Core Objective: Build and scale a centralised analytics function by moving the organisation from data silos- unified data systems, while driving business decision-making through analytics. Should be great at stakeholder management and should be aggressive to handle the current leadership dynamics Industry - B2C Consumer Internet, Edtech and Fintech Mandate: Build a central analytics function and move the org from data silos to one trusted system Goal: Enable better leadership decisions - not just dashboards Nature of role: Transformation + leadership, not an IC analytics role Big challenge: Heavy stakeholder management and competing leadership asks Key skill: Ability to push back, prioritise, and reset expectations calmly Focus: Systems, people, and adoption - not tools for the sake of tools Team: Build and scale a ~10-12 member analytics org; absorb existing analysts Tech depth: Business-first; technical understanding is required but not hands-on heavy Ideal Candidate Profile: Background & Experience: - Strong analytics foundation; consulting background is acceptable. - Has led analytics initiatives in a scaled organisation. - Experience in B2C preferred, but B2B equally acceptable. - Bonus (not mandatory): experience in premium-priced products/services (B2B or B2C). - Worked in reasonably complex data environments, ideally: - Companies with a few hundred to a couple thousand employees. - Or large orgs but within a single BU / less mature analytics setup. - Must have lived experience building systems from scratch, not just improving already-mature systems. What They Must Have Done Before: - Personally seen and led the journey of: - Breaking data silos - Centralising data flows - Understands: - How data flows technically in a unified system - People/process challenges during this transition - Has hired and scaled analytics teams: - Knows what roles to hire - When to hire - At what level Skill Emphasis: Business vs Technical: - Business-minded &gt; deeply technical - Technical depth: - ~6-7/10 is sufficient - Does not need to be a 9-10/10 hands-on analyst Stakeholder Management (Critical): - Heavy stakeholder management role: - Analytics team will get bombarded with requests - Must manage expectations across leadership Needs to: - Push back when required - Clearly define capacity and priorities - Work calmly with senior leaders - Will also drive behaviour change, including: - Data-sharing habits - Secure data access - Reuse of insights across teams Systems & Tools Mindset: - No hard preference for tools. - Exposure across multiple analytics systems is important: - From lightweight tools (e.g., Metabase) - To enterprise tools (e.g., Tableau, MicroStrategy) - Must evaluate what fits the company's scale: - Not underpowered - Not overkill - Should not be rigid about implementing only one familiar system. Team & Org Structure: Team Ownership: - 10 - 12 folks - Will inherit some existing analysts over time: - From teams like Marketing, Ops, etc. Final Summary (What Success Looks Like) This role is not about dashboards. Success means: - Bringing order to analytics chaos - Creating shared, trusted data systems - Building the right analytics org - Enabling leaders to make better decisions - Managing expectations, people, and systems calmly at scale

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Director - Data Analytics 

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