Remote Senior Data Analyst & Analytics Leader

Liftoff; Idaho Falls (ID); Remote; USD 142,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

Liftoff, a leading AI-powered performance marketing platform, is seeking a Lead Data Analyst to drive high-impact analytics across the supply side. You will mentor analysts, define analytics best practices, and partner with Engineering, Product, Data Science, and Finance to steer initiatives.

You will write optimized SQL for massive datasets, build dashboards with Looker/Tableau, and translate complex technical work into clear business impact for senior leadership.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in data analytics, consulting, or business analytics roles, preferably in high-tech or AdTech.
• Expertise writing complex, performance-optimized SQL on massive datasets; experience with cloud data warehouses (BigQuery, Snowflake, Redshift, Trino).
• Solid grounding in statistical inference, A/B test design, and causal reasoning; confident with confidence intervals and statistical power.
• Proficiency with Looker, Tableau, or similar BI tools.
• Demonstrated ability to break down ambiguous business problems into structured analyses leading to actionable recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Drive analysis and insight generation on highly complex, ambiguous business and technical questions; influence roadmap and decisions at senior level.
• Write and optimize complex SQL queries for large-scale datasets; develop reproducible analytics workflows.
• Conduct root-cause analysis and triage technical issues at the intersection of product performance and KPIs.
• Build and automate dashboards and reporting pipelines using SQL, Looker, and Tableau.
• Translate technical concepts (ML model changes, SDK upgrades, auction mechanics) into business impact analyses for Commercial teams.
• Lead cross-functional projects end-to-end and mentor other analysts on best practices.

Skills

SQL

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Mentoring

Communication

Problem solving

Education

B.A./B.S. in Analytics, CS, Engineering, Math, Statistics, Economics

Tools

Looker

Tableau

BigQuery

Snowflake

Redshift

Trino

Job description

Liftoff, a leading AI-powered performance marketing platform, is seeking a Lead Data Analyst to drive high-impact analytics across the supply side. You will mentor analysts, define analytics best practices, and partner with Engineering, Product, Data Science, and Finance to steer initiatives.

You will write optimized SQL for massive datasets, build dashboards with Looker/Tableau, and translate complex technical work into clear business impact for senior leadership.