Head of Analytics & Data Strategy (Remote UK)

Focal-Systems; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 182,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Competitive salary

Pension

Learning and development budget

Generous PTO

Job summary

Focal Systems is seeking a Director of Analytics to own the full data path from raw data to decision. You will lead a small team of analysts and analytics engineers, set the technical direction for the analytics stack, and be the go-to person for numbers and insights at the executive level.

This hands-on leadership role requires you to review models, dive into the warehouse, and make tooling decisions, not just delegate.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of analytics experience with at least 3 years leading a team.
• Deep hands-on SQL, including complex CTEs and window functions.
• Experience running a cloud data warehouse (Snowflake preferred).
• Hands-on experience with dbt or similar transformation layer.
• Experience evaluating, migrating, or scaling BI tools (Sigma, Looker, Tableau, Power BI).

Responsibilities

• Own the analytics architecture end-to-end from warehouse to BI layer.
• Set and evolve BI tooling strategy as data volume grows.
• Lead, hire, and develop a team of analysts and analytics engineers.
• Partner with Product, Customer Success, and Engineering to define metrics and self-serve reporting.
• Define data modeling standards, testing, and governance across dbt models.
• Own data security and access controls across warehouse and BI layers.
• Build and own executive-facing reporting on core metrics.

Skills

SQL

Team leadership

Data analytics

Communication

Remote collaboration

BI tooling

Tools

Snowflake

dbt

Looker

Tableau

Power BI

Sigma

Hex

Mode

Job description

Focal Systems is seeking a Director of Analytics to own the full data path from raw data to decision. You will lead a small team of analysts and analytics engineers, set the technical direction for the analytics stack, and be the go-to person for numbers and insights at the executive level.

This hands-on leadership role requires you to review models, dive into the warehouse, and make tooling decisions, not just delegate.