Senior Analytics Specialist Developer
Jones Lang LaSalle
- Location
- Chicago, IL
- Work model
- On-Site
- Level
- Senior
- Posted
- Aug 12, 2026
About this role
JLL empowers you to shape a brighter way . Our people at JLL are shaping the future of real estate for a better world by combining world class services, advisory and technology for our clients. We are committed to hiring the best, most talented people and empowering them to thrive, grow meaningful careers and to find a place where they belong. Whether you’ve got deep experience in commercial real estate, skilled trades or technology, or you’re looking to apply your relevant experience to a new industry, join our team as we help shape a brighter way forward.
The Position
The Senior Specialist Analytics Developer is the most senior individual contributor role within the Analytics Centre of Excellence (CoE), responsible for leading the technical delivery of complex analytics solutions and acting as a subject matter expert. The Senior Specialist Analytics Developer is accountable for the quality and governance of analytics outputs through the Develop and Deliver phases, while also consulting on Discover and Define activities to ensure solutions are viable, well-scoped and aligned to the CoE's Target Operating Model. Beyond technical delivery, the Senior Specialist Analytics Developer takes an active role in developing the capabilities of Analytics Developers and Specialist Analytics Developers within the team, facilitating knowledge sharing and coaching to continuously raise the standard of analytics practice across the CoE. The role also drives innovation — identifying opportunities to leverage AI, automation and emerging analytics techniques to deliver greater value for JLL and its clients. Role and Responsibilities Working within the Analytics Lifecycle, the Senior Specialist Analytics Developer holds accountability and consultation responsibilities across all five phases, with a primary focus on technical excellence, quality assurance and team development. This will include; Values based leadership of Analytics Centre of Excellence direct reporting team members, embracing core CoE values of: Customer Focus Collaboration Integrity Courage Ensuring all Analytics Centre of Excellence direct reporting team members demonstrate JLL's core behaviours of: Inspire Win together Simplify Be intentional Be future ready Act as the deputy for the Team Lead for the Analytics Centre of Excellence function, as required. Consulting on new project intake to provide technical assessment of proposed solutions, advising on feasibility, effort and delivery approach; contributing to prioritisation decisions. Leading solution design for complex analytics initiatives, defining technical architecture, data models and development standards; reviewing and approving wireframes to ensure alignment with CoE standards. Building the most technically complex analytics solutions, setting the standard for quality and innovation across the sub-team. Accountable for QA across the sub-team — overseeing code reviews, data validation and visualisation reviews to ensure all solutions meet CoE quality standards before release. Supporting and overseeing User Acceptance Testing (UAT) processes, ensuring client feedback is incorporated effectively. Accountable for the publish and documentation process across the sub-team, ensuring all solutions are correctly deployed to the Azara production environment with comprehensive documentation. Driving data fluency initiatives across client and account teams, promoting a data-informed culture. Identify, pilot and embed opportunities to leverage AI to deliver automation and efficiency across the Analytics Centre of Excellence operations. Partnering Account Analytics, Advanced Analytics and Sustainability Analytics to ensure the Centre of Excellence follows the full BI solution lifecycle as defined by an agreed target operating model, including: Discover: Project intake and prioritisation Define: Scoping, wireframe and solutions design Develop: Build, QA and UAT Deliver: Deployment and