(Senior) Manager of Analytics

Job Summary

The Senior Manager of Analytics will lead a team of analytics and data science professionals at Waitr Holdings, Inc. This individual directly interfaces with finance leadership and interacts with all organizational departments, streamlining prioritization and providing direction for the analytics department as well as serving as the technical leader of the group. 

Essential Functions

• Effectively prioritizes, delegates and manages the workflow of the Analytics department
• Supervises, provides direction and develops Analytics team members
• Work cross-functionally with other departments in the company including finance, sales, marketing, operations and the executive team
• Effectively and concisely communicates data-driven results of Analytics research to other departments in the company, providing key business recommendations.
• Performs quality assurance procedures for organizational data reporting 
• Ability to pivot quickly to changing needs of a highly dynamic business
• Ability to learn new technologies quickly
• Manage a data pipeline connected to production databases and APIs

Required Education and Experience

1. Bachelor's degree in statistics, computer science, finance, physics or other quantitative field
2. 5 years of experience building analytical models, reports, and dashboards using SQL, Python, and Excel
3. 2 years of experience supervising and leading a team
4. Experience communicating with and presenting to senior leadership
5. Experience building analytical or machine learning models for business decision making using statistical modeling techniques
6. Experience managing a data pipeline using tools like Airflow

Preferred Education and Experience

Graduate degree in statistics, computer science, finance, physics or other quantitative field

Experience with Redshift, MySQL, and Postgres databases

Experience with data visualization tools like Tableau

Experience managing code repositories in Github

Core Competencies 

Nimble: You move fast and accurately in a dynamic environment

Customer-Focused: Proactively seeks and finds ways to provide the highest standards of service.

Innovator: Generates and recognizes creative solutions in varying work situations.

Team player: Collaboration and strong communication skills.

Effective Communicator: Demonstrates open, honest and respectful written and verbal communication.

Results-Oriented: Productively focuses time and resources on activities to produce quality result

Forward-Thinking: Problem solver, do whatever it takes attitude

Strategic Thinker: Views events and possibilities from multiple perspectives. Understands the bigger picture and the interdependencies and effects of other systems.

Ethical: Maintains and promotes individual and organization integrity and values in the conduct of all activities.

Supervisory Responsibility

# of direct reports: 4-5

# of indirect reports: 0

Physical Demands

None.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time position. Days and hours of work are generally Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Evening and weekend work will be required as job duties demand.

Travel

Travel is not expected.

EEO Statement

Waitr, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind: Waitr, Inc. is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at Waitr, Inc. are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to  race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristics protected by federal, state or local laws.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.