Payment Optimization - APM Lead

Nodi; São Paulo; Ibrido; BRL 180.000 - 320.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Flexible work model

Work From Anywhere up to 3 months/year

Referral bonus program

Hybrid collaboration hubs

Descrizione del lavoro

dLocal is seeking a strategic Data Lead to drive product analytics across payment flows. You will analyze large-scale transaction data, lead cohorts and experiments, and partner with Product, ML, and Ops to unlock growth in emerging markets. You will mentor analysts and shape the data roadmap for high-impact fintech solutions.

The role emphasizes leadership, SQL/Python skills, and strong English communication in a hybrid setup with global collaboration.

Competenze

• 5+ years in product and payments analytics, including leadership responsibilities.
• Experience designing dashboards and metrics to assess product health and impact.
• Strong SQL skills and ability to translate data into actionable product insights.

Mansioni

• Understand how customers like Amazon, Spotify, Booking and Uber use Dlocal to process payments, focusing on product performance and UX data.
• Lead advanced analyses of transaction data, identify key improvements, and translate findings into product requirements.
• Design and coordinate A/B tests to optimize KPIs and validate product hypotheses.
• Collaborate with Product, ML, Operations, and Customer Success as the strategic data partner for high-impact solutions.
• Mentor analysts on data extraction, analysis, and visualization best practices.

Conoscenze

SQL

Python

R

Leadership

Data visualization

English

Statistics

Formazione

Quantitative degree

Strumenti

Tableau

SQL

Excel

Descrizione del lavoro

Job Type Full-time

Seniority Mid-level

Workplace Hybrid

Department Commercial

Why Join dLocal?

dLocal is the financial infrastructure powering global commerce in the world's fastest-growing markets. The biggest companies in the world trust us to unlock growth in 60+ countries across emerging markets—moving money where others see complexity. We don't just process payments; we are architects of payment ecosystems and partners in our customers' expansion. You'll work alongside 1,300+ teammates from 40+ nationalities and tackle global challenges from day one.

What's the Opportunity?

We are looking for a strategic and experienced Data Lead who is eager to drive significant impact in our Product and Payments domain. If you have a passion for solving complex, high-stakes business problems, leading data analysis initiatives, and being the key source of strategic insights for Product teams, we encourage you to apply!

In this lead role, you'll be responsible for spearheading product-focused data analytics across different payment flows. You’ll be designing and executing a scalable, continuous optimization strategy to maximize payment conversion rates and drive product success.

What will I be doing?

• Deeply understand how our customers such as Amazon, Spotify, Booking, or Uber are using Dlocal to process payments, specifically focusing on product performance and user experience data.
• Act as a leader during the ramp-up of new customers, by conducting advanced analysis of transaction information and proactively identifying key product and process improvements. This involves examining millions of data points, recognizing complex failure patterns, and translating findings into product requirements.
• Design, coordinate, and lead A/B tests and experimentation to continuously improve key performance indicators (KPIs) and validate product hypotheses.
• Work closely and be the strategic data partner for our Product, Machine Learning, Operations, APM vertical, and Customer Success teams, providing the core insights needed to develop new, high-impact product solutions focused on APMs.
• Mentor and guide analysts on best practices for data extraction, analysis, and visualization.

What skills do I need?

• Analytically driven with extensive experience manipulating large data sets in SQL or equivalent, and translating complex data into clear, actionable, product-focused insights.
• 5+ years of experience in product and payments analytics, including experience in a leadership, senior, or mentoring capacity.
• Extensive experience and passion for defining metrics and creating compelling dashboard visualizations to track product health and business impact.
• Highly skilled at writing optimized SQL to query relational databases; strong proficiency in R or Python for advanced statistical analysis is a plus.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders (English is a must).
• Degree in a quantitative field (e.g., Statistics, Economics, Math, Sciences, Engineering, Data Science)

What do we offer?

• Flexibility in how you work: We focus on impact and productivity over fixed hours. This means our teams have flexible schedules and, depending on your role and location, you will combine self-managed focus time with moments of in-person connection in our collaboration hubs.
• Fintech industry: work in a dynamic and ever-evolving environment, with plenty to build and boost your creativity.
• Referral bonus program: our internal talents are the best recruiters - refer someone ideal for a role and get rewarded.
• Work From Anywhere: Team members can work while traveling for up to 3 months every year.

What happens after you apply?

Our Talent Acquisition team is invested in creating the best candidate experience possible, so don’t worry, you will definitely hear from us. We will review your CV and keep you posted by email at every step of the process! Also, you can check out our webpage , Linkedin and Youtube for more about dLocal!