Product Analytics Director, StockX
$180-235k
+ Opportunities for equity and discretionary bonuses
Streetwear marketplace
Job no longer available
Streetwear marketplace
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$180-235k
+ Opportunities for equity and discretionary bonuses
1001+ employees
Company mission
To provide access to the world's most coveted items in the smartest way possible.
Role
Who you are
- Strong background in product analytics / data science. Proven experience managing at least a small team
- PhD level understanding of statistics (PhD degree strongly preferred)
- 6+ years of experience in experimentation (A/B testing mostly; experience with geo-randomized experiments and quasi-experimental methods a strong plus)
- Proficiency in analytics tools and techniques (e.g., SQL, Python, R, Tableau)
- Excellent communication and leadership skills
- Ability to translate complex data into actionable insights
Desirable
- Strong background in customer and marketing data science (experience with geo-randomized experiments and quasi-experimental methods, particularly to estimate incrementality of brand marketing in traditional media, a strong plus)
- Experience in a multi-sided market or e-commerce company
- Reforge alum or knowledge of Reforge point of view on growth / product analytics
What the job involves
- Influence decisions on StockX’s website and apps in order to improve the experience of millions of users
- Develop as a senior leader as you work with VP-level stakeholders
- Shape this analytics team’s vision, its operating model, and its methodological rigor
- We are seeking a Director of Product Analytics to lead and mentor a team of talented analysts supporting StockX’s Product team, to develop actionable insights and drive impact via improving our website and app experiences
- This analytics team uses data to report on product performance
- It uses experimentation and modeling to improve product performance via more effective user acquisition, retention, and monetization
- Sets the vision and direction of this analytics team, within the larger vision / framework set by the Sr. Director, Analytics
- Collaborates with the VP of Product to develop a shared understanding of the Product areas with highest leverage to grow our business
- Collaborates with Data Engineering to ensure it produces the data Product Analytics needs
- Collaborates with other teams inside the larger Analytics teams (Marketing Analytics and Business Operations Analytics), to ensure the advice of the three teams is consistent with each other and with the company’s strategy
- Uses descriptive, diagnostic, predictive, and prescriptive analytics, including experimentation (A/B testing mostly), to develop actionable insights
- Presents these insights to VP and C-level executives in order to persuade them to take action
- Manages Product Analytics team by creating team roadmap, prioritizing project requests, assigning projects to ICs, tracking project progress, signing off on team deliverables, and carrying out project retrospectives
- Manages, motivates, mentors, and evaluates performance of the individual contributors on the team
- Uses statistics / experimentation skillsets to uplevel and maintain the team’s methodological rigor
Our take
StockX pairs buyers with sellers and verifies products through its live bid-and-ask structure, funding itself by charging a transaction fee on each sale. In return it verifies each item sold on the platform for authenticity and condition, setting it aside from competitors in this space such as TheRealReal.
The company is now hoping to further distinguish itself by working directly with brands to release products through the platform, with a vision to letting its customers set the price for goods in the same way investors do for shares in the stock exchange.
Despite issues including allegations of counterfeiting from Nike and a general slowdown in the resale goods market over 2022, StockX has continued its rapid growth, doubling the number of buyers on its network to 12 million. While a global economic slowdown has caused it to give up on plans for an IPO in the near term, StockX is nonetheless planning to expand its product line and expand internationally in the near future.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-7% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Apr 2021
$60m
SERIES E
Dec 2020
$275m
SERIES E
Total funding: $495m
Company benefits
- We promote the physical and emotional health of our team members and their families. We offer generous health benefits packages to keep our team members happy and healthy
- Rest and recharge when you need it the most: In addition to a full holiday schedule, we offer generous paid time off for our team members
- Be present with your new family member: Through our parental leave benefit, new parents receive paid time off
- Invest in your future. Many of our team members can take part in our pension or 401k programs
- Unlimited paid time off policy
- Work from home opportunities
- Health insurance
Company HQ
Downtown Detroit, Detroit, MI
Leadership
Greg Schwartz
(Co-Founder & CEO)Worked at Deutsche Bank before founding Upto, a calendar software startup where he acted as CEO prior to founding StockX
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