Director of Analytics

Blue Marble; Ashland (OR); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Performance-based bonus

401(k)

Flexible paid time off

Employee Assistance Program

Playful, creative culture

Job summary

Blue Marble is seeking a strategic, hands-on Director of Analytics to build and lead the company's enterprise analytics function. You will establish the analytics roadmap, reporting infrastructure, and governance across Sales, Marketing, Operations, Finance, Product Development, Customer Service, and HR.

As the first analytics leader, you will develop scalable reporting, improve data quality, deliver executive insights, and foster a data-driven culture to support growth and operational

Qualifications

• Experience building and scaling analytics capabilities in a growing org.
• Experience delivering strategic insights to executive leadership.
• Strong SQL and relational database skills.
• Experience with Power BI, Tableau, Looker, or similar BI tools.
• Experience integrating data across multiple enterprise systems.
• Excellent project management and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Assess current analytics capabilities, data sources, reporting processes and business needs.
• Develop and execute the enterprise analytics strategy aligned with company goals.
• Establish analytics governance, KPI standards, reporting best practices, and stakeholder processes.
• Build the analytics roadmap, operating model, and future team structure.
• Design executive dashboards, KPI reporting, and self-service analytics.
• Analyze sales, customers, products, channels, promotions, and profitability.
• Develop customer segmentation, retention, LTV, and marketing performance analyses.
• Forecasting, predictive models, scenario planning, and AI-enabled insights.
• Partner with cross-functional leaders to identify opportunities and drive performance.

Skills

SQL

Power BI

Tableau

Looker

Data storytelling

Governance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Analytics or related field

Tools

ERP integrations

Salesforce or HubSpot

Job description

At Blue Marble, we believe in the power of play to spark curiosity, creativity, and lifelong learning. We design innovative toys and experiences that inspire kids—and kids at heart—around the world.

Blue Marble is seeking a strategic, hands‑on Director of Analytics to build and lead the company's enterprise analytics function. This leader will establish the analytics roadmap, reporting infrastructure, and governance needed to transform data into actionable business intelligence across Sales, Marketing, Operations, Finance, Product Development, Customer Service, and HR.

As the company's first analytics leader, this role combines strategic leadership with hands‑on execution—developing scalable reporting, improving data quality, delivering executive insights, and building a data‑driven culture that supports growth and operational excellence.

What You’ll Do

• Assess current analytics capabilities, data sources, reporting processes, and business needs.
• Develop and execute the enterprise analytics strategy aligned with company objectives.
• Establish analytics governance, KPI standards, reporting best practices, and stakeholder engagement processes.
• Build the analytics roadmap, operating model, and future team structure.
• Balance long‑term capability development with near‑term business priorities and measurable results.
• Foster a culture of fact‑based decision‑making across the organization.

Business Intelligence & Reporting

• Design and maintain executive dashboards, KPI reporting, and self‑service analytics.
• Standardize reporting across departments to improve consistency, accuracy, and efficiency.
• Reduce manual reporting through automation and scalable reporting solutions.
• Deliver recurring executive reporting and ad‑hoc business analyses.
• Ensure operational reporting aligns with financial reporting and established data definitions.

Business & Commercial Analytics

• Analyze sales, customers, products, channels, brands, retailers, promotions, and profitability.
• Develop customer segmentation, retention, lifetime value, and marketing performance analyses.
• Support pricing, forecasting, assortment planning, product launches, and commercial decision making.
• Identify growth opportunities, operational risks, cost savings, and performance improvement initiatives.
• Develop analytics supporting demand planning, inventory, supply chain, manufacturing, fulfillment, and logistics.
• Improve visibility into forecast accuracy, inventory productivity, margins, and profitability.
• Support budgeting, forecasting, scenario planning, resource allocation, and strategic planning.
• Partner with Finance to ensure analytical outputs align with financial reporting.
• Establish enterprise data governance, ownership, quality standards, and a scalable "single source of truth."
• Partner with IT to improve data architecture, integrations, master data, and information flows across ERP, CRM, HRIS, eCommerce, finance, and operational systems.
• Evaluate and implement business intelligence, visualization, and analytics technologies.
• Develop scalable data models, reporting structures, and automated data pipelines.
• Stay current on emerging analytics technologies, AI capabilities, and industry best practices.

Advanced Analytics

• Develop forecasting, predictive models, scenario planning, trend analysis, and statistical models to support business decisions.
• Apply AI and automation where appropriate to improve reporting, forecasting, workflow efficiency, and business insights.
• Ensure analytical models are practical, well‑documented, and aligned with business needs.

Cross-Functional Partnership

• Partner with leaders across Sales, Marketing, Operations, Finance, Customer Service, Product Development, Human Resources, and executive leadership to identify opportunities, improve performance, and support strategic decision making.

What You Bring

Must‑Haves:

• Experience building and scaling analytics capabilities in a growing organization.
• Experience supporting executive leadership with strategic insights.
• Strong SQL and relational database skills.
• Experience with Power BI, Tableau, Looker, or similar BI platforms.
• Experience integrating data across multiple enterprise systems.
• Strong project management, communication, and presentation skills.

Nice‑to‑Haves:

• Master's degree or MBA.
• Experience in consumer products, manufacturing, eCommerce, or distribution.
• Experience with NetSuite, Salesforce, HubSpot, or similar enterprise systems.
• Experience with cloud data platforms, data warehousing, Python, or R.
• Experience leveraging AI tools for business intelligence and reporting automation.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Analytics, Data Science, Business Analytics, Statistics, Finance, Economics, Computer Science, Mathematics, or related field.
• 5+ years of progressive experience in analytics, business intelligence, or data strategy.
• Strategic Thinking
• Executive Presence
• Business Acumen
• Data Storytelling
• Analytical Problem Solving
• Decision Making
• Attention to Detail
• Customer Focus

Why You’ll Love It Here

• Competitive salary and performance‑based bonus opportunities
• 401(k) to help you plan for the future
• Flexible paid time off—we trust you to recharge when you need it
• Employee Assistance Program
• A creative, collaborative, and yes—playful culture
• The chance to help shape iconic and emerging toy brands
• Real opportunities to develop within a dynamic, high‑growth organization.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Blue Marble is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to building a team that reflects a wide range of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability, or any other protected status.