Senior Analyst, Industry & Marketplace Strategy

Zillow is a leading real estate platform in the U.S., and they are seeking a Senior Analyst for their Industry Data & Marketplace Strategy team. This role involves scaling Zillow's data-driven approach to industry strategy by analyzing complex datasets, uncovering insights, and partnering with cross-functional teams to influence strategic decisions.

Responsibilities:

• Build and own datasets spanning MLS feeds, broker feeds, and marketplace data
• Analyze listing behavior and brokerage dynamics across markets to identify trends and opportunities
• Support strategic initiatives related to listing ingestion, data governance, and marketplace health
• Partner with Legal, Operations, Product, and Engineering to translate business and policy questions into analytical frameworks
• Develop scalable reporting and dashboards to support ongoing decision-making
• Identify gaps in data and proactively connect disparate data sources to generate insights
• Frame ambiguous problems into clear analytical questions and deliver actionable recommendations

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience in an analytical role, using data to inform business or strategic decisions
• Highly proficient in SQL and comfortable working with modern analytics and visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Databricks, SQL-based reporting environments)
• Working knowledge of Python; experience using AI-assisted tools (e.g., LLMs such as Claude or ChatGPT, or coding copilots) to accelerate analysis or development
• Proven ability to work with complex, imperfect, or incomplete datasets
• Strong track record of independently structuring and solving ambiguous problems
• Ability to connect data insights to business context and influence decision-making
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain both findings and underlying reasoning to cross-functional stakeholders
• Strong ownership mindset with a bias toward action
• Ability to independently scope and structure analytical projects, including defining the problem, identifying required data, and aligning on approach with stakeholders
• Foundational understanding of the real estate ecosystem (e.g., MLSs, brokerages, or listing data), or demonstrated ability to quickly build domain expertise in a new space
• You are comfortable operating with limited direction, asking the right questions, and piecing together incomplete information to form a clear point of view
• You proactively leverage tools—including AI—to increase your speed, depth, and impact
• Previous experience working with MLSs, brokerages, or real estate data is preferred, but not required