Data Manager - Financing
About this position
We seek a visionary and experienced Data Manager to head the Financing products analytics team. In this leadership role, you will build and manage a high-performing data team that provides data-driven insights and support to our Financing products business groups.
Responsibilities
• Lead and manage a team of data analysts, ensuring their skills and expertise cater to the specific needs of the Financing products team.
• Partner with Financing products commercial stakeholders (e.g., Marketing, Sales, Product) to understand their unique business objectives and translate them into actionable data requests.
• Develop and implement a unified data strategy for financing activities aligned with company objectives.
• Design, build, and maintain data pipelines and dashboards to track key performance indicators (KPIs) for user acquisition, conversion, transaction behavior, credit risk (PayLater), insurance economics, and fraud.
• Conduct in-depth data analysis to identify trends, growth opportunities, and improvement areas in user acquisition, conversion, risk management, and product development (for Financing products).
• Leverage data to inform credit risk modeling for PayLater and actuarial modeling for insurance, ensuring responsible lending and product offerings.
• Communicate complex data insights in a clear, concise, and actionable way to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Stay up-to-date on the latest data science trends and technologies relevant to the FinTech and insurance industries, and implement tools to enhance Financing products analytics capabilities.
• Foster a collaborative and data-driven culture within the Financing products teams.
Requirements
• Minimum 7+ years of experience in a data leadership role, preferably within the financial technology industry.
• Proven experience in managing and mentoring data analysts.
• Strong understanding of data analysis methodologies, including SQL, statistics, and machine learning (a plus).
• Experience with data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI).
• Experience working with data pipelines and cloud platforms (e.g., GCP) (a plus).
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to translate.