Senior Data Analyst, Wayfair
Promotions
A global online homeware marketplace
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A global online homeware marketplace
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help everyone, anywhere create their feeling of home.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor degree in a quantitative field of study: math, sciences, engineering, economics, or a business degree - ideally with a specialization or bootcamp in analytics
- Mandatory 2+ years of full time experience as a data or business analyst (4+ years if no degree)
- Professional experience with at least one programming language, ideally in SQL. Experience working with Python is a plus
- Strong quantitative analytics with a technical lean - ability to generate insights and solutions or build a story and strategy from large data sets
- Experience with data visualization software (e.g. Google Data Studio, Tableau, PowerBI); experience with Looker ML a plus
- Strong business acumen, hunger for driving results and improvement-driven mindset - you quickly grasp KPIs and metrics, and constantly look for opportunities to improve performance
- A total ownership mindset - ability to thrive in a highly ambiguous and fast-paced environment with a dynamic bias for action and a “get stuff done” attitude
- Excellent critical thinking and stakeholder management skills - ability to break down and communicate complex ideas and influence senior stakeholders and cross-functional partners
- Excellent written and oral communication skills in English
- Prior experience in retail or ecommerce is a plus
What the job involves
- We're not just a team; we're a dynamic, international force powered by creativity, deep consumer knowledge, and relentless ambition
- As a member of the EU Promotions team, one of our Marketing departments, you'll drive tangible results through strategic content development, cross-functional project management and revenue growth
- We achieve this by staying at the forefront of innovation, leveraging market insights, and orchestrating wide collaboration across the many departments involved in our operations, from Marketing to Partner Management, to Pricing to our Creative Department
- The Promo Product Analytics team is focused on:
- (i) owning the global curation algorithms, shaping and testing the strategy of the recommendation engines which power our landing pages
- (ii) build tooling & improve reporting for our broader promo team
- (iii) further automate existing processes to create more efficient work streams across direct and cross-functional stakeholders
- (iv) provide technical support to the commercial members of the team; & (v) build analysis on a wide-range of topics to improve our promo strategy
- Be the product owner of the data layers & ranking logic of our product curation algorithms
- Building a 3-6 months plan in collaboration with North American counterparts for adjustments & improvements
- Design and implement A/B testing strategy for the ranking logic in the UK and Ireland
- Monitoring current set of scripts & pipelines for potential failures
- Collaborate with global data & software engineers to take tools to the next level
- Keep stakeholders informed & documentations up to date
- Work with a team, including curation and event experts, contribute to develop team roadmap planning, weekly prioritization, and monthly personal development
- Develop advanced reporting and tools for the promo and marketing department, including metrics identification, MVP design, BigQuery coding, and dashboard creation with Looker ML, DataStudio, and Google Sheets
- Perform deep-dive analysis, including the application of advanced analytical techniques, to solve critical and complex business problems (e.g., improve product curations in major campaigns)
- Collaborate with leadership, tech teams, and EU departments (pricing, marketing, category management) to implement and monitor project success
- Serve as the subject matter expert in data, analytics, and testing for your area, ensuring accurate interpretation of business metrics and consumer behavior
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Wayfair emerged in the early era of eCommerce with a mission to revolutionize online shopping, offering customers a convenient platform to purchase goods. Today, it stands as one of the foremost global players in the online furniture delivery industry, boasting an impressive inventory of over 33 million products.
Renowned for its extensive product range and comprehensive service offerings, Wayfair distinguishes itself by providing an end-to-end customer experience, from browsing to doorstep delivery. Despite its prominence, the company faces profitability challenges attributed largely to expansion expenses. Nonetheless, its solid presence in the competitive online homeware sector solidifies its position as a key contender.
With ambitious global expansion plans, Wayfair remains committed to maintaining its leadership in the industry. As it aspires to become the ultimate destination for all home needs, its more recent ventures into physical retail represent significant strides toward this overarching goal.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-14% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company values
- Relentless Customer Focus: Delivering an exceptional customer experience drives everything we do. We invest in understanding our customers and partners. We are all in customer service
- Deliver Rsults With Agility: We prioritize work that drives long-term value. We execute with urgency, learn from failure, and nimbly pivot. The outcomes of our efforts are impactful, measurable results
- Use Good Judgement: We are bold and confident, never reckless. We make reasoned, calculated decisions based on data, critical thinking, and pattern recognition
- Build the Best Team: We lead by setting the bar high, articulating clear goals, and diving deep. We hire, develop, and leverage only the best. Our leaders continually reevaluate and strengthen their teams and do not shy away from hard decisions. We expect and demonstrate excellence
- Collaborate Effectively: We invest in cross-functional global partnerships that maximize impact and minimize duplication. We prize collaboration in all interactions – with our teammates, stakeholders, and suppliers. We disagree, align, and commit. Effectiveness and efficiency in collaboration are required.
- Respect Others: We earn and show respect, treating our teammates and partners with empathy and inclusion. We presume good intent while prioritizing impact. We balance confidence and candor with humility and kindness.
- Be an Owner: We are Wayfair first. We act on what’s best for the company, ahead of team or individual goals. We spend every dollar as if it is our own. We take pride in Wayfair’s success while planning the next win. We always think long-term
- Innovate & Improve: We are not limited by precedent. We boldly challenge the norm. We continually identify opportunities to innovate, improve, and simplify. We value incremental improvements, but we also look for game-changing breakthroughs.
- Adapt & Grow: We value adaptability and self-reflection. We find opportunity in every change, experience, and mistake. We are committed to continuous self-improvement.
Company HQ
Prudential / St. Botolph, Boston, MA
Articles
Leadership
Niraj Shah
(Co-Founder & CEO)Studied Engineering at Cornell University before co-founding Spinners, a Boston-based IT services company. Previously acted as Entrepreneur in Residence for Greylock and has served as CEO of Wayfair since co-founding the company in 2002.
Steven Conine
(Co-Founder)Co-founded Spinners before working for Operations at iXL. Conine also co-founded Pillar VC in 2016.
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