Senior Commercial Analytics & Intelligence Lead

The Trade Desk; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 103,000 - 189,000; Full time

Job summary

The Trade Desk in Chicago is seeking a Senior Analyst, Commercial Intelligence and Analytics to lead high-impact analytical work across Sales and Client Services. You will translate business questions into scalable insight pipelines, partnering with engineering and Revenue Operations to deliver proactive intelligence and decision-support tools.

You will build outputs that help prioritize effort, quantify risk and opportunity, and enhance client outcomes using SQL, Python, and validated metrics.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in commercial analytics or similar quantitative role.
• Strong SQL skills and large dataset experience.
• Proficiency in Python for analysis and workflows.
• Ability to translate business questions into analytical plans.
• Experience building repeatable analytics and signals.
• Experience partnering with technical teams and stakeholders.
• Familiarity with AI/LLM-assisted analytics and validation.
• Strong written and verbal communication; data quality focus.
• Experience with Salesforce and enterprise data platforms like Snowflake/Databricks.

Responsibilities

• Lead commercial analytics addressing revenue, portfolio health, renewal dynamics.
• Design proactive insight pipelines from recurring needs.
• Embed analytics into workflows, dashboards, alerts, and decision-support tools.
• Develop outputs to help prioritize effort and identify risks and opportunities.
• Build trusted analytic assets using SQL, Python, validated metrics.
• Apply AI/LLM-assisted tools to improve speed and quality across exploration and workflow design.
• Translate ambiguous commercial problems into clear analytical plans and measurable deliverables.
• Help embed analytical outputs into go-to-market systems for decision making.
• Assess signals reach and influence actions, improving outcomes.
• Communicate findings clearly with practical recommendations and governance.

Skills

SQL

Python

Analytics

Stakeholder comms

AI/LLM tools

Salesforce

Snowflake/Databricks

GTM analytics

Data quality

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field

Tools

Salesforce

Snowflake

Databricks

Job description

The Trade Desk in Chicago is seeking a Senior Analyst, Commercial Intelligence and Analytics to lead high-impact analytical work across Sales and Client Services. You will translate business questions into scalable insight pipelines, partnering with engineering and Revenue Operations to deliver proactive intelligence and decision-support tools.

You will build outputs that help prioritize effort, quantify risk and opportunity, and enhance client outcomes using SQL, Python, and validated metrics.