Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Anaconda, Inc. is a leader in AI and data science, and they are seeking a Director of Business Analytics to join their Data Analytics team. This role will lead a team of analysts and engineers to transform raw data into strategic insights, partnering with various business functions to enhance decision-making processes.
Responsibilities
- Lead and develop a team of 7-8 analysts and analytic engineers, setting clear goals, delivering regular feedback, and building a culture where people grow and do their best work
- Drive the evolution of our data infrastructure and analytics operations by owning data modeling in dbt, governing our Snowflake environment, and improving our reporting stack inside OMNI
- Deliver insights that go beyond the dashboard, translating customer, product, and financial data into clear, actionable recommendations that help Finance, GTM, Product, and CS teams make smarter decisions faster
- Establish and maintain a single source of truth across business functions, eliminating shadow reporting and resolving data discrepancies before they create downstream problems
- Partner hands-on with data engineering on pipeline requirements, data quality standards, and transformation logic, staying close enough to the work to spot issues and make good technical tradeoffs
- Apply statistical and analytical methods to upgrade the quality of business insights, moving the team from descriptive reporting toward causal and prescriptive analysis where it drives real value
- Build strong working relationships with senior stakeholders across Finance, GTM, Customer Success, and Marketing, acting as a trusted partner who understands their goals and proactively surfaces relevant findings
Skills
- 12+ years of experience in business intelligence, analytics, or data science, with progressive leadership responsibility
- 3+ years of direct people management experience leading teams of BI analysts and/or analytic engineers, including hiring, performance management, and career development
- Proficiency in SQL (advanced) and hands-on experience with dbt, including designing and maintaining data models and transformation pipelines
- Experience with cloud data warehouses (Snowflake) and data visualization platforms (Omni, Tableau, or equivalent)
- Hands-on experience using AI tools (LLMs, AI-assisted coding, agentic workflows) to accelerate analytical work -- not just awareness of them, but a track record of actually building with them and raising your team's output quality as a result
- Demonstrated track record of managing cross-functional executive stakeholders and translating complex data into clear business recommendations
- Proven experience establishing data governance frameworks and resolving data quality issues across multiple business functions
- Foundation in statistical analysis or data science methodologies with the ability to communicate findings clearly to non-technical audiences
- Experience applying statistical modeling, causal inference, or explainable AI methods to real business problems, paired with a proven ability to present findings to executive audiences
- Track record of eliminating shadow reporting by building trusted data standards that leadership now relies on exclusively
- Background that combines technical data depth with business strategy or consulting experience, bridging analytical rigor and business decision-making
- Experience building or scaling analytics functions in an open-source, AI, or data science-oriented company where the business itself generates the data you're analyzing
- You've thought seriously about where AI changes what analytics teams can deliver and have examples of shipping AI-assisted workflows that moved faster or went deeper than traditional approaches. You know the limits too
- You embody our values: 'Curious by Default', 'Build Together', 'Own It', and 'Lead with Guts and Heart', and our behaviors: Clarity, Care and Candor
- You care deeply about fostering an environment where people of all backgrounds and experiences can flourish
Benefits
- Flexible Vacation Policy
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- Short Term and Long Term Disability
- Paid Parental Leave
- Monthly Wellness Stipend
- Employee Assistance Program and Mental Health Resources
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