Manager, Data & Analytics

Summary

Join us at Backlight in our mission to improve every stage of the video and entertainment content lifecycle from creation through monetization. We're seeking an energetic manager to grow a data-driven culture and transform data & analytics into a center of excellence for the company.

Requirements

• 7+ years in a hands-on data role such as Business Analyst, Data Engineer, or Data Scientist, preferably in a subscription-based business
• 5+ years SQL & Python
• 3+ years developing ETLs and managing data systems at scale
• Based within 2 hours of Eastern time zone
• Expert understanding of data warehousing technologies such as BigQuery or Snowflake
• Demonstrated experience building performant reporting in Looker
• Ability to coach and grow more junior analysts & data engineers

Responsibilities

• Supervise a team of data engineers and analysts, transparently prioritizing their work to serve the needs of stakeholders
• Partner with executive leadership and business stakeholders to understand their data needs and deliver reporting which will support their strategic objectives
• Identify and advocate for strategic initiatives where data can supplement the business’s goals
• Act as the primary administrator of our data infrastructure, including our data warehouse (BigQuery), ingest pipelines (Google Functions), transformations (Dataform), reporting (Looker) and other supporting systems
• Create and maintain stakeholder-facing reports and the underlying data pipelines to support them
• Develop data models to answer mission-critical questions related to financial reporting & projection and product utilization
• Set and enforce data governance policies to keep our data clean
• Partner with Compliance to ensure our data and retention policies are in line with the latest global regulations

Preferred Qualifications

• Has managed and mentored a data team
• Experience administrating warehouses in BigQuery with Dataform
• Familiarity with data structures in Salesforce and working with them to build custom reports in an external tool such as Looker
• Proven ability to work remotely with international, cross-cultural teams
• Experience working in the video streaming software space