Analytics Lead, Full Stack (Strategic Revenue Insights)

WinsAbove; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 164,000 - 245,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Flexible Spending Wallets

Paid time off

ESPP

Job summary

Affirm is seeking a Revenue Analytics professional to optimize decisions with data-driven insights. You will partner with Client Success and Marketplace teams, build dashboards, run experiments, and deliver scalable analytics solutions across Revenue and external merchants.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in analytics, strong SQL and data visualization skills, and familiarity with AI analytics tools. We offer a remote-first environment with broad US coverage and competitive benefits.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in analytically-driven role.
• Strong SQL and data visualization skills.
• Experience with AI tools for analytics.
• Ability to craft narratives for stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Be a strategic partner with the data SME for Revenue segments and merchants for their POS and Marketplace.
• Create business cases, insights, and dashboards, and run experiments to engage merchants and demonstrate value.
• Create internal analyses to assess Revenue performance, drive recommendations, and inform decisions.
• Scale common use cases by standardizing analytics infrastructure and automating dashboards and analyses.
• Define KPIs, performance benchmarks, and methodologies; work with unstructured and structured data sources; provide analytics guidance to a cross-functional team.
• Propose, monitor, and contextualize experiment design and execution to quantify value and inform GTM optimizations.

Skills

SQL

Data Viz Tools

Python

AI Analytics

Tools

Sigma

Looker

Tableau

Job description

Affirm is reinventing credit to make it more honest and friendly, giving consumers the flexibility to buy now and pay later without any hidden fees or compounding interest.

About the Revenue team

The Revenue team drives affirm’s top-line growth through strategic partnerships, pricing, and go‑to‑market execution. We acquire, retain, and expand merchant relationships across eCommerce, in‑store, telesales, and the affirm app. The team leads onboarding, relationship management, and performance optimization to help partners succeed. We deliver value‑added solutions, drive adoption, and support long‑term business growth by connecting merchants and consumers through affirm’s products.

About the Role

We’re looking for intelligent, driven professionals to join our Revenue Analytics team. This team is responsible for comprehensive analyses, reporting, and data solutions to support and grow our Revenue segments.

The ideal candidate will have strong analytical and problem solving skills, the ability to craft comprehensive narratives for both internal and external stakeholders, and produce tools and solutions to scale data usage with Revenue. In addition to analytical rigor, the ideal candidate has strong interpersonal skills to work proactively within the organization and with clients to drive forward recommendations.

What You’ll Do

Optimize decisions and execution with analyses, and communicate to internal and external partners

• Be a strategic partner with our Client Success and Marketplace Teams as the data SME for respective Revenue segments and merchants for their point‑of‑sale and Marketplace business
• Create business cases, insights, and dashboards as well as handle experiments to engage affirm’s external merchant base; demonstrating affirm’s value proposition and product performance
• Create internal analyses to assess Revenue performance, drive recommendations, and inform critical decisions; using insights to serve segment strategy and execution

Scale impact

• Standardize common use cases, provide the analytics infrastructure, and automate analyses and dashboards to scale decisions and execution within Revenue and with top external merchants

Own comprehensive analytics solution

• Define KPIs, performance benchmarks, and methodologies, including identifying and working with unstructured and structured data sources (in‑house and third‑party) to enable solutions and generate actionable insights
• Provide project and analytics guidance to a cross‑functional team, acting as the analytics point of contact
• Propose, monitor, and contextualize experiment design and execution to drive optimizations of affirm’s GTM efforts, empirically quantify the value of affirm to our prospective merchants, and upsell enhanced offers to existing merchants

What We Look For

• 5+ years of experience in an analytically‑driven role (consulting, finance, analytics, etc.)
• Strong working knowledge of SQL, data visualization tools (e.g. Sigma, Looker, Tableau). Understanding or a demonstrated aptitude to learn Python is a plus
• Demonstrated aptitude in leveraging AI tools for analytics (Cursor, Claude Code, etc.)
• Exceptional problem‑solving skills, including ability to operate in ambiguity and establishing analytical frameworks to apply to business problems
• Ability to create structure in ambiguous situations, such as aligning stakeholders, or choosing the most impactful data to drive decisions
• Ability to communicate effectively, and craft compelling narratives to influence business and technical stakeholders across all levels of the organization, internally and externally
• Strong organization and execution skills, including ability to operate independently and drive multiple strategic initiatives simultaneously to drive business goals
• Prior track record in building successful cross‑functional relationships with partners internally and externally
• Self‑starter and a track record of successfully driving projects from end to end (from building strategy to implementation)
• Passion and drive to disrupt both the retail and lending industry for the better
• Enough laziness to find a faster way to do your least favorite tasks
• Humility and a team player - you go out of your way to help teammates

Nice to Have

• Knowledge of the FinTech or Payments industry
• Prior experience performing data analytics for marketplace platforms
• Demonstrated aptitude in AI tools for analytics (Cursor, Claude Code, etc.)

Pay Grade - M

Equity Grade - 8

Employees new to affirm typically come in at the start of the pay range

Affirm focuses on providing a simple and transparent pay structure which is based on a variety of factors, including location, experience and job‑related skills. Base pay is part of a total compensation package that may include equity rewards, monthly stipends for health, wellness and tech spending, and benefits (including 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision for you and your dependents.)

USA base pay range (CA, WA, NY, NJ, CT) per year: $185,000 - $245,000

USA base pay range (all other U.S. states) per year: $164,000 - $224,000

#LI-Remote

Affirm is proud to be a remote‑first company! The majority of our roles are remote and you can work almost anywhere within the country of employment. Affirms in proximal roles have the flexibility to work remotely, but will occasionally be required to work out of their assigned affirm office. A limited number of roles remain office‑based due to the nature of their job responsibilities.

We’re extremely proud to offer competitive benefits that are anchored to our core value of people come first. Some key highlights of our benefits package include:

• Health care coverage - affirm covers all premiums for all levels of coverage for you and your dependents
• Flexible Spending Wallets - generous stipends for spending on technology, food, various lifestyle needs, and family forming expenses
• Time off - competitive vacation and holiday schedules allowing you to take time off to rest and recharge
• ESPP - An employee stock purchase plan enabling you to buy shares of affirm at a discount

We believe It’s On Us to provide an inclusive interview experience for all, including people with disabilities. We are happy to provide reasonable accommodations to candidates in need of individualized support during the hiring process.

[For U.S. positions that could be performed in Los Angeles or San Francisco] Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, affirm will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.