Associate Director of Data & Analytics

About the job
POSITION: Associate Director of Data & Analytics
REPORTS TO: COO
LOCATION: New York Tri State, Los Angeles, CA , PA (partial remote)
THE COMPANY: BIRDY GREY (www.birdygrey.com)
Birdy Grey is a direct-to-consumer brand whose mission is to celebrate and elevate friendships during one of the most important milestones in a person's life: THE WEDDING.
Founded in 2017 by best friends Grace Lee (CEO & Founder) and Monica Ashauer (COO & Co-Founder), Birdy Grey offers affordable bridesmaid dresses under $100, and fun gifts and accessories for everyone in the bridal party. Brides and bridesmaids alike count on Birdy Grey for their most important day-so much so that we've dressed over half a million bridesmaids (and counting) in less than 5 years.
THE OPPORTUNITY: Associate Director of Data & Analytics
Birdy Grey is looking for ahighly analytical Associate Director of Data & Analytics to lead our Analytics team and support the Analytics need of the business. As the Director of Data & Analytics, you'll work directly with founders on critical strategic projects and oversee data across all parts of the business. You will work as part of a resourceful, solutions-oriented team in a fast-paced environment to solve business challenges. The Director will be responsible for blending strategic thinking with hands-on implementation, delivering analyses and insights to drive our business forward. You will build out and own data infrastructure, managing ongoing data needs across all departments as well as ad hoc special analytics projects. This includes setting up our team for sales and KPI reporting, analyzing customer and purchase data, and establishing / managing data platforms. The ideal candidate for this role should have a "doer" attitude, a highly analytical / data-driven mindset, strong business intuition, and excellent time-management and organizational habits.
SCOPE OF RESPONSIBILITIES

• Work cross-functionally with executives and high-level stakeholders to understand their problems and deliver data-driven solutions
• Evangelize the use of data across the business, and have a strong opinion on the strategy for delivering self-serve BI tools
• Recruit, retain, and scale a happy, healthy, productive team of top-notch Data Analysts and foster an environment for growth and learning.
• Develop a roadmap for the data and analytics function that clearly defines ownership and responsibility between the central data function and the functional groups.
• Work closely with Tech and Dev teams to provide detailed data analysis and ensure proper user tracking is implemented on key initiatives. Provide robust web experience metrics reporting, Google Analytics / Tag Manager conversion event & tagging implementation and conversion rate insights driven analysis.
• Oversee consumer and market insights, fielding research as needed across a variety of platforms (e.g., Perksy, User Testing, etc)
• Partner with key stakeholders to develop test & learn strategies related to customer acquisition and retention to drive business impact
• Scope, plan, and coordinate the solution of complex, cross-functional problems that extend beyond the traditional boundaries of product, analytics, and data science
• Continuously develop and improve procedures to enforce analytics approach that will lead to more strategic/insightful learnings and recommendations and/or workflow improvements
• Provide leadership and consistency regarding standard processes to handle and answer recurring & ad-hoc reporting requests by different stakeholders
• Collaborate with all functions of the company to ensure data needs are addressed and the required data is modeled and available to analysts and end-users.

THE RIGHT CANDIDATE: QUALIFICATIONS & PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
EDUCATION: Bachelor's Degree Required
EXPERIENCE / REQUIREMENTS:

• 5+ years of experience in a Data Analytics, Business Analytics, Analytics roles
• Experience working cross-functionally supporting multiple verticals / teams (e.g., marketing, research, finance, operations)
• Expert Fluency in SQL
• Experience leading a Data team at a start-up
• Expert Excel skills to analyze data and build complex dynamic models from scratch
• Experience with dbt
• Experienced with ETL such as Stitch, Fivetran
• Knowledge of BigQuery, Redshift, Snowflake
• Excellent grasp of BI Tools such as Looker, Tableau
• Impeccable organizational skills and attention to detail
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to perform data deep dives to surface actionable insights.
• Proactive problem solver with the ability to troubleshoot and/or escalate issues effectively.
• Hard working and willing to roll sleeves up - no job is too big or too small.
• You have an entrepreneurial spirit. You thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced, fluid environment. You are comfortable with ambiguity and take initiative to lead projects.

NICE TO HAVES:

• Experience with Python
• Start-up experience
• Interest in bridal and fashion

WHY BIRDY GREY: BENEFITS & PERKS

• Competitive Compensation: Based on experience and performance + Bonus
• Healthcare Benefits: 100% employer covered medical dental & vision plans/ 50% spouse and dependent medical coverage + access to One Medical + Mental Health Benefits
• Retirement: 401K
• Generous PTO: Flexible Open PTO Policy
• Wellness: A monthly wellness day, Classpass membership, a $50 monthly wellness stipend, summer Fridays
• Flexibility: Partial remote with a high level of autonomy and accountability + $50 monthly WIFI stipend
• Employee Discount: Free bridesmaid dresses + 50% discounts on Birdy Grey products
• Purpose: Join in the success of a high-growth, 80% women, early-stage startup by driving performance and building out new processes

Highlights:

• Birdy Grey is #305 on Inc5000's List of Fastest Growing US Companies 2022
• Be part of a company innovating the $75B+ US wedding market (IBISWorld, 2019)
• Birdy Grey is making waves on BuzzFeed, The Knot, Brides, People, Allure, PopSugar, Bustle and more
• Named #5 on LA's 50 Hottest Startups in 2020 by Pitchbook & Dot.LA
• Customers can participate in Birdy Grey's giveback program with The Princess Project, a non-profit that provides prom dresses and accessories to teens in need

New York Candidates only*: Minimum full-time salary range is generally between $100,000 - $135,000 + bonus + benefits. We continually review ranges to address skills, experience and markets. Base salaries are determined during our interview process, by assessing a number of factors that include, but aren't limited to a candidate's experience and skills relative to the scope and responsibilities of the position. *Note: Disclosure as required by NY Law (11-1-22) of the minimum salary compensation for this role when being hired as an employee in New York.
Birdy Grey is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.
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