Lead Data Analyst at Salt South Africa

Key Responsibilities:

• Build out the Product Analytics team.
• Create a generalised, repeatable framework for analysing user behaviour in digital platforms.
• Support Product Managers to implement and rapidly iterate through the build, measure and learn loop.
• Define great metrics to align the team.

Background:

• An Analytics Lead or experienced Data Analyst with a specific focus on product analytics
• Experience in working in either a product-led, growth-focused or technology organisation, ideally working together and collaborating with product managers and other business stakeholders
• Familiarity with a variety of Data Analytics tools, from business intelligence, and experimentation to causal inference, and interacting with databases at scale (SQL, Python, etc). You know when to pick the right tool, and can help others do the same
• A generalist analytical thinker with a strong technical foundation (Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Computer Science or Actuarial Science) looking to apply familiar techniques to product analytics

General Experience:

• 5+ years in an Data, Engineering or Product Management role
• Experience analysing and visualising event streams in web and app contexts
• Experience with experimentation, A/B testing and funnel building with large datasets
• Experience with optimisation on digital platforms 
• Experience mentoring or coaching team members
• Strong SQL experience

Bonus points/nice to have:

• Experience in payments and payments analytics
• Experience with Mixpanel and Segment (or similar)
• Experience with event streams and mobile app measurement
• Experience with user behaviour and experience