Lead Data Analyst

About the role

As a key member of the Strategic Marketing & Analytics team, you will be responsible for data-driven insights that enable QuinStreet’s Marketing and Media teams to maximize profitability while developing customer relationships. You will gather, organize, and aggregate complex sets of data in order to produce meaningful business insight in areas such as ad network optimization, ad merchandising, marketing performance, quality monitoring, partner development, product testing, and more. You will also communicate your insights and findings to various members of our Client, Media, Analytics, and Executive teams.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with media and client managers to understand business opportunities for media, client and market growth.
• Actively mine data to develop actionable insights from our proprietary datasets using various statistical techniques.
• Evaluate strategies and forecast their expected impact to the key performance indicators.
• Support analysis and monitoring of business metrics and trends.
• Key liaison between business and technical teams in managing day to day data analytics.
• Lead a small team of analysts, setting longer-term goals and ensuring short-term operational efficiency.

Requirements

• Record of high academic achievement with a BS degree in Business, Economics, Engineering, Math/Science, or otherwise proven background in business/analytics. MS preferred, Bonus points for statistics.
• 8+ years of work experience in data analytics/science.
• Strong understanding of statistical methods used to elicit insights from data.
• Strong analytical mindset with a drive toward actionable insights from data.
• Deep interest in online marketing and media industry. Industry experience a plus.
• High internal motivation with ability to understand the full stack of product development.
• Willingness to initiate and own research, exploration, and analysis from start to finish for any business problem.
• Good interpersonal skills and ability to remain focused-yet-flexible in a fast-paced internet company environment.
• Proficiency in MS Excel, Tableau and SQL.
• Familiarity with Python (preferred) or R programming to the level necessary to perform ad-hoc analysis.
• Experience managing a small team

Pay

The expected salary range for this position is $120,000 USD to $160,000 USD annually. This salary range is an estimate, and the actual salary may vary based on the Company’s compensation practices. The salary may be adjusted based on applicant's geographic location. The position is also eligible to receive performance bonus or commission and equity in the form of restricted stock units.

Benefits

• Health care benefits
• Retirement benefits
• Paid days off (paid sick leave, parental leave, paid time off, or vacation benefits)
• Other tax-reportable benefits