Hiring: Principal, Data Analytics & Automation Company: LUNA Innovations Location: Blacksburg, VA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-16 10:41:53 Employment Type: Full-time / Remote Target Skills & Keywords : Data Pipeline, Data Warehouse, ETL, NetSuite, Python, SQL, Salesforce About the job Experience: •7+yearsof progressive experience in business intelligence, analytics engineering, data automation, or a related field, including responsibility for business-critical analytical solutions. Required Skills: •This hands-on technical leadership role builds and owns Luna’s data, business intelligence, and automation capabilities. It establishes the trusted data and reporting foundation leadership needs to run the business and designs automation and AI solutions that improve scale, efficiency, and decision-making. •Initial priorities will focus on ensuring continuity of existing analytical solutions, institutionalizing their ownership and documentation, and establishing a phased roadmap for Luna’s future data and automation capabilities. •Own the OCT BU business intelligence function, including dashboards, reports, and metrics that provide leadership with a consistent and accurate view of business performance. •Manage the weekly, monthly, and quarterly reporting cadence covering bookings, billings, backlog, forecast, pipeline health, and operational KPIs. •Design and implement an automated Bookings, Billings, and Backlog reporting process using Salesforce and NetSuite data, replacing the current manual executive reporting process. •Partner with functional leaders to define and align KPIs and business metrics, reconcile data discrepancies, and maintain consistent reporting and a reliable source of truth across functions. •Produce ad hoc analyses and executive-ready summaries that translate data into insights, decisions, and actions. •Build organizational capability through self-service analytics, mentoring, knowledge sharing, and the development of data and reporting best practices. Qualifications: •Strong business or sales operations knowledge, including sales processes, compensation, quotas, forecasting, or S&OP; able to recognize questionable results and trace issues to their source. •Demonstrated ability to translate business needs into meaningful KPIs, analytical solutions, and executive-ready insights and recommendations. •Demonstrated curiosity and active exploration of AI technologies, with hands-on experience integrating AI-enabled tools or workflows to improve productivity, analysis, or problem-solving. •Strong Python development experience including the ability to understand, troubleshoot, enhance, test, document, and maintain existing production applications, data pipelines, and integrations •Strong SQL and data-querying skills, including experience with SOQL, SuiteQL, and accessing enterprise data through saved searches, APIs, or comparable methods. •Knowledge of data governance and scalable cloud data architecture, including consistent data definitions, documentation, and integration patterns, and analytical platforms. •Hands-on experience building governed AI-enabled workflows using OpenAI, Claude, or comparable technologies, including structured outputs, tool integration, validation, and human oversight. Compensation: •$160,000 - $180,000 / year •Flexible work environment (work from home / hybrid options) Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!