Business Analytics Director, Retail

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Evaluate retail performance across various stores, regions, customer segments, and channels to uncover growth opportunities and operational inefficiencies.

• Formulate strategic recommendations regarding store footprint optimization, expansion prospects, market selection, cannibalization, retail versus wholesale/channel strategies, pricing, and promotional effectiveness.

• Perform competitive and market intelligence research, which includes analyzing competitor expansion, pricing and assortment strategies, local market dynamics, and emerging retail trends.

• Assess the ideal balance between digital and physical retail, considering the influence of stores on customer acquisition, market penetration, fulfillment economics, and overall business performance.

• Manage complex analytical projects from problem identification through to recommendations and execution support.

• Collaborate closely with marketing, merchandising, finance, operations, and executive leadership to facilitate strategic planning and critical business decisions.

• Identify data deficiencies and contribute to establishing the analytical frameworks necessary for more effective decision-making.

• Create analytical frameworks, business cases, and executive-ready presentations that guide strategic direction.

• Propel cross-functional initiatives and advance vital business priorities through data-driven insights and effective stakeholder management.

• Oversee the assessment of emerging retail technologies, analytical solutions, and data partnerships to enhance customer experience, store performance, and revenue growth.

⛳️ Requirements

• 7-10 years of experience in analytics, business intelligence, data-driven strategy, or related fields, demonstrating a successful history of turning complex data into business recommendations.

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Business Analytics, Data Analytics, or a related field.

• Outstanding analytical and problem-solving abilities, with the talent to transform ambiguous business questions into actionable analyses and recommendations.

• Experience working directly with large datasets and analytical tools to derive insights and support decision-making.

• Solid understanding of retail, e-commerce, omnichannel businesses, or consumer-facing industries.

• Highly proactive and hypothesis-driven, comfortable working independently in a fast-paced environment.

• Strong executive communication skills with experience presenting insights and recommendations to senior leaders.

• Ability to influence without authority and create alignment across cross-functional teams.

• Deep curiosity about consumer behavior, market dynamics, and competitive strategy.

• Experience at firms such as McKinsey, Bain, BCG, or within in-house strategy and analytics teams is a significant advantage.

🏝️ Benefits

• Remote-first workplace (since 2016!)

• Competitive Salary

• Health, Vision & Dental Insurance

• HSA company contributions

• 401K with company match component

• Take what you need Paid Time Off

• Wellness benefits

• WFH office and cell phone/internet stipend

• A FREE MATTRESS plus an awesome Friends and Family discount!