Strategy & Analytics Lead

Faire; New York, San Francisco (NY, CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare coverage

Paid time off

Parental leave

Home-office stipend

Job summary

Faire is seeking a Strategy & Analytics Lead to drive growth by blending analytical rigor with strategic intuition. You will partner with Product, Sales, Operations, Marketing, and Finance to inform the roadmap and translate insights into action.

You will own critical metrics, develop hypotheses, and lead large cross-functional initiatives that move company-wide KPIs. This role requires strong communication, fast learning, and a pragmatic, outcomes-focused mindset.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant work experience in analytics/strategy
• Strong ability to communicate data-driven insights to diverse audiences
• Solid analytical foundation and comfort with large datasets
• Fast learner with ability to grasp new topics quickly
• Strategic problem solver capable of breaking down ambiguous problems

Responsibilities

• Break down complex and ambiguous strategic problems to uncover actionable insights
• Lead large cross-functional strategic initiatives with product, sales, finance, operations, and marketing
• Identify opportunities, develop hypotheses, and execute analyses to inform leadership decisions
• Own key business metrics and surface salient insights to drive them
• Provide thought partnership to cross-functional teammates to ensure data is used effectively
• Develop scalable operational processes and improve team capabilities

Skills

SQL/Data querying

Excel

Analytical rigour

Strategic thinking

Data-driven storytelling

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

SQL

Excel

Job description

• We are looking for a Strategy & Analytics Lead to drive better decisions, faster. In this role, you’ll leverage a unique combination of skills including analytical rigor, strategic intuition, and execution to drive growth for our business
• At Faire, you’ll have the chance to lead mission-critical projects end to end. You’ll be partnering cross functionally with Product, Sales, Operations, Marketing, and Finance teams to inform the strategic roadmap by generating insights and helping translate them into action
• This is an ideal role for someone who wants to work as a high-impact individual contributor in a fast-paced, highly collaborative, and data-driven environment and have the opportunity to gain exposure to partnering with a variety of functions
• Break down complex and ambiguous strategic problems to uncover actionable insights
• Lead large cross-functional strategic initiatives that move company metrics in partnership with Product, Sales, Finance, Operations, Marketing, etc
• Identify opportunities, develop hypotheses, execute in-depth analyses and make recommendations to Faire’s leadership team based on your findings
• Own the most important metrics for our business by having deep intuition on how they are trending and surfacing the most salient strategic insights to drive them
• Provide thought partnership to cross functional teammates to ensure the organization is using data thoughtfully and correctly
• Develop effective and scalable operational processes and fill operational gaps
• Level up the Strategy & Analytics team through new and improved processes, training, coaching and more

Benefits

• Comprehensive healthcare: Including Health, Dental, Vision and Disability for all our locations.
• Time off: Paid time off, holidays and company-wide “Faire Fundays”.
• Parental leave: Generous parental and family leave, as well as fertility support benefits.
• Productivity support: Monthly stipends to help cover work from home connectivity needs.
• Annual learning grant: For personal and professional development, as well as unlimited access to training courses through LinkedIn Learning.
• Thoughtfully designed spaces: All of our offices have been designed with local in mind – from our architects to our coffee blends.
• Fitness and well-being benefits: Including monthly credit towards your wellness-related programmes.
• Mental health benefits: Including free access to Modern Health therapists and resources.
• Charitable matching: Faire will match up to £250 of your charity donations, every year.
• Career planning: Whether you want to grow as a leader, hone your craft or explore a new discipline, our career framework allows space for you to explore.

You are scrappy and resourceful. When something needs to get done, you always find a way to make it happenYou are a strong communicator. You can crisply communicate actionable data-driven insights to all audiencesYou have a solid analytical foundation. You can use SQL or excel to analyze large datasets and have strong analytical rigorYou are an extraordinarily fast learner. You have the natural curiosity and intellectual horsepower to deeply understand new topics and pick up new skills in a very short timeYou are a strategic problem solver. You can break down ambiguous problems and apply a first principles approach to solving them5+ years of relevant work experience in an analytical and strategic role across analytics, consulting, product, business operations, or financeYou are highly analytical and metrics-focused. You can execute on complex analyses, define KPIs, size opportunity areas, and measure and report on performance across the businessYou have strong product and business intuition. You contextualize how insights fit into broader business goals and have a strong understanding of product and business metrics