Principal Data Analyst

Rokt is the global leader in ecommerce technology, helping companies seize the full potential of every transaction moment to grow revenue and acquire new customers at scale. Live Nation, Groupon, Staples, Lands' End, Fanatics, UrbanStems, GoDaddy, Vistaprint and HelloFresh are among the more than 2,500 leading global businesses and advertisers that are using Rokt's solutions to drive more value through every transaction by offering highly relevant messages to their customers at the moment they are most likely to convert.

With our December 2021 Series E raise of USD$325M, Rokt is expanding rapidly and globally – operating in 14 countries across North America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region with the largest office in NYC and a major R&D hub in Sydney. With more than 50% year on year revenue growth and vibrant company culture, Rokt has been listed in ‘Great Places to Work’ in the US and Australia. Our award-winning culture is guided by our eight core values: Smart with Humility, Conquer New Frontiers, Own the Outcomes, Enjoy the Ride, Force for Good, Raise the Bar, Communicate with Impact, and Disagree then Commit. These values help us attract, engage, and develop the right talent around the globe and ensure we have the right conditions to do our best work. Keen to join a fast-growing company and a vibrant culture? Learn more at rokt.com.

Rokt is hiring a Principal Data Analyst to join our Analytics team. We are a data driven company, and data is at the heart of all of our decision making. We are looking for someone who will help the business innovate and grow through comprehensive and actionable data driven insights. As a Principal Data Analyst, you will play a key role in helping Product teams enhance the value they create for our partners and advertisers through deep-dive analyses, provide recommendations on improving products and features, build models and data products that can be actioned on by various teams, and influence teams with your analyses, models and recommendations. You will be expected to leverage your business acumen, analytical skill, product sense, and communication to drive a variety of impactful initiatives across multiple GTM teams. You will also be expected to own and develop measurement frameworks, dashboards, understand and explain marketplace health, and help the team develop a data-driven culture to enable prudent decision making. An ideal candidate will develop data products that scale, produce accurate and statistically robust analyses, and communicate in a way that makes analyses and models easy to interpret by Product, Engineering, and GTM teams.

Requirements

Responsibilities

• Partner with GTM and Engineering teams through analyses, reporting, modeling, and generate valuable insights to aid in decision making
• Conduct quantitative analyses on partner, advertiser, and customer behavior to help GTM and Engineering refine their client strategy
• Manage and run ongoing monthly meetings and associated deep analyses on shifts in marketplace dynamics
• Provide GTM and engineering teams with recommendations that help them achieve business outcomes through by unearthing actionable insights for our partners, advertisers, and the network
• Create and maintain dashboards and reports to dive into partner performance at strategic and operational levels alike
• Define measurement frameworks and analyze key metrics and to inform decision-making and measure success
• Offer thought partnership to stakeholders by deconstructing problem statements into quantitative hypotheses and proposing associated analyses
• Collaborate with the GTM team to set SMART goals for the organization and implement methods to track progress
• Mentor junior analysts and improve their technical and critical thinking skills

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Operations Research, Statistics or an equivalent quantitative field
• 6+ years of experience in Analytics or Data Science
• Deep SQL skills and proficiency in working with big data and ETL management
• Proficient in R/Python
• Autonomous, detail-oriented, and comfortable with breaking down ambiguous problems into quantitative solutions
• Passion for extracting actionable insights that move the business forward
• Good business acumen and communication skills
• Experience with visualization tools such as Tableau
• Strong stakeholder management experience
• Team player who positively contributes to the culture of the Analytics team and Rokt

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree or higher in Statistics, Analytics, Data Science, or an equivalent quantitative field
• 8+ years of experience in Analytics
• 5+ years of experience analyzing ecommerce data
• Familiar with data mining and data engineering
• Deep experience with Python/R and ETLs
• Experience with data transformation tools like dbt strongly preferred
• Experience communicating results and business impact of analytical deep dives to senior leadership
• Experience with statistical analyses and familiarity with basic machine learning

Benefits

• Safety is our highest priority. We actively invest in the growth of our people and the strengthening of our communities. Our NYC office is 100% vaccinated to keep our employees and community safe and healthy. We require all Rokt’stars and anyone else who will be onsite at the Rokt NYC office–clients, contractors, vendors, and suppliers–to show proof of vaccination and their booster shot.
• Work with the greatest talent in town. Our recruiting process is tough. We set a high bar because we have a high-performing and high-velocity culture where we only want the brightest and the best.
• Join a community. We believe the greatest things happen when we come together to solve complex problems and make meaningful connections with each other through social groups, sports clubs, and social events.
• Accelerate your career. Develop through our global training events, ‘Level Up’ investment, online training courses, and our fantastic people leaders. Take your career to Rokt’speed - Grow your career in our rapidly growing company.
• Take a break. When you work hard, we know you also need to rest. We offer generous time off and parental leave policies, as well as mental health and wellness days for all employees. We also offer a paid Rokt’star Sabbatical for employees who have been with us for 3 years or more.
• Stay happy and healthy. Enjoy catered lunch every day and healthy snacks in the office. Plus join the gym on us! In the US, access generous retirement plans like a 4% dollar-for-dollar 401K matching plan and get fully funded premium health insurance for your whole family. And our NYC office is dog-friendly!
• Become a shareholder. All Rokt’stars have stock options. If we succeed, everyone is rewarded.
• See the world! Along with our global all-staff events in amazing locations (Phuket, Thailand in January 2020, Hawaii in May 2022), we also offer generous relocation packages for those interested in moving to another Rokt office. We have cool offices in great cities: New York, Sydney, London, Singapore, Tokyo.
• Get the best of both worlds with a hybrid workplace. We currently work 4 days a week in office, allowing you to enjoy the best of both worlds (please note: this is subject to change based on the needs of the business and some support roles still require a full-time presence). One week per quarter, you also have the flexibility to work from anywhere.

We believe in equality. Rokt is an Equal Opportunity Employer and recognizes that a diverse workforce is crucial to our success as a business. We would love you to apply for one of our open roles—irrespective of socio-economic status or background, age, gender identity, race, religion, sexual orientation, color, pregnancy, carer/family responsibilities, national and social origin, political opinion, marital, veteran, or disability status.

Compensation: $165,000-$187,500 plus equity

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