Lead Insights Analyst (Remote)

Forbes

$95K — $115K *
Business Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 4+ years of data analytics experience, with at least 1 year in a leadership or senior mentoring role
  • Ability to present insights and recommendations effectively to various stakeholders
  • Proficient in data visualization and communication to non-technical audiences
  • Skilled in prioritizing high-impact projects and ensuring task alignment within the team
  • Strong attention to detail with a strategic outlook on broader business goals
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills across global teams
  • Expert-level SQL skills with proficiency in querying complex datasets
  • Familiarity with Google Analytics and various digital ad platforms

Responsibilities

  • Investigate performance trends and provide actionable recommendations to stakeholders
  • Identify and collaborate on areas where the data team can add business value
  • Contribute to reporting and respond to ad-hoc data requests from the General Manager
  • Develop predictive and prescriptive analytics capabilities with reusable data products
  • Act as the primary data contact for the dedicated business area, gathering project requirements
  • Communicate findings effectively to diverse stakeholders, ensuring clarity for technical and non-technical audiences
  • Support team members with technical inquiries and project prioritization

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work in a dynamic and growing analytics team
  • Potential for leadership development in a critical business area
  • Exposure to global collaboration with teams in the UK, US, and India
  • Chance to influence business decisions with data-driven insights
  • Flexibility of remote work options
Full Job Description
We are expanding our Analytics function and are seeking an Insights Analyst to join our dynamic and growing Insights team. The ideal candidate will be someone who has a strong analytical mindset, a passion for data-driven decision-making, and is equally passionate about translating complex data into actionable business insights.

You will be dedicated to a specific business area working with its General Manager (and their team members) to provide in-depth analysis and build data products to help them make decisions to improve profit performance. You will also represent the wider Data Team (Engineers, BI Analysts, Data Scientists) to the General Manager, and support them with any data-related query they may have. You will collaborate closely with the other insights analysts in the Insights team, who are based in the UK, the US, and India. You will become the data expert for your vertical and will provide recommendations based on data trends and patterns.

This is a critical leadership role as our data organization expands to meet growing demand across media performance, optimization, customer insights, and advanced analytics. If this opportunity excites you, we encourage you to apply.

What you'll do:

  • Investigate performance, trends, forecasts and bugs across multiple traffic sources and user journeys, reporting back to stakeholders with recommendations
  • Proactively identify areas where the data team can add value to the business, and collaborate with business and marketing teams to action those insights.
  • Contribute to reporting and ad-hoc data requests from the General Manager of your dedicated business area and members of their team.
  • Accelerate the organization from basic reporting and analysis to predictive/prescriptive analytics by outputting data products that can be used to generate reusable insights
  • Act as the primary data contact for your business area, working with the General Manager and members of their team to gather requirements, prioritize projects and communicate progress on a regular basis.
  • Communicate and answer questions based on your findings and recommendations to an audience of technical and non-technical stakeholders of multiple seniority levels.
  • Support your direct reports alongside other senior members of the Insights team to answer any technical questions and prioritize work based on value driven to the business
  • Manage time effectively and prioritize tasks based on value driven to the business
  • Strike the balance between maintaining high standards of analytical work and delivering value consistently


What you'll bring:

  • 4+ years of experience in data analytics, with 1+ years in a leadership, management, or senior mentoring role. Experience working in digital marketing is a plus.
  • Ability to translate findings into recommendations to stakeholders at multiple levels of seniority in a clear and concise manner
  • Ability to communicate data to non-technical audiences through the use of reports and visualizations
  • Able to prioritize across different projects to focus on the highest-impact work and communicate those priorities to junior team members and/or stakeholders
  • High level of attention to detail, along with the ability to "zoom out" to consider the larger goals
  • Excellent communication skills and proven ability to work cross-functionally across global teams.
  • Expert-level SQL skills, including advanced functions and a deep understanding of how to query large, complex datasets.
  • Familiarity with data from Google Analytics (GA4) and Ad platforms (Google Ads, Meta, TikTok, Taboola, Outbrain etc.)


Nice to have:

  • Experience working in other roles within digital marketing, such as paid search marketing or conversion rate optimization
  • Experience with Python on either statistical analysis or data science concepts is a plus.
  • Experience collaborating with data scientists on ML workflows and experimentation platforms a plus
  • Experience in GCP
  • Experience working in agile environments, including sprint planning and ticket scoping


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