Sr Strategy and Analytics Specialist
Sr Strategy and Analytics Specialist
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About Zapier
Were humans who simply think computers should do more work.
At Zapier were not just making softwarewere building a platform to help millions of businesses globally scale with automation and AI. Our mission is to make automation work for everyone by delivering products that delight our customers. Youll collaborate with brilliant people use the latest tools and leverage the flexibility of remote work. Your work will directly fuel our customers success and as they grow so will you.
Location: North America (our team is split across AMERS time zones)
Job Posted: 3/19/2025
Hi there!
Were looking for a Sr. Strategy and Analytics Specialist to play a pivotal role in generating insights and strategic recommendations that drive the customer experience at Zapier. This role will serve as a strategic thought partner to Customer Support leadership focusing on leveraging data and analytics to drive operational improvements inform decisionmaking and support futurefocused initiatives. This independent contributor role blends elements of strategy analytics and operations to enhance productivity optimize resource allocation and align support processes with broader organizational goals. As a subjectmatter expert the Sr. Strategy and Analytics Specialist will bridge the gap between data FP&A and customer support teams.
Technical Support Operations builds and supports the tools automation and insights that power seamless efficient customer support. We bridge support engineering product and operations to reduce manual effort optimize workflows and drive proactive datadriven solutionsensuring support scales with Zapiers mission of automation for everyone.
If youre interested in advancing your career at a fastgrowing profitable impactdriven company then read on
About You
Experience
You have 4 years of experience in a customerfocused analytics strategy or operations role. Youve worked at a B2B or SaaS company where you have experience in analytics and reporting CRM setup and data architecture and partnered closely with support stakeholders to improve performance. Youve identified gaps or opportunities in the customer experience and recommended solutions to improve them. If you have experience in self serve customer automations thats a bonus.
You love working with data. You have demonstrated the ability to analyze data to identify new opportunities and drive future decisions while effectively weighing investment versus business outcome. Youve eliminated data silos that slow and hinder reporting. You are highly proficient in data analysis modeling and visualization for broad audiences. Your curiosity drives you to use data to uncover opportunities and understand the next steps to drive results.
Problemsolving energizes you. You make work lighter for your teammates by finding more efficient and effective ways to execute work. You dive deep when necessary but can see the long term return on your time investment. You can automate as much as possible to stay focused on solving the highest impact problems. You are comfortable with ambiguity and can break down complex problems into achievable goals. You are hands on with your work balancing strategy with tactical .
You have workforce experience. Youve worked with forecasting capacity planning and data modeling frameworks to support multichannel and global support teams. Bonus if youve worked with financial modeling related to headcount planning.
You have ample technical skills. While you may not know how to code you have an automationfirst mindset and can navigate CRM and business intelligence tools and technologies with ease. You can communicate business needs to data science and engineering teams as well as technical tradeoffs to business stakeholders. If you have experience using AI to drive insights or experience using Zapier thats a bonus!
Youre an outstanding communicator. You know your audience and how to cater your communications to meet their needs effectively and with clarity. You ask questions to uncover the goals and motivations of your colleagues but you arent afraid to dive in when the information isnt clear. Youre able to use data to tell a clear story and create actionable recommendations. You are comfortable ensuring stakeholders are aligned even if that means disagree and commit.
Role Specific Skills:
Advanced analytical and data visualization expertise including Looker and other data visualization tools dashboard creation and trend monitoring.
Strong understanding of workforce management financial forecasting and customer support metrics.
Proficient in CRM tools (e.g. Hubspot Zendesk) support analytics and data visualization for GTM and support teams.
SQL experience is a pluswhile not required proficiency in SQL would enable greater autonomy and efficiency in data analysis.
Things Youll Do
Strategic Insights and Decision Support:
Act as a thought partner to Support leadership providing datadriven recommendations to enhance productivity and operational efficiency.
Monitor support performance trends identify key insights and propose strategic changes to optimize operations.
Quantify the ROI of initiatives to guide investment decisions and ensure alignment with strategic business objectives.
Data Management and Reporting:
Design build and maintain automated dashboards and scalable reporting frameworks to enable stakeholders to selfserve analytics and track key metrics.
Collaborate with Data Science to enhance data architecture ensuring operational reliability and robust reporting capabilities.
CRM and Data Optimization:
Leverage CRM tools (e.g. Hubspot Zendesk) to integrate data flows improve data quality and deliver actionable insights.
Proactively identify and eliminate data silos ensuring accurate reporting and seamless data operations.
Forecasting and Capacity Planning:
Partner with FP&A to model the impact of new initiatives and align budgetary goals with operational strategies.
Operational Efficiency and Process Improvement:
Collaborate with crossfunctional teams to identify inefficiencies and implement scalable process improvements.
Use AI and other advanced tools to automate workflows and generate actionable insights focusing on areas with high ROI potential.
CrossFunctional Collaboration:
Work with FP&A Support and Data teams to align forecasts capacity plans and productivity targets with strategic objectives.
Partner with the Technical Support Operations (TSO) team to define requirements and contribute to a scalable support operations roadmap.
Foster strong collaboration across teams to ensure initiatives are prioritized based on impact and aligned with longterm goals.
Impact and Success Measures
Improved alignment between financial forecasts capacity plans and operational goals.
Streamlined reporting and analytics processes to provide realtime insights to leadership.
Enhanced operational performance through datadriven recommendations and process improvements.
Effective integration of CRM and operational data for seamless reporting and performance monitoring.
Proactive use of AI and automation to reduce manual work and improve the quality of insights.
How to Apply
At Zapier we believe that diverse perspectives and experiences make us better which is why we have a nonstandard application process designed to promote inclusion and equity. Were looking for the best fit for each of our roles regardless of the type of companies in your background so we encourage you to apply even if your skills and experiences dont exactly match the job description. All we ask is that you answer a few indepth questions in our application that would typically be asked at the start of an interview process. This helps speed things up by letting us get to know you and your skillset a bit better right out of the gate. Please be sure to answer each question; the resume and CV fields are optional.
Education is not a requirement for our roles; however if you receive an offer you will need to include your most recent educational experience as part of our background check process.
After you apply you are going to hear back from useven if we dont see an immediate fit with our team. In fact throughout the process we strive to never go more than seven days without letting you know the status of your application. We know well make mistakes from time to time so if you ever have questions about where you stand or about the process just ask your recruiter!
Zapier is an equalopportunity employer and were excited to work with talented and empathetic people of all identities. Zapier does not discriminate based on someones identity in any aspect of hiring or employment as required by law and in line with our commitment to Diversity Inclusion Belonging and Equity. Our code of conduct provides a beacon for the kind of company we strive to be and we celebrate our differences because those differences are what allow us to make a product that serves a global user base. Zapier will consider all qualified applicants including those with criminal histories consistent with applicable laws.
Zapier prioritizes the security of our customers information and is dedicated to adhering to all applicable data privacy laws. You can review our privacy policy here.
Zapier is committed to inclusion. As part of this commitment Zapier welcomes applications from individuals with disabilities and will work to provide reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodations are needed to participate in the job application or interview process please contact .
Application Deadline:
The anticipated application window is 30 days from the date job is posted unless the number of applicants requires it to close sooner or later or if the position is filled.
Even though were an allremote company we still need to be thoughtful about where we have Zapiens working. Check out this resource for a list of countries where we currently cannot have Zapiens permanently working.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
