Lead Data Analyst

Business Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of analytics experience with a focus on AI/ML and data-driven decision-making.
  • Strong statistical analysis and data modeling skills.
  • Experience in creating forecasting models and communicating findings to stakeholders.
  • Proficient in reporting software and query tools for data retrieval.
  • Ability to mentor and establish best practices in analytics for teams.
  • Experience in building automated reporting solutions to enhance business processes.
  • Demonstrated success working cross-functionally with various stakeholders, including Data Science, Product, and Engineering.

Responsibilities

  • Lead analytics efforts for various business programs, including AI/ML initiatives and operational improvements.
  • Develop and maintain forecasting and performance models to drive business insights.
  • Ensure accuracy and integrity of analysis and reporting, providing insights on performance trends.
  • Create automated reporting solutions that improve decision-making processes.
  • Evaluate and recommend enhancements for data/analytics systems and tools.
  • Establish governance standards and ensure compliance for analytics and reporting frameworks.
  • Mentor analysts and effectively communicate insights to executive leadership.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits.
  • 401(k) contribution and pension plan.
  • Annual incentive and 23 days of paid time off accrued annually.
  • Paid family leave and student loan repayment program.
  • Access to wellbeing programs to support physical and emotional health.
Full Job Description
This position provides analytics services to the business, delivering insights, measurement frameworks, and data-driven recommendations that support strategic decision-making across key initiatives. You will lead analytics efforts across a diverse portfolio of business programs, including AI/ML initiatives, product enhancements, operational improvements, and customer experience efforts. Partner with Data Science, Product, Engineering, and business stakeholders to deliver interpretable analyses, governed datasets and pipelines, and actionable reporting solutions. Develop dashboards and monitoring frameworks that track business outcomes, operational performance, and, where applicable, model health, adoption, and fairness metrics. Establish analytics best practices, mentor analysts, and communicate executive-ready insights and recommendations that drive measurable business value.

Position Compensation Range:
$99,000.00 - $167,000.00

Pay Rate Type:
Salary

Compensation may vary based on the job level and your geographic work location. Relocation support is offered for eligible candidates.

Primary Accountabilities
  • Works with business partners in the development and delivery of key performance analysis and reporting.
  • Builds and maintains various models used to project business results; enhances the model where there is business value in adjusting the models.
  • Ensures analysis and reporting accuracy and integrity and explains performance drivers and provides insights into performance trends.
  • Creates, executes and maintains forecasting models; speaks to the underlying assumptions and inter-workings of the model used to create the forecast.
  • Communicates findings to various stakeholders and leadership with recommendations for actions to address business changes, trends, and issues.
  • Evaluates, designs, tests and maintains data/analytics systems and make recommendations for new tools and system enhancements.
  • Develops, tests, and deploys complex automated reporting solutions and automated decision analytics to replace manual business processes.
  • Develops and defines standard analytics and reporting governance and communication and ensures adherence to standards.


Specialized Knowledge & Skills Requirements
  • Demonstrated experience providing customer-driven solutions, support or service.
  • Solid knowledge and understanding of forecasting techniques or statistical analysis or data modeling or data mining.
  • Demonstrated experience utilizing software tools to query and report data.
  • Demonstrated experience with a variety of standard reporting software packages and best practices for report deployment processes.
  • Demonstrated experience communicating/presenting complex and independent concepts and unbiased fact-based decision-making and financial performance.
  • Demonstrated experience developing complex data sets for wide-spread use.
  • Lead end-to-end analytics and experimentation for AI/ML programs. This includes use-case discovery, Measurement definition, data requirements, measurement plan, and post-launch monitoring. The goal is to measure growth and model performance.
  • Partner with Data Science, Product, Engineering, and partners to translate AI problems into clear analytical questions. Define success metrics, such as/recall, drift, and fairness, and ensure solutions are interpretable and applicable.
  • Develop scalable datasets, feature/label definitions, and analytical pipelines; ensure data quality, lineage, and governance readiness for AI products.
  • Develop dashboards and recurring insights on model health and adoption (performance, stability, bias, customer outcomes), and flag risks/opportunities.
  • Establish best practices for AI analytics: documentation, reproducible analysis, experiment design, metric standards, and model monitoring/validation requirements.
  • Mentor analysts and influence standards across the team; communicate insights to executives through crisp narratives, visuals, and recommendations.


We will expect you to work 10 days per month from the office. You should reside within approximately 35-50 miles of one of the following office locations: Madison, WI 53783; Boston, MA 02110; Denver, CO; Hopkins, MN; Phoenix, AZ, St Joseph, MO & Keene, NH

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Licenses
  • Not Applicable.


Travel Requirements
  • Up to 10%.


Physical Requirements
  • Work that primarily involves sitting/standing.


Working Conditions
  • Not Applicable.


Additional Information
  • To ensure a strong start, all employees participate in our New Employee Orientation during their first week. This experience is held in person at our Madison, WI Headquarters or one of our AmFam core locations to help you connect with our mission, meet key team members and build relationships that support your growth. At times, sessions may be delivered virtually based on scheduling and availability.
  • Offer to selected candidate will be made contingent on the results of applicable background checks
  • Offer to selected candidate is contingent on signing a non-disclosure agreement for proprietary information, trade secrets, and inventions
  • Sponsorship will not be considered for this position unless specified in the posting


We provide benefits that support your physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing. You will have access to comprehensive medical, dental, vision and wellbeing benefits that enable you to take care of your health. We also offer a competitive 401(k) contribution, a pension plan, an annual incentive, 9 paid holidays and a paid time off program (23 days accrued annually for full-time employees). In addition, our student loan repayment program and paid-family leave are available to support our employees and their families. Interns and contingent workers are not eligible for American Family Insurance Group benefits.

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