Lead Data Analyst

QuinStreet is a pioneer in powering decentralized online marketplaces that match searchers and consumers with brands. As a Lead Data Analyst, you will be responsible for providing data-driven insights to maximize profitability and enhance customer relationships, while managing a small team of analysts.

Responsibilities:

• Work closely with media and client managers to understand business opportunities for media, client and market growth
• Actively mine data to develop actionable insights from our proprietary datasets using various statistical techniques
• Evaluate strategies and forecast their expected impact to the key performance indicators
• Support analysis and monitoring of business metrics and trends
• Key liaison between business and technical teams in managing day to day data analytics
• Lead a small team of analysts, setting longer-term goals and ensuring short-term operational efficiency

Requirements:

• Record of high academic achievement with a BS degree in Business, Economics, Engineering, Math/Science, or otherwise proven background in business/analytics
• 8+ years of work experience in data analytics/science
• Strong understanding of statistical methods used in to elicit insights from data
• Strong analytical mindset with a drive toward actionable insights from data
• Deep interest in online marketing and media industry
• High internal motivation with ability to understand the full stack of product development
• Willingness to initiate and own research, exploration, and analysis from start to finish for any business problem
• Good interpersonal skills and ability to remain focused-yet-flexible in a fast-paced internet company environment
• Proficiency in MS Excel, Tableau and SQL
• Experience managing a small team
• MS preferred
• Bonus points for statistics
• Familiarity with Python (preferred) or R programming to the level necessary to perform ad-hoc analysis