Senior BI Analyst — Space Intelligence & Product Analytics

BlackSky; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

PTO 15 days

Holidays 11

Floating holidays

Volunteer leave

Parental leave

401(k) match

Flexible Spending Accounts

Employee Stock Purchase

Professional development

Mac or PC

Awesome swag

Job summary

BlackSky, a real-time intelligence company, seeks a Senior Analyst, Business Intelligence to support data-driven decisions across its space-based intelligence business. You will build on Python, SQL, and Excel analyses and connect operational and commercial data to business decisions.

The ideal candidate combines analytic and technical skills with commercial instincts and can translate analyses into clear insights for Product, Sales, and other teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative, technical, business, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Minimum of five years of experience in BI, analytics, data science, or related analytical role.
• Advanced proficiency in Python for data analysis and familiarity with SQL.
• Ability to translate complex business questions into structured analysis.
• Strong business and technical acumen with excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Outstanding attention to detail and commitment to analytical accuracy.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally approximately 5% of working days.
• Operate independently and decisively in a highly technical data-rich environment.

Responsibilities

• Translate complex business questions into structured analytical problems, identify the required data, develop and apply analytical methodologies, and communicate actionable conclusions to inform decision-making.
• Conduct constellation capacity analyses across geographies and products.
• Own and evolve core business intelligence datasets and analytical tools used to evaluate customer ordering behavior, product usage, revenue, pricing dynamics, and operational performance across customer segments.
• Maintain, improve, and expand existing Python- and SQL-based workflows that ingest, standardize, enrich, and analyze large operational datasets.
• Partner with Product, Sales, and other go-to-market teams to evaluate prospective deals, product structures, customer requirements, and commercial tradeoffs using quantitative analysis along with other relevant business context.
• Improve the organization, documentation, modularity, and reproducibility of the existing analytical codebase so tools can be maintained and extended over time.
• Communicate findings clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, including the assumptions, limitations, and business implications of the analysis.

Skills

Python for data analysis

SQL

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Detail oriented

Travel flexibility

Education

Bachelor's degree in quantitative/technical/business

Job description

BlackSky, a real-time intelligence company, seeks a Senior Analyst, Business Intelligence to support data-driven decisions across its space-based intelligence business. You will build on Python, SQL, and Excel analyses and connect operational and commercial data to business decisions.

The ideal candidate combines analytic and technical skills with commercial instincts and can translate analyses into clear insights for Product, Sales, and other teams.