Director, Business Analytics

engine; United States; Hybrid; USD 209,000 - 290,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity for all employees

Annual bonus eligibility

Hybrid-hub model

Job summary

engine is seeking a senior analytics leader to direct a large analytics organization supporting Marketing, Sales, and Finance in a fast-growing travel and fintech environment. You will set the analytical agenda for revenue growth, customer acquisition, and financial planning while partnering with senior executives to build systems and talent for rigorous decision-making.

You will lead 15+ analysts and managers, shaping the analytics function, processes, and governance, and partnering with data

Qualifications

• 10+ years in business analytics, data analytics, or related function supporting commercial teams.
• 5+ years managing analytics teams, including managers.

Responsibilities

• Define the analytics vision, roadmap, priorities, and standards across Marketing, Sales, and Finance.
• Lead and develop a team of more than 15 analysts and managers, building leadership pipeline.
• Advise executives by turning data into clear recommendations for strategy, investment, and priorities.
• Guide analysis of acquisition, attribution, channel performance, lifecycle value, campaign ROI, forecasting, revenue, and cohorts.
• Build a scalable operating model covering intake, prioritization, governance, reporting standards, and QA.
• Partner with data and engineering teams to improve data models, tooling, self-service access, and analytics reliability.

Skills

Leadership

SQL

BI tools

Data platforms

Tools

SQL

BI tools

Job description

Role overview

Direct a substantial business analytics organization supporting Marketing, Sales, and Finance in a fast-growing travel and financial technology environment. This senior leadership role sets the analytical agenda for revenue growth, customer acquisition, commercial performance, and financial planning, while serving as a strategic partner to senior executives and building the systems and talent needed for rigorous decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Define the analytics vision, roadmap, priorities, and standards across Marketing, Sales, and Finance.
• Lead and develop a team of more than 15 analysts and managers, building a strong leadership pipeline and retaining high-performing talent.
• Advise commercial and financial executives by turning complex data into clear recommendations for strategy, investment, and operating priorities.
• Guide analysis of acquisition, attribution, channel performance, lifecycle value, campaign return, pipeline health, forecasting, territories, incentives, revenue, unit economics, and cohorts.
• Build a scalable operating model covering intake, prioritization, stakeholder management, metric governance, reporting standards, and quality assurance.
• Partner with data and engineering teams to improve data models, tooling, self-service access, and analytical reliability.

Requirements

• At least 10 years in business analytics, data analytics, or a related function supporting commercial teams.
• At least 5 years managing analytics teams, including managers and multi-team organizations.
• Demonstrated success partnering with senior Marketing, Sales, Finance, or Revenue leaders.
• Strong business judgment and the ability to link analysis to growth, customer value, efficiency, and strategic outcomes.
• Strong SQL skills, experience with large datasets, and fluency with BI tools and modern data platforms.
• Experience establishing analytics processes, prioritization systems, reporting standards, and metric governance across multiple domains.

Nice to have

• Experience with attribution, growth experimentation, forecasting, cohort analysis, board reporting, causal inference, or segmentation.
• Familiarity with commercial systems such as CRM, product analytics, marketing automation, and conversation-intelligence platforms.
• Background in travel, hospitality, marketplaces, e-commerce, fintech, or other high-volume businesses.

Benefits and work setup

• Base pay range of $209,000–$290,000 USD, with equity for all employees and possible annual bonus eligibility.
• Hybrid-hub model, with fully remote or office-based arrangements depending on role and location.
• Benefits and perks vary by employment type and location.