Team Lead, Business Intelligence and Controlling

Summary

Join Ecosia as a Team Lead in Business Intelligence (BI) to provide high-impact insights on performance, issues, and opportunities to Ecosia's Executive, Product, and Marketing teams.

Requirements

• 5-7+ years of experience in Business Intelligence, Data Analytics, or a related field, with at least 3 years in a leadership role
• Effective communication and presentation skills to translate complex data into actionable insights and business impact for executive and non-technical stakeholders
• Hands-on expertise in analytics and data visualization tools (i.e. Looker, Google Analytics, Tableau, Power BI, SQL), and statistical analysis
• Documented history of using data to facilitate growth in areas such as marketing performance, revenue optimization, and user acquisition, including the design or transformation of the underlying information infrastructures
• Understanding of modern data architecture with a strong understanding of data ingestion (AWS Kinesis, Kafka), scalable storage (AWS Redshift, S3), transformation of raw data into insight-ready formats (Spark), reliable infrastructure (Terraform), and data workflows and automation (Airflow, dbt) to ensure data quality and accessibility across the organization
• Respect for privacy and awareness of relevant legislation in the EU and the US
• Enthusiasm for the preservation of Earth’s life support systems

Responsibilities

• Own and improve information infrastructure delivering trusted and high-impact data
• Regularly scan operational systems for significant deviations and ensure the delivery of accurate, timely, and high-value data to senior management
• Continuously improve processes for data collection, analysis, and reporting to enhance efficiency and reliability while respecting Ecosia’s strong privacy value proposition to users
• Build and maintain effective relationships with Product and Marketing to ensure their data needs are met in a reliable, timely, and efficient way
• Lead data analysis and synthesize insights into actionable business recommendations
• Lead thorough analysis of relevant KPI changes and ensure that the right statistical tools are used
• Conduct regular audits of BI infrastructure, tools, and processes, ensuring they meet current and future business requirements
• Synthesize insights into lean, clear, and actionable recommendations
• Control the financial impact of key company initiatives
• Evaluate the financial performance of key initiatives and alert management on deviations
• Evaluate financial and technical progress on company targets and provide actionable insights that improve business performance
• Regularly evaluate revenue streams, market expansion opportunities, and other areas of growth or improvement, presenting these insights to the executive team
• Foster a collaborative and high-performance team culture that supports trust, innovation, and growth. Contribute to Ecosia being a uniquely attractive workplace

Benefits

• Flexible working hours
• 30 vacation days/year on a five-day week
• Designated Focus Times
• Remote work options
• Relocation support and visa/work permit assistance to new employees and their loved ones coming from abroad and within Germany (applicable for unlimited contracts)
• Subsidized public transport cards
• Bike inspection services
• Monthly learning days
• Hack days
• Online and physical libraries
• 2000€ development allowance per year
• Continuous feedback