Role Summary:

DogVacay is a Santa Monica based double sided marketplace for pet services where tens of thousands of pet owners are finding the perfect dog sitter or walker. Our data-driven approach is at the core of what allows us to continually optimize our user experiences for guests, providers and pets. As a result, we have created a pet care experience that is unequivocally better than the traditional model.

We are seeking a Product Analyst who will help us drive key product insights that will have significant impacts on the iOS, Android and web products that our users interact with every day. This hire will be critical in building and implementing a framework for combining analysis with business acumen to provide our product team with the data and insights that will drive our continued success. The Product Analyst will work closely with product leaders as a data-driven strategic advisor and report directly to the Director of Strategy and Analytics. Candidates should enjoy taking ownership, performing rigorous analyses and presenting actionable insights in a clear and concise manner.

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience in consumer or p2p product analytics, including the delivery of actionable insights that drive product design and development decisions
• Extensive experience manipulating data sets for visualization in Tableau and Excel
• Excellent SQL skills; experience querying large, complex data sets
• Ability to execute research projects, generate practical results and recommendations, and present them at the executive level
• Good client management skills with a strong grasp of both technical and business perspectives
• Proven ability to work in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environments, with an ability to drive actionable insights without clear direction
• Excellent organizational, communication and interpersonal skills
• Enjoy working in both individual and team settings
• B.S. or B.A. in Math, Statistics, Applied Econ, Physics, Comp Sci, Engineering, or other technical field required; advanced degrees a plus

Responsibilities:

• Dive deep into analytics to identify key opportunities and product recommendations
• Proactively drive analysis and dissemination of key data insights from various internal data sources
• Collaborate with the product team to identify key metrics and work with the data infrastructure team to ensure the data necessary is productionalized for use in our reporting tools
• Use both numbers and qualitative data to build hypothesis and recommendations
• Present regularly to the executive team on insights for existing products and potential products

Why We Want to Hire you:

• It’s not your first rodeo. You have 5+ years in data analytics using multiple research methods to define the existing customer pain points and the challenges potential customers experience. Prior startup experience is an advantage
• You get the customer and the business. You have an insatiable need to understand the customer and how they interact with the product. You translate customer needs and analytical insights into strong recommendations, aligned with the company strategy
• Data-driven mindset. Ability to leverage data to make decisions without getting stuck in analysis paralysis