Senior Data Analyst

Yara International; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Yara seeks a senior Data Analyst to drive strategic data initiatives in Singapore. You will lead end-to-end analyses, build scalable models, and work with data engineering, product, and executive stakeholders to turn data into strategic actions.

You will own dashboards and analytics pipelines using PowerBI and Metabase, mentor teammates, and translate complex insights into practical business decisions, advancing Yara's climate-friendly food and farming agenda.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field (e.g., Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Economics) or related field.
• 5+ years of progressive experience as a Data Analyst or similar role.
• Advanced coursework in statistics, machine learning, BI, or related disciplines.
• Proven expertise in product analytics, KPIs, and user behavior metrics.
• Experience leading high-impact analytical projects influencing business decisions.
• Experience with experimental design and A/B testing.

Responsibilities

• Lead the definition and refinement of complex business problems from a data perspective.
• Conduct stakeholder analysis to translate needs into analytical frameworks.
• Produce data analyses, calls, and requirements; develop complex data models and BI solutions.
• Architect dashboards and reports (interactive, predictive) to support executive decisions.
• Collaborate with data engineering, development, and product teams to define analytics requirements.
• Guide junior analysts and establish team standards and training.

Skills

SQL

Python

Excel

PowerBI

Metabase

R

Data Cleaning

EDA

Data Warehousing

APIs

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative discipline

Master’s degree (bonus)

Tools

Git/GitHub/GitLab

Job description

We at Yara are part of a global network, collaborating to profitably and responsibly solve some of the world's key challenges - resource scarcity, food insecurity and environmental change.

About The Unit

Yara grows knowledge to responsibly feed the world and protect the planet, to fulfill our vision of a collaborative society, a world without hunger and a planet respected. To meet these commitments, we have taken the lead in developing digital farming tools for precision farming and work closely with partners throughout the whole food value chain to develop more climate-friendly crop nutrition solutions. In addition, we are committed to working towards sustainable mineral fertilizer production. We foster an open culture of diversity and inclusion that promotes the safety and integrity of our employees, contractors, business partners, and society at large. Founded in 1905 to solve the emerging famine in Europe, Yara has a worldwide presence of about 17,000 employees and operations in over 60 countries.

Responsibilities

Strategic Problem Definition & Analysis Leadership

• Lead the definition and refinement of complex business problems from a technical and strategic data perspective, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and long-term strategic objectives
• Conduct comprehensive stakeholder analysis to understand underlying business needs and translate them into sophisticated analytical frameworks

Advanced Technical Implementation & Development

• An Individual Contributor producing data analysis, calls, and requirements production (SQL, Python, Metabase, PowerBI, etc.) while maintaining world-class technical standards and driving innovation in analytical methodologies
• Architect and implement complex data models, algorithms and analytical frameworks that support enterprise-level decision making

Stakeholder Management & Strategic Alignment

• Independently drive the alignment of business requirements with executive stakeholders, defining advanced metrics, and architecting comprehensive business intelligence solutions (e.g., interactive dashboards, predictive reports) to fulfill strategic objectives.
• Expertly communicate and make stories out of complex results and strategic insights to diverse stakeholder, including senior leadership, influencing data-driven decision-making across the organization .
• Collaborate strategically with data engineering, development, and product teams to define requirements for advanced analytics & insights tooling, ensuring data infrastructure supports future analytical needs.
• Clearly communicate business requirements and analytical insights to stakeholders, defining scope, deliverables, and potential impacts.
• Proactively define project workstreams and data solutions by directly collaborating with other teams
• Establish and maintain strong relationship with C-Level Executives to ensure analytical initiatives support business priorities

Customer Journey & Business Optimization

• Quantify and analyze all elements of the end-to-end customer journey with a high degree of precision, identifying significant opportunities for conversion, engagement, and retention, and proposing strategic interventions.
• Develop models and predictive analytics to support personalized marketing and product development strategies
• Generate impactful business insights and formulate strategic, data-backed recommendations that drive measurable business outcomes.

Technical Excellence & Data Infrastructure Leadership

• Perform and track complex data extraction, rigorous data cleaning, and advanced transformations independently, often designing and implementing robust data pipelines
• Produce sophisticated dashboards, reports, and analytics independently.
• Proactively understand, ensure, and govern data quality across various datasets.
• Troubleshot complex data quality issues, identifying root causes and proposing robust, scalable improvement suggestions.
• Define problems and propose solutions based on experience and active listening

Team Leadership

• Guide junior data analysts, providing technical expertise, best practices, and fostering their professional development.
• Establish performance standards and quality metrics for analytical work across the team
• Lead technical training initiatives and knowledge sharing sessions to elevate the analytical capabilities of the entire team

Profile

• At least a Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative discipline (e.g., Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Economics) or a closely related field. A Master’s degree is a bonus.
• At least 5+ years of progressive experience as a Data Analyst or in a similar quantitative, analytical role, demonstrating increasing responsibility and complexity of projects.
• Advanced coursework or professional development in statistics, machine learning, business intelligence, or related analytical disciplines
• Demonstrated expertise in product analytics, including defining, tracking, and interpreting key performance indicators (KPIs) and user behavior metrics to drive product strategy.
• Proven track record of leading high-impact analytical projects that have influenced strategic business decisions
• Expertise in experimental design and A/B testing methodologies with statistical significance assessment
• Proactively identify, thoroughly troubleshoot, and independently provide robust and scalable solutions to complex data quality issues across diverse datasets.
• Proven ability to resolve data conflicts and discrepancies that impact multiple business units
• Expert in performing advanced Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA), identifying patterns, anomalies, and correlations, and translating these into actionable business insights.
• Advanced expertise in statistical modeling, predictive analytics, and machine learning applications for business problems

Hard Skills

• Advanced-to-Expert Level skills in fullstack Data Skills: with at least one skill to a world-class level.
• SQL (Structured Query Language): Expert
• Microsoft Excel: Expert
• BI Tools (e.g., PowerBI, Metabase): Expert
• Python or R (for data analysis): High to Expert
• Data Cleaning and Preparation: Expert
• Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA): Expert
• Statistical Concepts: High
• Marketing Analytics Tools (Google Analytics, Whatsapp, etc.): High
• Version Control (e.g., Git/GitHub/GitLab): High
• AI/ML Application (Analytical Focus): Medium to High
• Data Warehousing/Cloud Data Platforms: High
• API Integration for Data: Medium

Additional Information

Contact details

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Knowledge grows through differences

Yara is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We believe that creating a diverse and inclusive work environment is not only the right thing, but also the smart thing to do. To deliver on this, Yara has firmly anchored Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) in our business strategy and has more than 400 employees worldwide involved in D&I ambassadors networks.

As part of our recruitment process, where permitted by local law, we may conduct reference and background checks. These checks will only be performed when deemed necessary for the nature of the job. Candidates will be informed by HR before any background checks are initiated.