Product Analytics Consultant

Planet Group; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 62,000 - 103,000; Full time

Job summary

Planet Group is seeking a Senior Product Analytics Consultant with deep Amplitude expertise to lead analytics across 70+ web, mobile, and cloud applications in Chicago.

You will partner with product, engineering, QA, and leadership to define KPIs, design tracking taxonomies, and deliver executive dashboards driving growth strategies. This is a hybrid role requiring on-site presence Tue-Thu.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of dedicated experience in product analytics, digital analytics, or BI.
• Must-have Amplitude expertise: design, implementation, and analysis of user behavior.
• Deep understanding of activation, retention, churn, and user segmentation.
• Experience defining event taxonomies, QA, and troubleshooting reporting issues.
• Excellent client-facing and cross-functional communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain Amplitude dashboards, funnels, retention cohorts, and user journeys.
• Define event instrumentation, user properties, and KPI mappings across apps.
• Identify data quality gaps, validate tracking, and enforce governance.
• Collaborate with product, engineering, and QA to ensure accurate data capture.
• Create analytics documentation and self-serve reporting for teams.

Skills

Amplitude expertise

Product analytics

Data visualization

Stakeholder communication

Tools

Amplitude Analytics

Job description

Senior Product Analytics Consultant (Amplitude Expert)

Location: Chicago, IL (Hybrid - On-site Tue/Wed/Thu)

Job Type: W2 Contract (Potential to Convert)

Pay Rate: Up to $70.00 - $75.00/hr W2

No Sponsorship Available, no C2C support needed in any form. No phone calls please.

About the Role

We are seeking a Senior Product Analytics Consultant with deep Amplitude expertise to lead product analytics initiatives across a diverse portfolio of 70+ web, mobile, and cloud applications.

In this role, you will work directly with Product Managers, Engineering, QA, and business leaders to define user journey KPIs, design tracking taxonomies, build executive dashboards, and turn raw product interaction data into actionable growth strategies.

Key Responsibilities

• Dashboarding & Product Insights: Build and maintain advanced Amplitude dashboards, conversion funnels, retention cohorts, user journey maps, and feature engagement reports.

• Event Taxonomy & Tracking Standards: Define event instrumentation requirements, user property schemas, and event-to-KPI mapping across new and existing application features.

• Data Quality & Governance: Identify tracking gaps, duplicate events, and data discrepancies; establish data validation processes and tracking standards across portfolio applications.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Product, Engineering, and QA teams to review release plans, validate tag implementations, and ensure accurate data capture prior to deployment.

• Documentation & Enablement: Create comprehensive analytics documentation, event dictionaries, and self-serve reporting frameworks to upskill product and business teams.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of dedicated experience in Product Analytics, Digital Analytics, or Business Intelligence.

• Must-Have Amplitude Expertise: Proven hands-on experience designing, implementing, and analyzing user behavior inside Amplitude Analytics.

• Product Metrics Mastery: Deep understanding of user activation, retention/cohort analysis, feature adoption, conversion/drop-off funnels, and user segmentation.

• Tracking & QA: Demonstrated experience defining event taxonomies, diagnosing tracking errors, and troubleshooting reporting discrepancies.

• Communication: Exceptional client-facing and cross-functional communication skills with a track record of translating complex data into business strategy.

• Ability to work on-site in Chicago, IL 3 days per week (Tuesday-Thursday) on a direct W2 basis.

Preferred Qualifications (Strong Pluses)

• Experience managing analytics across multi-product enterprise environments or portfolio ecosystems (70+ apps).

• Familiarity with SDKs, automatic event capture, precision tracking, and event enrichment.

• Background working within enterprise, regulated, or high-security cloud environments.

• Knowledge of data privacy, governance standards, and user access controls.

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