Director, Analytics
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Job Location:
New York City, NY - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 194000 - 215000
Posted on:
16 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
About Betterment
Betterment is a leading technology-driven financial services company that offers investing and retirement solutions for retail investors and investment advisors as well as financial wellness solutions including a 401(k) for small and medium-sized businesses. Our team is passionate about our mission to empower people to build wealth with confidence and ease. Were headquartered in NYC and offer hybrid NY-based positions (Four days/ week in-office).
About the role
The Analytics team at Betterment is deeply integrated across the organization forming strong strategic partnerships with nearly every function including Product Marketing Engineering Finance Operations and Sales. The teams primary function is to transform data into actionable insights that directly drive our companys strategy and execution priorities. They coordinate closely with stakeholders and senior leadership ensuring that business priorities are based on informed decisions and influencing critical choices with their unique data-driven perspective.
The Director of Analytics is tasked with aligning the Analytics teams efforts with the companys highest-level goals. This involves:
- Setting Vision & Strategy: Defining and executing on team roadmaps that influence organization-wide strategic direction. You will anticipate future organizational gaps and implement solutions to close them.
- Strategic Coordination: Partnering with senior leaders across Betterment to ensure the team is focused on the most impactful projects with maximum efficiency.
- Team Leadership & Development: Building a high-performing analytics team. You will focus on coaching your team to their highest impact.
- Technical Leadership: Maintaining a deep understanding of the core technologies used by the team. You will focus on technical enablement and connecting team members to domain owners while serving as a technical anchorready to step in and contribute to high-stakes projects or complex problem-solving when needed.
- Storytelling & Influence: Serving as the most visible face of the Analytics organization. You will synthesize complex data into a cohesive narrative that identifies opportunities across lines of business.
This role requires both: a strong technical background to accurately assess the scope and effort of various initiatives as well as exceptional communication and executive presence to effectively partner with peers and influence C-suite decisions.
This role is based out of our NYC office. For jobs based out of our NYC HQ we require in office attendance Monday through Thursday weekly. Below weve reflected the base salary range we would offer for this position. Actual salaries may vary depending on factors including but not limited to location experience and performance. The range listed is just one component of Betterments total compensation package for employees.
- New York City: $194000 - $215000
We offer a competitive equity package health dental and vision benefits life and AD&D short-term and long-term disability insurance EAP commuter and parking benefits FSA/HSA and 401(k) with employer match as well as a flexible PTO policy. This job may also be eligible for variable compensation in the form of a company incentive bonus.
A day in the life
- Manage the day-to-day execution of the Analytics team
- Conduct the teams standup gaining context on progress blockers and shifts in priority
- Have a 1 on 1 discussing career growth with a direct report
- Assist a junior team member in a conversation regarding how best to visualize a particular finding
- Catch up with the VP of Data and Engineering leads to communicate requirements for a new data domain
- Partner with stakeholders and leadership around the company to influence decision making
- Discuss upcoming campaigns with the VP of Marketing ensuring that were primed to measure the impact to cross sell and LTV growth
- Attend a product kickoff meeting advising on bias potential in the AB testing plan
- Meet with the VP of Data and CEO to discuss Company OKR progress
- Present a plan to update key metrics definitions to the Finance team and strategize on rollout
- Perform a quick ad-hoc analysis to help the VP of Finance tailor the annual financial plan
What were looking for
- 10 years of experience working in Analytics preferably at a tech company with a web-based product and in close partnership with decision makers
- 5 years of experience directly managing a team of 5 analytics professionals
- Passion for solving complex business problems with data and transforming analyses into concise insights and recommendations
- A storytelling mindset including an ability to understand the business context and identify actionable improvement opportunities
- Strong fluency in SQL and experience working with modern database and data warehousing technologies
- Ability to triage and prioritize efficiently across hoc requests and long-term projects as well as identify and implement tools to effectively communicate and drive alignment around team priorities
- Expertise in crafting A/B tests and multivariate tests and guiding teams to appropriately interpret results and internalize their learnings
- Experience with the OKRs framework
- Ability to distill complex concepts and methodologies and articulate insights to cross-functional teams and clients with varying levels of knowledge in this space
What being at Betterment means for you
We change lives
Join a community of innovators working to transform financial outcomes for real people. Your work will make an impact always laddering up to our mission: making peoples lives better.
We set audacious goals
We set them for the company our customers and ourselvesand we wont stop until we reach them. We dont just show up; we give our all then celebrate our wins.
We value all perspectives
When we collaborate were at our best. We believe diverse perspectives lead to better outcomes and strive to uphold our supportive and inclusive community.
We invest in you with:
- A competitive suite of benefits including: medical dental and vision insurance; life and AD&D insurance; STD and LTD benefits including infertility support and World Professional Association for Transgender Health approved benefits; and generous parental leave.
- Flexible paid time off (and encouragement to use it!)
- Meaningful opportunity for community building through our 7 Employee Resource Groups
- Empowerment to own and lead change and affect the business
- Dedicated professional development opportunities
- Lunch from our in-house chef at our NYC headquarters
What happens next
Well take a few weeks to review all applications. If wed like to spend more time with you well reach out to arrange next steps which will include 3-4 sets of meetings with your future colleagues.
In the interview process well look to learn more about your skills experiences capabilities and motivators. Many of our questions will be aimed at understanding how you might operate here at Betterment. Depending on the role we may ask you to complete a case study exercise or technical assessments as we want to collect a robust set of data points to better inform our decisions.
On average it takes us around 3-5 weeks to make a hiring decision depending on your availability and sense of urgency. As a best practice we aim to interview at least 2-3 final round candidates before making a hiring decision. Please note that as we usually receive an overwhelming number of applications for open positions were unable to offer individual feedback during the interview process.
We recognize that interviewing for a new role is a big deal. We appreciate you considering Betterment as the next step in your career and our Recruiting Team is here to support and advocate for you through the interview process!
Betterment is dedicated to providing accommodations to candidates upon request. If you need accommodations at any point throughout the interview process please reach out to your recruiter.
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Come join us!
Were an equal opportunity employer and comply with all applicable federal state and local fair employment practices laws. We strictly prohibit and do not tolerate discrimination against employees applicants or any other covered persons because of race color religion creed national origin or ancestry ethnicity sex gender (including gender nonconformity and status as a transgender or transsexual individual) sexual orientation marital status age physical or mental disability citizenship past current or prospective service in the uniformed services predisposing genetic characteristic domestic violence victim status arrest records or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal state or local law.
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Betterment participates in E-Verify. We will provide the Social Security Administration and if necessary the Department of Homeland Security with information from each new employees Form I-9 to confirm work authorization. Please note that we do not use this information to pre-screen job applicants.
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Required Experience:
Director
Key Skills
- Adobe Analytics
- Data Analytics
- SQL
- Attribution Modeling
- Power BI
- R
- Regression Analysis
- Data Visualization
- Tableau
- Data Mining
- SAS
- Analytics
About Company
Betterment can help grow your money by making saving and investing easy.Invest in a tailored portfolio, set buckets for your goals, and earnrewards.
