Staff Business Intelligence Analyst
$114k - $208k USD
Founded by the pioneers of real-time bidding (RTB), The Trade Desk has become the fastest growing demand-side platform (DSP) in the industry, allowing advertisers to reach their audiences - wherever they are on the open internet – in meaningful and relevant ways.
Our platform handles tens of million queries per second (and growing!) from all over the world – that's more page views and queries than Facebook, Google Search, and Google's entire network of websites combined – all serviced in single-digit-ms response times.
Some questions for you: Are you interested in driving a culture of data-driven decision making at the leading advertiser-focused company supporting the open internet? Are you up for applying your strong quantitative analysis and predictive analytics skills to tackle complex and impactful problems?
If this sounds of interest to you, and you’re talented, driven, creative, and hungry to bring something entirely new and wildly ambitious into the world (and have some fun doing it), then we want to talk.
What we do:
The Staff Business Intelligence Analyst is a primary contributor and leading subject matter expert on the Business Intelligence team, driving a culture of data-driven decision making at The Trade Desk for Product and engineering teams.
This role requires working cross-functionally to understand evolving business needs deeply. You will be responsible for designing and developing insights capabilities, presentations, and models to guide the strategic decision making of senior and executive stakeholders. You will also be expected to use advanced analytics techniques to surface insights, guide business decisions, and proactively identify opportunities and threats.
What you'll do:
- Surface insights from multiple data sources to support complex operational decision making for Product and Engineering teams. Execute and/or coordinate critical, advanced analytics initiatives providing an interpretation of findings and the implications to The Trade Desk
- Provide analysis of key performance indicators (KPIs) and success metrics across various business areas and develop actionable insights for leadership.
- Influence The Trade Desk leadership by proactively seeking and framing opportunities and identifying business risks.
- Develop solutions that deliver critical data-driven insights and decision metrics proactively and at scale.
- Participate in and lead cross-functional teams whose members include Product, Engineering, Marketing, Sales, Operations, People Analytics, and Finance
- Develop strong, professional, and collaborative working relationships among BI team leadership and with key stakeholders
- Provide transformational thought leadership for analytics including advanced data modeling, predictive modeling, and analytical techniques.
- Perform other duties as assigned
Who you are:
- Master’s degree in a quantitative or scientific field (Economics, Finance, Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics, etc.) or equivalent experience
- 12-15+ years of analytical experience in advanced analysis and predictive analytics; demonstrated proficiency in applying this experience to address business problems and to aid decision making
- Significant proficiency in one or more programming languages, such as SQL/R/Python.
- Must have expert level experience with standard analysis tools (e.g., Microsoft Excel) and ability to create presentations conveying compelling data-driven stories
- Experience with business intelligence (BI) and analysis tools (Tableau, Power BI, etc.)
- Adtech experience strongly desired for ability to come up to speed quickly on complex business topics.
- Must possess a demonstrated curiosity to understand the “why” in the data
- Excellent critical thinking skills and proven track record with presenting complex data-driven insights to stakeholders at all levels including senior and executive leadership
- Ability to understand complicated problems and supply concise and relevant answers
- Ability to convey technical topics to non-technical audiences
- Ability to work independently in rapidly growing environment, handling multiple competing priorities with excellent attention to detail and organizational skills
- Ability to build consensus across cross-functional and across geographic teams
- Ability to come up to speed quickly on complex business topics. Adtech experience a plus.
- Must possess a 'can-do' attitude, motivated by the opportunity to have significant and measurable impact on the business.
- Must have the ability to work well with all levels of internal management and staff
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The Trade Desk does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firm recruiters. Fees will not be paid in the event a candidate submitted by a recruiter without an agreement in place is hired; such resumes will be deemed the sole property of The Trade Desk. The Trade Desk is an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.
[LA JOBS ONLY] The Trade Desk will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, Ordinance No. 184652.
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CO, CA, IL, NY, WA, and Washington DC residents only: In accordance with CO, CA, IL, NY, WA, and Washington DC law, the range provided is The Trade Desk's reasonable estimate of the base compensation for this role. The actual amount may differ based on non-discriminatory factors such as experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, and location. All employees may be eligible to become The Trade Desk shareholders through eligibility for stock-based compensation grants, which are awarded to employees based on company and individual performance. The Trade Desk also offers other compensation depending on the role such as variable compensation-based incentives and commissions. Plus, expected benefits for this role include comprehensive healthcare (medical, dental, and vision) with premiums paid in full for employees and dependents, retirement benefits such as a 401k plan and company match, short and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, well-being benefits, reimbursement for certain tuition expenses, parental leave, sick time of 1 hour per 30 hours worked, vacation time for full-time employees up to 120 hours thru the first year and 160 hours thereafter, and around 13 paid holidays per year. Employees can also purchase The Trade Desk stock at a discount through The Trade Desk’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
The Trade Desk also offers a competitive benefits package. Click here to learn more.
Note: Interns are not eligible for variable incentive awards such as stock-based compensation, retirement plan, vacation, tuition reimbursement or parental leave
At the Trade Desk, Base Salary is one part of our competitive total compensation and benefits package and is determined using a salary range. The base salary range for this role is
$113,500—$208,100 USD
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