Principal Analyst / Data Lead

Job Overview

We are looking for a Senior/Data Lead, Individual Contributor with marketplace/e-commerce experience (as a big advantage), but experience from any complex digital industry such as gaming or applications (a lot of user data & events, high pace, need to make fast decisions) is welcomed.

If you have a proven track record of overcoming diverse analytical challenges, delivering practical business impact and high value added you should apply for the Principal Analyst/Data Lead role.

 You’ll spend time on the following:

Conducting deep dives into business and tech-related issues across all areas of the company: understanding the problem, talking to people, formulating hypotheses, structuring analysis, gathering data, performing analyses, deriving insights, and most importantly, formulating specific proposals for changes in our Product and/or Business.

 What We Expect:

At least 6-8 years of experience as an Analyst/Data Lead, gained in e-commerce, gaming or other fast paced work environment, able to collaborate with the business across all teams and regionsYou are technical: you are able to work with different primary databases and get data (for most use cases SQL and it’s different versions will be sufficient – e.g., Teradata, Hive, Keboola, BigQuery, etc.). We have teams to support you, but the goal is that you will be as independent as possibleYou have strong business acumen: you can sense how different issues translate into customer experience on both the consumer and merchant sides and how they impact our businessYou are creative: Out-of-the-box thinking and problem solving – don’t expect we will give you these ideas every time, you need to generate them; going through customer support issues and tickets and discovering issues related to the problem that is being solved ; going into detail, understanding UX, how deals are set up, and verifying observations with data; watching recorded sessions, taking the cookie of a user, and understanding what events it triggered; if needed picking up the phone and calling merchants, consumers, competitors to understand experiences/benchmarks; looking at competitors to prevent reinventing the wheel and making a million mistakes along the way; ability to go into very granular data, such as verifying if impressions are tracked correctly by drilling down to event-level detailsYou thrive at getting your point across: articulate complex analyses clearly and effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, using storytelling and engaging visualizations; present findings in a coherent and concise manner, tailored to the audience, and provide regular updates; translate analytical insights into specific, practical proposals for changes in business processes or product featuresYou are structured and able to cooperate through efficient task-management: ability to zoom-in and zoom-out, so we are going into details but don’t get lost in them. Kill dead-end streams; you will have access to other analysts and technical people in the organization and the power to delegate and create assignments for themYou absorb information quickly: our systems, databases and processes are complicated, there will be many obstacles along the way. You need to be able to absorb information quickly and have a steep learning curve. Connect the dots between various pieces of informationYou will raise the bar: part of your mission will be to act as a role model for other analysts in the company, help them grow and level up our analytical gameYou are practical and biased for action: you are a great analyst, but this is not for academic types. We need practitioners who value speed and getting things done over perfectionYou use AI: if you don’t use it in 2024, don’t even apply

✅ What You Should Know:

This is a hardcore, love-it-or-hate-it kind of job in a highly challenging, but respectful environmentRequires working with people across different time zones (from the US to India)Ability to work and deliver under pressureDirect interaction with the most demanding CEO you will ever experienceGain a decade’s worth of experience in just three yearsOver the past year, since our new transformation leadership took over, our stock price increased by 400%, and we aim for at least an additional 400% growth

What We Offer:

Being part of a unique transformation storyDirect reporting to the SVP Revenue Branislav Majorský and close collaboration with C-level executives including CEO Dušan ŠenkyplA competitive compensation package and professional growth Fully remote role

 What is our mindset?

We compare ourselves to a sports team, striving to assemble the best team with the available resources. While maintaining values like fairness, mutual support, and respect, we also focus on performance, aiming to build a top-notch organization capable of delivering excellent results quickly. Our culture is built on courage, ambition, and is strongly meritocratic, allowing the most capable individuals to grow rapidly. Deconstruct the system into the smallest building blocks. Clearly articulate key issues and communicate next action steps. Deliver results under pressure, focusing on weeks rather than years during the transformation period. Learn more about us on the landing page

We seek individuals with enthusiasm, ambition, and a drive to excel. Ready for a challenge? Join us! 

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