Director of Data Strategy & Insights

Artsy, Inc; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm in London seeks a Director of Data Strategy & Insights to shape the strategic direction of their marketplace. You will lead data initiatives, drive decision-making, and influence product strategy by transforming data into actionable insights. The ideal candidate will possess over 8 years of experience in analytics or data science, with proven success in leading teams and strategic influence. This role offers a competitive salary and a flexible remote work model.

Benefits

Competitive salary and equity

Flexible time off

Private healthcare and benefit options

Professional development opportunities

Engaging employee programming

Qualifications

• Experience in a leadership role influencing product and company strategy.
• Proven track record of data-driven decision making.
• Deep understanding of marketplace dynamics.

Responsibilities

• Drive strategic decision-making and evaluate company strategy.
• Influence product and marketplace strategy.
• Develop and lead a holistic data strategy.
• Enable company-wide insight through scalable processes.
• Partner across functions to understand growth drivers.
• Mentor analysts and elevate the data function.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Communication

Leadership

Data analysis

Product analytics

Strategic thinking

SQL

Statistical programming (Python, R)

Education

8+ years in data science, strategy, or analytics

Job description

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Artsy is seeking a Director of Data Strategy & Insights to lead our data vision and insights engine to help power our next phase of growth. As Director of Data Strategy & Insights, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping the strategic direction of our marketplace. You'll partner closely with product, revenue, and executive teams to ensure we're building the right products, unlocking new growth opportunities, and making data-driven decisions that fuel the company's next phase of scale.

This is both a highly strategic and hands‑on role - ideal for a leader who can connect data to business impact, influence across teams, and elevate how insights guide decision‑making at every level of the organization.

What You’ll Do at Artsy:

• Drive Strategic Decision-Making: Partner with senior leadership to define, measure, and evaluate company and product strategy. Translate complex data into actionable insights that shape product direction, marketplace health, and revenue growth.
• Influence Product & Marketplace Strategy: Collaborate with Product, Design, and Engineering leaders to identify opportunities that improve liquidity, conversion, and customer retention. Use data to ensure we’re building the right products and experiences for both sides of the marketplace.
• Develop a Holistic Data Strategy: Lead the development of frameworks and models that inform key business levers – supply‑demand dynamics, pricing, customer segmentation, lifetime value, and growth forecasting.
• Enable Company‑Wide Insight: Build scalable processes, dashboards, and reporting systems that democratize access to insights across the company. Ensure teams can make faster, smarter, and more autonomous decisions.
• Partner Across Functions: Work cross‑functionally with Marketing, Operations, and Finance to understand growth drivers, customer behavior, and operational efficiency, and to align data strategy with overall company objectives.
• Lead and evolve the Data Function: Mentor analysts and data scientists; raise the bar for analytical rigor, storytelling, and influence. Establish best practices for experimentation, measurement, and strategic analysis. Expand the impact on product development, especially around data‑driven decision making.

This Role Is a Fit for You If:

• You’re an analytical leader who balances strategic thinking with executional depth. You see data not as a report but as a lens into the business – helping teams make smarter, faster decisions that accelerate growth and deliver impact at scale.
• You have 8+ years of experience in data, data science, strategy, or analytics role, ideally within a consumer experience, marketplace or technology platform business.
• You have a proven track record of using data to influence product and company strategy at the leadership level.
• You have a deep understanding of product analytics, experimentation, and marketplace dynamics.
• You’re a strong strategic thinker with the ability to distill complex data into clear narratives and recommendations for executives.
• You have experience building and leading data teams and implementing scalable analytics processes and tools.
• You have exceptional communication and storytelling skills – able to translate data into strategic clarity and inspire action across teams.
• You have expertise in SQL and proficiency with a statistical programming language (Python, R, etc.).
• You’re a dedicated people leader with a track record of nurturing and growing talent, helping your team members thrive in a fast‑paced environment in high‑impact roles.

What Success Looks Like in Your First 3-6 Months:

3 Months

• Build strong relationships with your data analyst and the PDDE leadership team.
• Evaluate the current state of data, data science, analytics, testing frameworks, tooling, and workflows, and identify key opportunities for improvement.
• Establish trust and strong partnerships with cross‑functional peers by demonstrating strong data product thinking and a collaborative mindset.
• Partner with CPO to create an initial proposal and plan to create a Data & Decision Product.

6 Months

• Become the go‑to expert on data, data science, and analytics practices and processes.
• Roll out a refined vision for the Data function, aligned with Artsy’s business goals and product strategy.
• Drive one or more impactful changes across the design organization e.g. improving velocity, raising quality, or strengthening customer focus.
• Drive the development and GTM, including the initial launch, for our Data & Decision Product.

We know no one is a perfect match on paper, so if you’re passionate about this role, we’re excited to learn how your skills, experiences, and insights could make a difference.

What We Offer:

• Opportunity to reimagine the art industry while working with a talented, diverse, international team.
• Competitive salary and equity.
• Flexible time off: our culture of trust and empowerment allows employees to take the time they need away from work while still excelling in their roles.
• We are a global hybrid team: most employees work from our NYC, London, or Berlin offices 2-3 days per week. (In‑person expectations vary by role).
• Private healthcare & benefit options, including: medical, dental, enhanced parental leave, Pension Plan, life assurance, Employee Assistance Programme featuring free mental health support, physio, and more.
• Professional development, including: mentoring, lunch & learns, regular training, 1:1 management, and an open feedback culture.
• Engaging opportunities and internal programming globally, to foster new relationships and build upon our collaborative community. Including: happy hours, holiday parties, global "All Hands" meetings, "Artsy Salon" (a yearly exhibition of our team’s creativity), attendance to art world events, and more.

Artsy Values

For the Love of Art: We show relentless curiosity, empathy, and passion for collectors, artists, gallerists, and the art market. We take action to make the art world more fair and welcoming.

Own Our Outcomes: We are all individual owners of Artsy’s shared success. We are resourceful and resilient, and to get the job done, we each take responsibility for our outcomes.

Lead with Openness: We trust in our teammates. We seek diverse perspectives, communicate authentically, and act with integrity. A more open art world starts with us.

Transform Together: Our mission asks us to challenge the status quo. We embrace feedback, learning, and change so that we can transform our industry, our company, and ourselves.

Impact Over Perfection: Using both art and science, we debate and decide swiftly and iterate on our plans as we learn. To make the biggest impact, we prioritize speed and clarity of action over perfection.

Artsy is an equal opportunity employer. We value a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture. We encourage applications from all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, marital status, disability, and veteran status.