Director of Analytics

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

📋 Description

• Take full ownership of the analytics architecture from start to finish, encompassing the Snowflake data warehouse and the dbt transformation layer to the BI/reporting layer.

• Develop and refine the BI tooling strategy, assessing Sigma alongside alternatives such as Looker, Tableau, Power BI, Hex, or Mode.

• Lead, recruit, and nurture a team of analysts and analytics engineers.

• Collaborate with Product, Customer Success, and Engineering teams to identify essential metrics and create self-service reporting solutions.

• Convert business inquiries into clearly defined analytical tasks.

• Set data modeling standards, along with testing and governance protocols for dbt models.

• Manage data security and access controls throughout the warehouse and BI layers.

• Develop and oversee executive-facing reports on product availability, store performance, and inventory accuracy.

⛳️ Requirements

• Strong technical expertise in SQL and the contemporary data stack (warehouse, transformation layer, BI layer).

• Proven experience in leading or expanding a team of analysts or analytics engineers.

• Ability to tackle ambiguous and open-ended analytical challenges.

• Skill in clearly communicating insights to both technical and non-technical audiences, including executives.

• Over 8 years of experience in analytics, with a minimum of 3 years in a direct management or leadership role.

• Extensive hands-on experience with SQL, including complex Common Table Expressions (CTEs), window functions, and query optimization.

• Practical experience in managing a cloud data warehouse; preference for Snowflake.

• Hands-on familiarity with dbt or a similar transformation layer.

• Proven track record in evaluating, migrating, or scaling BI tools.

• Experience in converting messy operational data into actionable decisions for executives.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.

• Comfortable working in a remote-first environment within a distributed team.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive Salary & Attractive Stock

• Generous Paid Time Off

• Pension

• Sick Leave

• Parental Leave

• Learning and Development Budget