Product Analytics Director

Summary

Join MyFitnessPal's Business Intelligence team as a Director, Product Analytics and lead a team of analysts and data scientists. You will partner with the Chief Product Officer to shape product strategy using data-driven decision-making. Responsibilities include conducting in-depth product data analysis, mentoring your team, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and presenting findings to executives. The ideal candidate possesses 10+ years of business analysis experience, including 5+ years in product analytics, and 5+ years leading analytics teams. A Bachelor's degree in a relevant field is required, with advanced degrees preferred. MyFitnessPal offers a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, and a flexible work environment.

Requirements

• 10+ years as a business analyst, with 5+ years in product analytics, preferably with mobile apps
• 5+ years leading analytics teams, with 3+ years leading product analytics teams specifically
• Demonstrated skills in leading both individual contributors and people managers
• Success in hiring, developing and retaining top talent
• Proficiency in modern data analysis tools and programming languages including SQL and Python
• Extensive experience with A/B testing and A/B testing platforms
• Proficiency with BI and reporting platforms
• Ability to translate complex data into actionable recommendations, strategic product roadmaps, and feature-level optimization that drive customer engagement and retention
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in presenting insights to stakeholders including your CPO business partner, other company executives, and senior leaders across the company
• Ability to identify issues and recommend solutions to improve product performance and strategy
• Exceptional ability to balance need to dive deep with speed to market of insights
• Bachelor’s degree in relevant fields such as statistics, computer science or mathematics

Responsibilities

• Develop a trusted advisor relationship with the Chief Product Officer and their staff
• Be a key member of the product leadership team responsible for helping drive strategy and execution, data-driven insights and reporting and experimentation tools
• Conduct in-depth analysis of product data to derive actionable insights and inform tactical and strategic decisions of the product
• Serve as a subject matter expert and as a vocal thought leader in the product and analytics domain
• Lead and mentor a team of analysts and data scientists, fostering a collaborative environment and ensuring a clear alignment with business objectives
• Take a consultative and hands-on approach to enable both analytics and product teams
• Help build and execute a compelling, high-quality roadmap with a sense of urgency
• Work closely with product managers, engineers, designers, and data platform teams to integrate data-driven insights into the product development process
• Develop and communicate product goals, strategies, and key performance metrics in collaboration with other departments
• Support product/feature level experimentation that enables cross-functional teams to carry out properly designed and instrumented experiments and measurements
• Interface with top executives and stakeholders to present findings with compelling data narratives and drive data-informed decisions
• Advance analytic reporting and experimentation tools to better support product and customer experience initiatives
• Define and enhance key product metrics for the business
• Design underlying data structures to support
• Develop reporting and dashboards that measure performance and productionalize operations insights

Preferred Qualifications

Advanced degrees

Benefits

• Healthcare
• Parental planning
• Mental health benefits
• Annual performance bonus
• 401(k) plan and match
• Responsible time off
• Monthly wellness and technology allowances
• Face-to-Face Connections
• Flexible time-off policy and work on your own terms with our Responsible Time Off benefit
• 2 volunteer days off per calendar year
• Mentorship Program
• Paid maternity and paternity leave
• Comprehensive assistance for fertility-related matters
• Monthly Wellness Allowance
• Dedicated mental health days
• Reward and recognition platform
• MyFitnessPal Premium
• Access to virtual learning and development library, and participation in training opportunities
• Competitive medical, dental, and vision benefits
• Retirement savings program with employer match