Analytics Director Job Description
Analytics director
provides support to sales teams (800+ individuals) on strategic and tactical initiatives using data visualization tools like SSRS/Tableau/QlikView/QlikSense.
Analytics Director Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Manage talented analysts in our innovation centre (India) to drive products that automate routine tasks and actions based on the player’s data
Acquire a deep understanding of EA Mobile’s big data infrastructure, our data structures, and how to gather and manipulate data in an efficient manner
Be actively engaged in assigned products (games), develop a strong familiarity with game mechanics including micro-transactions, gameplay and economy and influence teams to make necessary changes that drive improvements in player engagement and game monetization
Be accountable for periodic deep dives from the analytics team at various stages of game development, review and improve upon the work developed by others
Lead the charge to discover, define, develop and refine a library of metrics, reports, and dashboards focused on player actions, experiences and journey throughout the game
Proactively identify problems and perform a wide range of analysis to produce meaningful insights that improve acquisition, engagement, and monetization across our games
Organize and run regular calls and summits for the wider EA Mobile analyst community
Manage the development needs and careers of direct reports, by actively soliciting feedback from the data consumers, and understanding the strengths/weaknesses and aspirations of the analysts
Travel to EA headquarters in Redwood Shores, analysts’ location in India and various game team locations as necessary
Participates in various business meetings and develops a strong understanding of the business and related KPI’s
Analytics Director Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Analytics Director
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: PMP, SQL, SAS, CPA, CRM, AWS, CFE, CISSP, FRM, CFA
Education for Analytics Director
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the analytics director job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Statistics, Economics, Mathematics, Computer Science, MBA, Business, Engineering, Science, Marketing, Finance
Skills for Analytics Director
Desired skills for analytics director include:
SQL
R
Tableau
Key data sets
Modeling capabilities
D3js
Microsoft Excel
Similar tools
Data visualization – Qlikview
MicroStrategy
Desired experience for analytics director includes:
Marketing agency experience strongly preferred
Experience with advanced analytic techniques, such as multivariate regression analysis, predictive modeling, logistic regression, factor analysis, sales forecasting, response prediction, advertising effectiveness, consumer profiling, market mix and ROI measurement
Advanced understanding of integrated direct marketing principles and cross-channel marketing measurement and analytic strategies
Experience in developing strategic analytic roadmaps and managing projects and teams to effectively deliver them
Knowledge of data warehousing, mining, reporting and analytics
Demonstrated proficiency with distributed computing tools (Map/Reduce, Hadoop, Hive)
Analytics Director Examples
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Analytics Director Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is hiring for an analytics director. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for analytics director
- Create actionable insight and understanding, through the analysis of both quantitative and qualitative data, building recommendations that directly address business objectives
- Generate operational performance analysis to find conclusions using quantitative and critical thinking methodologies
- Identify possible conflicts with the strategy and recommends cost-effective alternatives
- Monitor KPI's, bring awareness to and provide in-depth root cause analysis to change trends
- Drive the preparation of test and learn initiatives and carry out post-event analyses to validate forecast assumptions and identify all additional factors associated with changes
- Provide forecast versus actual analysis and insights in to changes, drivers, and trends
- Partner with technology leadership to improve the understanding of metrics and drivers
- A Bachelor’s Degree ((MSc/Advanced Degree beneficial) or equivalent qualification / work experience)
- Educated to post graduate degree level (or equivalent qualification / work experience)
- Able to demonstrate examples of previous successful programme deliveries
Qualifications for analytics director
- Advanced Microsoft Office skills with expert Excel knowledge
- Bachelor’s degree in quantitative studies
- Expertise with a broad range of tech and analytic toolsets
- Experience with social media tools and data (Twitter, Sysomos, Facebook, Youtube)
- Embraces change and processes situations quickly
- Experience with web analytics and mobile analytics data collection and analysis (Omniture, Google Analytics)
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Our company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of analytics director. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for analytics director
- Routinely capture and document the impact we are having on the business
- Team and operational excellence
- Exhibit best practices in organizing efforts
- Facilitate seamless integration and collaboration within and across EBI teams
- Integrity delivers on promises and does what's right
- Willingness to travel to attend meetings, present insights and participate in trainings
- Create KPI scorecards for senior management, editorial, video and distribution to track company and team performances, inform future content creation
- Deep understanding and knowledge of how all teams within TMG function, what drives their KPIs and goals, in order to provide on-going recommendations, tactical plans, and presentations
- Set a vision for Business Intelligence & Analytics that enables a data-driven company for insights and competitive advantage
- Manage a 10-15 person team, define a structure for the team that fits the vision
Qualifications for analytics director
- Bachelors/Masters degree in business or analytics related field with preferred experience in client, product, channel or finance analytics (e.g., MBA, CFA, CA, CMA)
- At least 7-9 years of work experience in business related function, , analytics, modeling, product management, finance, and management consulting
- Experience in the retail financial services industry, with demonstrable success in using analytics to drive action is preferred
- A passion for gaming and a strong understanding of free-to-play mechanics in mobile games is necessary
- Minimum of 3 years’experience, and proven technical proficiency with appropriate procurementsystems and analytic tools (Excel, Access, PowerPoint, MS Access, MS Project,Ariba)
- Continuous improvementor Six Sigma methodology experience a plus
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Our company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of analytics director. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for analytics director
- Supports forecasting enablement consistent with the financial planning calendar and ad-hoc business need
- Leverages standards for the provision of analytics to support planning and decision making processes, and utilizes analytics escalation processes
- Provides input/feedback to improve and enhance capabilities related to analytics deliverables including support of innovative data sources
- Manage ambiguity by questioning data and/or stakeholder for further nuanced information
- Partners with the Executive Director IO - Solid Tumor Analytics to identify and evaluate current and future analytics needs for responsible markets and brand(s) in support of decision making
- Supports culture of analytics and fact-based decision making through the utilization of standard methodologies and approaches to deliver analytics across the current and expected indications/tumors
- Develops and maintains a deep understanding of business priorities, meeting agreed upon analytics deliverables/timing
- Effectively collaborates with a broad set of cross functional counterparts (including Strategy & Operations Leads, Brand Leadership, CEC, MR, Sales Operations, Medical and Finance) to achieve organizational objectives
- Partners effectively with Market Research, enabling a transparent, inclusive and thought diverse environment of knowledge sharing
- Develops seamless, collaborative, cross-functional approaches to problem solving and holistic cross-customer analysis
Qualifications for analytics director
- Proficiency in Omniture, Nielsen Online, comScore, MRI, Nielsen and NPower
- 3+ years in digital media research Prior ad sales research experience
- Prior experience positioning multiple media properties
- Bachelor’s Degree in Statistics, Economics, or Marketing (Master’s Degree a plus)
- Knowledge of social listening & analytics platforms a strong plus
- Previous experience with digital analytics and attribution methods a MUST
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Our innovative and growing company is hiring for an analytics director. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for analytics director
- Assist in the development of product and category pricing strategies, tactics and tests and develop recommendations for initial price, regular price, promotions & clearance opportunities in collaboration with go-to-market functions
- Manage and deliver monthly pricing and marketing analysis packages/dashboards to executives
- Develop, maintain and enhance analytical models to determine optimal profitability/financial impact of marketing campaign and sales events
- Develop testing strategies for improving store performance through increased customer acquisition and retention via marketing offers and events
- Partner with Operations, Marketing and Merchandising to successfully implement tests, measure results, and make collaborative recommendations
- Manage analytics team to deliver data-driven analyses and recommendations
- Expert in providing oversight, mentoring team members and leading large development efforts
- Agent Contact Rate
- Combined TC Rates
- Insights Data
Qualifications for analytics director
- 10+ years experience in relevant industries
- 5+ years experience in similar roles leading a Business Intelligence (or similar) department
- Preference for ecommerce or retail experience, or for high-growth tech businesses serving end users
- Strong familiarity with data warehouse development, databases and ETL
- Experience in advanced analytics using statistical and big data methodologies, developing models for budgeting & forecasting
- Detail-oriented in all things
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Analytics Director Job Description
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Our company is looking for an analytics director. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for analytics director
- Manage the development of bottoms up models for in-line and new product launches based on secondary and contract data
- Manage the support of Gross to Net modeling for in-line and new product launches and assists in achievement of financial goals
- Manage the Gross-to-Net bottoms up budgeting and forecasting process for your respective therapeutic area with strong collaboration with Finance and USMA leadership
- Identify and communicate the demand and rebate risks to the business leadership and quantify and communicate the results
- Manage the deployment of key performance indicators and the development and delivery of dashboards and reports
- As analytics team inbox manager, analyze new and recurring data requests and identify solutions
- Independently extract, manipulate, and explore data to monitor operational changes and initiatives, understand drivers of performance, and analyze trends
- Utilize financial data, actuarial methodologies and statistical model output in performance analytics activities
- Clearly articulate findings
- Partner with colleagues, directors and internal business partners to review findings and identify actionable insights that support achieving strategic goals
Qualifications for analytics director
- Experience operating successfully in a complex organizational environment
- Extensive experience in the application of advanced analytics and reporting techniques to solve business problems
- Exposure to the development and generation of sales force call plans, including the principles of sales force design
- Strong knowledge of secondary healthcare data, with specific emphasis in the area of Oncology
- Broad experience in use of Project Management tools and Continuous Improvement experience required
- At least 7 years of subject area expertise