Associate Director, Product Analytics and Insights

Job Description
As an Associate Director Product Analytics and Insights youll build and lead the analytics function that keeps Best Buy Ads running with clarity and confidence. Youll own the design and delivery of a suite of health dashboards spanning account inventory product campaign and deal performance providing leadership and cross-functional teams with a real-time pulse on the business. Critically you wont just surface data: youll embed analytical reasoning and actionable recommendations directly into dashboard workflows so decision-makers always know not just what is happening but what to do about it. Beyond dashboards youll scale the processes and data infrastructure that turn raw signals into proactive recurring insights. Youll manage a team of managers and senior managers while partnering directly with senior stakeholders across Ads and Ecomm in a matrixed environment to ensure the right information reaches the right decision-makers at the right time. Best Buy Ads is a key part of our companys business strategy as we deliver business results by partnering with leading brands to captivate audiences drive engagement and provide measurable impact.

This role is hybrid which means you will be required to work some days at our Best Buy office in Richfield Minnesota or New York City and some days virtually from home or another non-Best Buy location. Candidates outside these metro areas may qualify for remote work. The recruiter or hiring manager will provide more details during the hiring process.

What youll do

• Own the design development and maintenance of health dashboards covering account inventory product campaign and deal performance
• Build and scale self-serve reporting infrastructure that enables stakeholders across Ads and Ecomm to access actionable insights independently
• Lead coach and develop a team of managers and senior managers by setting clear priorities building capabilities and fostering a culture of rigor curiosity and continuous learning
• Apply critical thinking and problem-solving to define and standardize analytics processes shifting the team from ad hoc requests to proactive recurring insight delivery
• Partner closely with data engineering and product teams collaborating in a matrixed environment to ensure reliable well-governed data pipelines
• Serve as a trusted analytics advisor to director- and VP-level stakeholders translating ambiguous business questions into clear analytical frameworks and recommendations
• Adapt analytical approaches and priorities such as business needs tools and data maturity evolve

Basic qualifications

• 7 years of experience in analytics business intelligence or data science
• 4years experience working within ad tech programmatic advertising or retail media network vertical
• 3 years of experience managing and developing analytics teams
• 1 year of experience with Tableau and Looker for dashboard development
• Proficiency in SQL and/or Python for data analysis and extraction
• Strong ability to apply critical thinking collaborate cross functionally and executive presence to influence senior stakeholders

Preferred qualifications

• Experience partnering on data pipelines or analytics engineering work
• Familiarity with cloud data platforms such as GCP or AWS
• Experience with data mesh or medallion architecture principles
• Experience operating effectively in fast moving ambiguous environments
• Demonstrated adaptability and comfort working across complex matrixed organizations

Whats in it for you

Were committed to helping our people thrive at work and at home. Best Buy offers a range of benefits to support your overall well-being and provide support as you need it especially at key moments in your life.

Our benefits include:

• Competitive pay
• Great employee discount
• Financial savings and retirement resources
• Support for your physical and mental well-being

Best Buy provides different types of leaves of absence (LOA) and potential pay sources to employees based on eligibility. The length of your LOA depends on your situation where you live your full-time or part-time employment status and federal and state regulations. Intermittent or reduced-schedule leave is also available for certain medical or family care leaves. Paid time off (vacation or PTO) is offered to full-time and part-time employees based on work location employment status salary or hourly status (exempt/non-exempt) and years of continued or bridged service.

Certain roles where market norms demand it are eligible for various forms of incentive pay to drive performance and offer recognition for achieving financial and strategic results. For more information about our incentive pay plans including eligibility please refer to our Incentive Programs Summary.

For more information about benefits LOA and paid time off please refer to our Benefits Guide.

About us

As part of the Best Buy team youll help us fulfill our purpose to enrich lives through technology. We bring that to life every day by humanizing and personalizing tech solutions for every stage of life in our stores online and in customers homes.

Our culture is built on deeply supporting and valuing our amazing employees who make it all possible. Were committed to being a great place to work where you can unlock unique career possibilities. Above all we aim to provide a place where you can bring your full authentic self to work now and into the future. Tomorrow works here.

Best Buy is an equal opportunity employer.