Director of Embedded Analytics & Strategic Insights

Polymarket; New York (NY); On-site; USD 400,000 - 500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary & equity

Unlimited PTO

Health, Vision, & Dental coverage

401k match

Hardware setup: MacBook Pro, display,&

Job summary

Polymarket is hiring a Director of Data Analytics to lead the embedded analytics team, turning data into decisions across growth, product, markets, finance, risk, and institutional.

This hands-on leader will define analytics strategy, build a high-performing organization, and partner with leaders to frame questions, guide analyses, and translate data into clear recommendations that influence strategy and drive competitive advantage.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in analytics or data science.
• 4+ years managing analysts or scientists.
• Expert SQL skills.
• Strong statistical grounding for experiments and causal claims.
• Experience leading embedded/matrixed analytics teams.
• Credibility with senior business stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead, hire, and develop embedded analysts and data scientists across growth, product, markets, finance, risk, and institutional.
• Own the analytical standard: rigor, decision-ready analyses, and transparent assumptions.
• Partner with leaders to set each function's analytical agenda.
• Protect the embedded model; analysts own outcomes within their teams.
• Build shared craft through review practices and cross-vertical knowledge transfer.
• Collaborate with data platform leadership on metrics and datasets.
• Own company-level reporting and board/investor metrics.
• Develop analysts into senior contributors and future leads.

Skills

Years of analytics experience

Management experience

SQL expertise

Statistical reasoning

Embedded/matrixed analytics

Stakeholder credibility

Mentoring analysts

Prioritization

Hiring track record

Adaptability

Data science depth

Marketplace/fintech/trading analytics

Job description

Polymarket is hiring a Director of Data Analytics to lead the embedded analytics team, turning data into decisions across growth, product, markets, finance, risk, and institutional.

This hands-on leader will define analytics strategy, build a high-performing organization, and partner with leaders to frame questions, guide analyses, and translate data into clear recommendations that influence strategy and drive competitive advantage.