake, etc.

- Partner with Data Governance teams to ensure data lineage, metadata management, and quality in Tableau-certified data sets.

- Develop and maintain reusable templates, style guides, and governance frameworks for dashboards and self-service analytics.

- Conduct architectural reviews, upgrades, and platform migrations (e.g., Tableau Server Tableau Cloud).

- Work closely with business stakeholders to ensure analytics solutions align with business requirements and KPIs.

- Provide training and onboarding for analysts, power users, and business teams to foster self-service analytics adoption.

- Implement DevOps/DataOps best practices for Tableau deployment, including version control, CI/CD pipelines, and automated testing.

- Create detailed technical documentation and promote collaboration across data engineering, BI, and analytics teams.

Qualifications :

- Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Engineering, or related field.

- 6+ years of progressive experience in BI/analytics, with at least 3+ years in Tableau administration and architecture.

- Proven experience designing and managing enterprise-scale Tableau environments (On-Prem, Online, or Cloud).

- Strong expertise in building advanced Tableau dashboards, scorecards, and interactive visualizations with complex calculations, parameters, and KPIs.

- Strong understanding of data visualization best practices, governance, and user adoption strategies.

- Proficiency with SQL and integration with enterprise data sources (Azure Synapse, Fabric, Databricks, SQL Server, Snowflake, etc.

- Experience with Tableau Server/Cloud administration, including security, SSO/AD integration, licensing, and monitoring.

- Hands-on expertise in performance tuning and optimization of dashboards, extracts, and live connections.

- Working knowledge of DevOps/DataOps practices including Git-based workflows, automation, and CI/CD pipelines.

Preferred Qualifications :

- Experience with migration from Tableau Server to Tableau Cloud or hybrid deployments.

- Experience with Salesforce CRM Analytics (CRMA / Einstein Analytics), including converting/migrating CRMA reports and dashboards into Tableau.

- Industry experience in commercial real estate, financial services, or other data-rich environments.

- Familiarity with data governance and MDM solutions (Profisee, Purview, Collibra, etc.) to align Tableau with governed data sources.

- Proficiency in Python or scripting languages for Tableau automation (TabCmd, Tableau REST API).

- Knowledge of modern data architecture patterns such as data mesh, data fabric, or unified semantic layers.

- Relevant certifications such as Tableau Desktop Specialist, Tableau Certified Associate, or Tableau Server Certified Professional.