Sr. Business Analyst, Marketing

LendingTree; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) matching

Job summary

LendingTree, LLC is looking for a Senior Business Analyst to drive actionable insights within their Marketing team. This role involves performing in-depth analyses, developing dashboards, and generating recommendations that enhance performance and efficiency.

Qualified candidates will have 3-5 years of related experience, strong SQL skills, and the ability to communicate data-driven narratives effectively. The role offers a competitive benefits package, including medical, dental, and 401(k) matching.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience in business analytics or data analytics.
• Strong SQL skills with experience in Snowflake.
• Ability to deliver insights that affect business decisions.
• Strong communication skills to translate data into narratives.

Responsibilities

• Deliver insights through dashboards and visualizations.
• Support Marketing group with decision-making analytics.
• Conduct audits of advertising platforms for improvements.
• Track and evaluate business initiatives for success.
• Write SQL queries to analyze complex datasets.

Skills

SQL proficiency

Data storytelling

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Education

3-5 years in business/data analytics

Tools

Snowflake

Tableau

Python

Job description

ROLE OVERVIEW

LendingTree is seeking a Sr. Business Analyst to support our fast‑growing Marketing group. This role is responsible for delivering actionable insights through strong analytical execution, clear storytelling, and close partnership with business stakeholders. As a Business Analyst, you will independently own analyses for a defined business area, assess business problems, collect and analyze the right data, and translate findings into insights that drive measurable business outcomes. You will partner closely with Marketing teams to discover and remove operational bottlenecks to drive revenue growth. Performing deep analysis into technical systems and building reports that give clarity to these complex systems.

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES

Analytics & Insights Delivery

• Deliver data‑driven insights using clean, well‑organized analyses, dashboards, and visualizations.
• Identify patterns, trends, and anomalies in campaign and partner performance and translate findings into clear recommendations.
• Assess business situations, define analytical problems, and determine the appropriate data and methodology to address them.

Marketing & Advertising Support

• Serve as the primary analytics partner for the Marketing group, supporting day‑to‑day decision‑making and strategic initiatives.
• Conduct detailed audits of advertising platforms to identify optimization opportunities and inefficiencies.
• Support strategic innovation projects by providing ongoing performance analysis and insight.

Measurement & Experimentation

• Track and evaluate the results of business initiatives to determine whether outcomes were successful.
• Establish baseline performance metrics and KPIs to measure campaign success and year‑over‑year growth.

Technical Execution

• Write efficient, accurate SQL queries in Snowflake to extract and analyze large, complex datasets.
• Ensure data accuracy and consistency across reporting and analyses.
• Partner with engineering and product teams to understand data structures, resolve data questions, and reduce ad‑hoc analytical load on engineers.

Cross‑Functional Collaboration

• Communicate insights effectively to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
• Proactively surface risks and opportunities that may impact performance or scalability.
• Contribute to analytics best practices, documentation, and standardization within the Business Analytics team.

Immediate Focus Areas

• Provide support for deep‑dive analysis of advertising campaign performance.
• Build and maintain foundational dashboards to track campaign efficiency, ROI, and incremental VMD.
• Partner with Marketing stakeholders to understand priorities, workflows, and pain points.
• Deliver actionable recommendations that drive improvements in performance and operational efficiency.

Key Metrics & Business Impact

• Incremental VMD through improved distribution optimization.
• Cost per Conversion by identifying and reducing inefficiencies.
• Campaign ROAS via high‑quality analysis and insight‑driven decision‑making.
• Year‑over‑Year Growth by supporting scalable analytics for a rapidly expanding business line.

QUALIFICATIONS

Required

• 3‑5 years of experience in business analytics, data analytics, or a related role.
• Strong proficiency in SQL, with hands‑on experience querying data in Snowflake.
• Proven experience delivering insights that influence business decisions.
• Ability to leverage AI tools to gather data and perform advanced analysis.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to translate data into clear business narratives.

Preferred

• Experience with Google and Meta ad data.
• Experience with dashboarding and visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Looker, Power BI).
• Experience with Python and data science methodologies.
• Experience partnering with product or engineering teams.

LEVELING & GROWTH ALIGNMENT

This role aligns to Business Analyst within LendingTree’s analytics job family. It operates independently within a defined business area, owns analyses end‑to‑end with moderate complexity, and partners closely with stakeholders to provide actionable recommendations.

ABOUT LENDINGTREE

LendingTree is the nation’s leading online lending marketplace, connecting consumers with multiple lenders to compare options for mortgages, personal loans, credit, savings, and insurance products.

BENEFITS

Medical, dental, vision insurance and 401(k) matching.

EEO & Diversity Statement

QuoteWizard by LendingTree is the kind of company that not only promotes diversity and inclusion; we thrive because of these values. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion (or creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin, disability, marital status, sexual orientation or military status.

Accommodation

Additionally, LendingTree is committed to providing reasonable support and accommodations in our recruiting processes for qualified candidates who require such. If you need support, please reach out to [e-mail].