Lead Marketing Analyst

Strava; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hybrid work model

Inclusive workplace

Job summary

Strava is seeking a Lead Marketing Analyst to join the Marketing Analytics team in Kansas City. This role focuses on measuring marketing performance and driving data-informed decisions. The ideal candidate has over 5 years of experience in analytics supporting growth marketing, expertise in SQL, and proficiency with various quantitative programming tools. Offering a flexible hybrid work model, Strava values inclusiveness and is committed to accommodating individuals with disabilities.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of analytics experience supporting growth marketing teams.
• Experience in performance measurement across social media platforms.
• Ability to define key metrics that reflect user behavior.
• Deep expertise in brand measurement methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Own brand media measurement planning aligned with marketing OKRs.
• Deliver data-driven media performance reviews for business decisions.
• Create and manage data pipelines for analytical reporting.

Skills

Analytical rigor

Data-driven storytelling

Collaboration

Quantitative analysis

SQL proficiency

Python programming

Tools

Tableau

ETL workflows

Job description

Lead Marketing Analyst

We are hiring a Lead Marketing Analyst to be a key member of the Marketing Analytics team, focused on measuring paid and organic marketing performance and impact on brand awareness, monthly active users, registrations, and subscription growth. The role reports to the Marketing Analytics Manager and works closely with Brand Marketing, Growth Marketing, Community Partnership Team, Design, and leadership to accelerate learning, drive data‑informed decisions, and define data‑inspired solutions that fuel Strava’s platform growth.

We follow a flexible hybrid model that translates to more than half of your time on‑site in our New York office—three days per week.

Responsibilities

• Own brand media measurement planning and strategy, ensuring investments align directly with Strava’s brand marketing OKRs—proactively identifying and proposing strategic improvements to measurement frameworks across the team and key partners.
• Lead the application, governance, and reporting cadence of the brand measurement framework, working closely with Brand Marketing, Data Science, and external agencies. Own the application and continuous refinement of our measurement methodology stack, making informed decisions that balance short‑term reporting needs with long‑term measurement objectives.
• Drive alignment across teams by gathering requirements from partners across the organization, collaborating to ensure alignment and maximize impact on measurement capabilities that complement their workflows.
• Deliver persuasive and data‑driven media performance reviews, translating complex findings into clear, compelling narratives that inform and drive decisions at the weekly and monthly business reviews.
• Provide the “source of truth” for internal consumers by owning critical analytical reporting on metrics like aided brand awareness, familiarity, and consideration. Take ownership of these strategic initiatives and drive them forward with minimal guidance.
• Apply expertise in brand health surveys, including the statistics behind sampling and reporting results, to proactively identify and address gaps before they impact decision‑making.
• Create and manage data pipelines from multiple sources, leading the design of scalable, performant ETL workflows that keep data accessible, fresh, and consistent—and mentor teammates on technical best practices.
• Collaborate with Strava’s broader data organization (Machine Learning, Data Platform, and beyond), demonstrating determination to collectively improve our technological craftsmanship, even when navigating ambiguous or complex challenges.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of full‑time experience in analytics, data science, or other quantitative domains supporting growth marketing teams, with a track record of independently executing large‑scale measurement projects and initiatives.
• 3+ years of experience with performance measurement across paid and organic channels, including TikTok, Meta, Reddit, and similar platforms, and can anticipate and evaluate risks and opportunities associated with cross‑channel strategies to make informed recommendations.
• Track record of defining and building key metrics and dimensions that accurately reflect user behavior and drive meaningful marketing decisions, proactively taking on challenging assignments and driving them to completion with strong organizational alignment.
• Highly skilled in SQL, with extensive experience extracting large datasets and designing ETL workflows that balance performance and scalability, and bring analytical rigor to identify the right solutions to complex, ambiguous problems.
• Proficient in quantitative programming languages like Python, experienced with Tableau, consistently seeking to initiate improvements to processes and tools that deliver superior results.
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity—able to design the right test, identify the best proxy metric, or transparently frame uncertainty in a way that empowers decision‑makers rather than stalls them.
• Deep technical expertise in brand measurement methodologies, including Marketing Mix Modeling (MMM), brand lift studies, and experimental design.
• High ownership of your work, collaborating proactively with partners across the business to ensure alignment, maximize impact, and drive continuous improvement.
• Strong communicator who can craft compelling narratives and ensure transparency by proactively sharing relevant insights that could impact projects or decisions.
• Consistently meet goals, keep projects on pace, and follow through on commitments, demonstrating the ability to analyze and prioritize projects based on potential impact and maintain momentum even in challenging circumstances.
• Ability to spot things in our data that others have overlooked, and comfortable making recommendations that will help the broader team improve our self‑service capabilities and ways of working.

Benefits

Flexible hybrid model: more than half of your time on‑site in our New York office—three days per week.

Inclusive workplace that encourages growth and thrives on diverse perspectives. Strava is an equal‑opportunity employer and commits to providing reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities.

Strava is an equal opportunity employer. In keeping with the values of Strava, we make all employment decisions—including hiring, evaluation, termination, promotion, and training opportunities—without regard to race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, physical handicap, mental disability, medical condition, disability, gender or identity or expression, pregnancy or pregnancy‑related condition, marital status, height and/or weight.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.