Director of Data & Analytics

Etude; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Benefits package including medical,  d

Hybrid NYC/Austin

Job summary

Etude is seeking a highly strategic, hands-on Director of Data & Analytics to lead analytics across our insurance and real estate investment portfolios. This role demands setting the vision for data, driving fast, evidence-based decisions, and delivering actionable insights to executives.

The successful candidate will manage data management, collection, governance, and advanced planning, while partnering with Finance, Operations, Product, and Technology to embed analytics rigor across the

Qualifications

• 5+ years in a leadership role managing teams.
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Responsibilities

• Lead the analytics strategy for insurance and investment management.
• Oversee data collection, governance, and reporting.
• Build and scale an analytics function with high-quality dashboards and models.
• Drive automation and tooling to speed insights.
• Mentor a high-performing analytics team while contributing hands-on work when needed.

Skills

Leadership

Analytics

Data strategy

Business intelligence

Data governance

Communication

Mentoring

Tools

Snowflake

Databricks

Looker

Tableau

Power BI

SQL

Python

Metabase

Job description

About The Business

Etude operates in insurance, commercial real estate, and industrials. Our insurance business covers more than 5,000 properties with billions of dollars in insured value. Our real estate business owns approximately $1B of commercial property alongside the Kinder Family Office. Our industrial business is developing a multibillion-dollar, 40-acre steelworks to secure the domestic supply chain for electrical infrastructure.

About The Business

Etude operates in insurance, commercial real estate, and industrials. Our insurance business covers more than 5,000 properties with billions of dollars in insured value. Our real estate business owns approximately $1B of commercial property alongside the Kinder Family Office. Our industrial business is developing a multibillion-dollar, 40-acre steelworks to secure the domestic supply chain for electrical infrastructure.

About The Team

We are roughly a 100-person team. We hire high-agency people and give them autonomy, responsibility, and diverse problems to work on. We operate with the intensity of a small company where every person's work is visible and believe responsiveness is a form of respect. If you're looking for a place to sharpen your craft alongside people who take their work seriously, you'll fit right in.

Location

New York City or Austin, TX - (Hybrid)

Position Overview

We are seeking a highly strategic, hands-on Director of Data & Analytics to lead all analytics initiatives across the organization. This leader will oversee the full analytics function—data management, collection, insights, reporting, and advanced strategic planning—spanning both our portfolio of real estate investments and insurance operations.

This leader must be able to roll up their sleeves, work autonomously, move fast, and drive measurable impact without requiring extensive support or infrastructure. They will set the vision for analytics and ensure the company leverages data to make intelligent, high-velocity decisions.

Key Responsibilities

Analytics Strategy and Leadership

• Lead the analytics strategy, setting the direction for data collection, management, analysis, and insight generation across insurance and investment management operations.
• Oversee and develop a growing analytics function, ensuring high-quality reporting, modeling, and data practices.
• Translate complex data into actionable insights that inform executive decision-making, operational improvements, and capital allocation.
• Drive automation and analytics tooling, identifying opportunities to modernize systems and improve velocity of insight generation.
• Mentor and build a high-performing analytics team while still being willing to execute hands-on work when needed.

Data Collection & Governance

• Design and execute data collection frameworks, ensuring inputs are accurate, timely, and consistent across business units.
• Build and operate analytics workflows personally when needed, including hands-on data analysis, dashboard creation, modeling, and KPI development.
• Establish data governance standards, ensuring data quality, consistency, and compliance across the enterprise.

Cross-Functional Partnership

• Partner with cross-functional executives (Finance, Operations, Product, and Technology) to embed analytics rigor throughout key initiatives.
• Own analytics across a portfolio of investments, coordinating data gathering and reporting across our insurance and investment business to drive visibility and performance management.
• Develop reporting platforms that support underwriting optimization, claims performance, distribution insights, financial forecasting, and operational measurement.

Minimum Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in a leadership capacity, managing teams/direct reports.
• 10+ years of experience in analytics, data strategy, business intelligence, or a related field.
• Proven experience leading company-wide analytics programs, preferably in a fast-moving start-up environment.
• Demonstrated ability to operate both strategically and tactically—comfortable working autonomously and rolling up sleeves to execute.
• Strong background in data operations, statistical analysis, dashboarding, and data governance.
• Experience working with or supporting investment portfolios and/or insurance/financial services analytics.
• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to translate complex data into executive-ready insights.
• Track record of building and leading high-performing analytics teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in insurance operations, insurtech, or commercial real estate investment analytics.
• Proficiency in modern data tools (Snowflake, Databricks, Looker, Tableau, Power BI, SQL, Python, Metabase, etc.).
• Background in operational analytics, underwriting data, claims modeling, or portfolio performance analytics.

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation including salary, bonus, and equity.
• Benefits package including medical, dental, vision, unlimited PTO, and 401k.
• Opportunity to shape and lead the marketing function of a high-growth MGA.
• Combination of office and remote working environments in NYC or Austin, TX.
• Direct impact on strategy, brand, and the future of specialty P&C insurance.
• Entrepreneurial culture with room to build, innovate, and own outcomes.

If you don't have all the qualifications listed, don't worry! We understand everyone's career path is unique and still encourage you to apply if you feel this role is aligned with your career trajectory.

Employment at Etude is contingent upon a satisfactory verification of a general and criminal background check.