Analytics Platform Leader: Data Modeling & Platform Excellence

WHOOP; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 210,000 - 245,000; Full time

Job summary

WHOOP in Boston is seeking a Senior Manager, Analytics Platform to lead and scale our analytics tooling stack. You will own the analytics data model end-to-end and bridge Analytics with Data Platform Engineering to ensure data supports key business decisions.

You will hire and develop a high‑performing team, drive adoption of modern data practices, and partner with senior leadership to shape the data strategy and roadmap.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in analytics engineering or data engineering with 2+ years of people management.
• Deep expertise in SQL, dbt and Snowflake; strong dimensional modeling knowledge.
• Experience building and leading high-performing data teams, including hiring and mentoring.
• Hands-on with modern data stack tooling: dbt, Snowflake, Sigma or similar BI tools, Git, Python.
• Ability to translate business requirements into data architecture decisions and communicate trade-offs.
• Track record delivering large-scale data initiatives with measurable business outcomes.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management, especially with senior leadership.
• Nice to have semantic layer experience and AI/ML data readiness familiarity.

Responsibilities

• Own the Analytics data model end-to-end, partnering with analysts and business stakeholders to ensure data is modeled to answer key business questions and serve as a single source of truth.
• Hire, manage, coach, and develop a team of Analytics Engineers, driving high performance and career growth.
• Serve as the primary conduit between Analytics and Data Platform Engineering, aligning on infrastructure, data contracts, and pipeline architecture.
• Own and evolve WHOOP's semantic layer, ensuring consistency and accuracy of key metrics across all downstream tools.
• Define and enforce coding standards, documentation practices, and development processes (CI/CD, code reviews, testing, data quality).
• Lead strategic data initiatives spanning multiple teams and business outcomes, from scoping through execution.
• Stay current with industry trends and tooling developments; evaluate and adopt AI-assisted data tooling.

Skills

Analytics leadership

Stakeholder communication

Data modeling

Modern data stack

SQL/dbt/Snowflake

Team leadership

AI/ML readiness

Semantic layer experience

Tools

dbt

Snowflake

Sigma

Git

Python

Job description

WHOOP in Boston is seeking a Senior Manager, Analytics Platform to lead and scale our analytics tooling stack. You will own the analytics data model end-to-end and bridge Analytics with Data Platform Engineering to ensure data supports key business decisions.

You will hire and develop a high‑performing team, drive adoption of modern data practices, and partner with senior leadership to shape the data strategy and roadmap.