Business Intelligence Engineer, Carlyle AlpInvest Technology
The Carlyle Group
Position Summary
Responsibilities
- Translate complex business questions into scalable analytical solutions.
- Proactively identify opportunities where data can drive better investment, portfolio, operational, or strategic decisions.
- Move beyond dashboard production to generate actionable insights that influence senior stakeholders.
- Elevate reporting from descriptive metrics to forward-looking, insight-driven analysis.
- Design, build, and maintain scalable data models to support enterprise-level reporting and analytics.
- Develop intuitive, high-impact dashboards and visualizations (Power BI preferred).
- Partner with data engineering to ensure clean, reliable, well-modeled datasets.
- Implement best practices in semantic modeling, performance optimization, and governance.
- Support the evolution of a modern BI ecosystem with reusable, scalable assets.
- Build robust dimensional and analytical data models.
- Work with modern transformation frameworks (dbt experience preferred).
- Ensure data quality, documentation, and lineage.
- Contribute to standards around data definitions and metric consistency.
- Experience in creating semantic models for AI services a plus.
- Act as a thought partner to investment, portfolio, and operational teams.
- Gather requirements through structured engagement while challenging assumptions where needed.
- Manage competing priorities across stakeholders with clarity and discipline.
- Present findings clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Help foster a data-driven culture across Carlyle AlpInvest.
- Operate with a manager mindset — setting standards, mentoring junior team members, and improving ways of working.
- Contribute to the long-term BI and analytics roadmap.
- Balance strategic thinking with execution excellence.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree, required
- Degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Finance, Business, or a related field, preferred
- Minimum of 5+ years of experience in Business Intelligence, Analytics Engineering, or Data Analytics roles.
- Experience working in financial services, asset management, private markets, or complex enterprise environments a plus.
- Proficiency in programming languages (e.g., Python, R, SQL), dashboarding tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau), and data management platforms. Strong knowledge of data architecture, automation, and system integration.
- Familiarity with cloud data platforms (e.g., Snowflake, Azure, AWS, GCP) preferred.
- Exceptional problem-solving skills with a track record of using data to derive insights and drive decision-making.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to translate technical concepts into actionable business strategies for senior leadership.
- Ability to lead projects and collaborate across diverse teams, including non-technical stakeholders.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, high-stakes environment with an ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines.
Company Information
The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG) is a global investment firm with $477 billion of assets under management and more than half of the AUM managed by women, across 678 investment vehicles as of December 31, 2025. Founded in 1987 in Washington, DC, Carlyle has grown into one of the world's largest and most successful investment firms, with more than 2,500 professionals operating in 27 offices in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Australia. Carlyle places an emphasis on development, retention and inclusion as supported by our internal processes and seven Employee Resource Groups (ERGs). Carlyle's purpose is to invest wisely and create value on behalf of its investors, which range from public and private pension funds to wealthy individuals and families to sovereign wealth funds, unions and corporations. Carlyle invests across three segments - Global Private Equity, Global Credit and Carlyle AlpInvest - and has expertise in various industries, including: aerospace, defense & government services, consumer & retail, energy, financial services, healthcare, industrial, real estate, technology & business services, telecommunications & media and transportation.
At Carlyle, we believe that a wide spectrum of experiences and viewpoints drives performance and success. Our CEO, Harvey Schwartz, has stated that, "To build better businesses and create value for all of our stakeholders, we are focused on assembling leadership teams with the strongest insights from a range of perspectives." We strive to foster an environment where ideas are openly shared and valued. By bringing together teams with varied expertise and approaches, we enjoy a competitive advantage and create a stronger foundation for long-term success.