At GoGuardian, we are dedicated to creating safer and more effective learning environments through our suite of products. To do this, we must equip all Guardians with relevant insights about the business, the consumer, and the market, so as to enable an unparalleled capacity for innovation and agility as we create the ultimate learning platform. With this focus, our Business Intelligence & Insights organization is responsible for equipping stakeholders across the enterprise with information and insights about the market, consumers, and business and product performance. 

While this job posting uses "El Segundo, CA" as the location, please note this role is currently being recruited for remote work or reporting to headquarters if within commuting distance.

As the VP of Product Insights & Business Intelligence, you will enhance the performance and help drive the strategic direction of the company. You will lead and grow our Research and Business Intelligence teams and enhance their ability to provide critical intelligence and insights to our Product, Marketing, Sales, Finance and People organizations. 

GoGuardian’s VP of Product Insights & Business Intelligence is someone who is passionate about accelerating business growth by enabling data-driven decision-making, values cross-functional partnerships, and is eager to work with stakeholders at all levels to provide meaningful insights. We trust our Business Intelligence & Insights (BI&I) organization to keep a pulse on the business and the outside world, and in turn, to help drive the future growth of our company. As the leader of GoGuardian’s Business Intelligence & Insights organization, you should be prepared to work in an environment of rapid experimentation and growth and be comfortable creating structure in ambiguous contexts.

What You'll Do

• Guiding the company’s strategic direction through data, research and insights
• Overseeing multiple teams to ensure the delivery of valuable insights to executive stakeholders across the organization including Product Management, Marketing, Sales, Finance and People
• Leading and building the BI&I organization and developing its respective organization structure, operational processes, and strategy in order to enable GoGuardian to harness data, insights, and analytics to accelerate company performance 
• Operationalizing metrics and dashboards that enable GoGuardian to reliably measure KPIs for all strategic priorities 
• Collaborating with executive stakeholders to define the metrics and insights that would be most valuable for the enterprise 
• Cultivating the development of a data-driven culture across the organization
• Developing teams of storytellers who synthesize findings in a way that leads to product investment decisions as well as specific business decisions and actions
• Proactively identifying challenges and opportunities that may impact the company’s success and providing recommendations on how to address

Who You Are

• Ability to dive deep into data to identify patterns/discrepancies. Have a passion for data, but more importantly for strategic insights that are derived from data.
• Ability to bring insights that have a call to action. The projects driven should influence thinking across the organization and drive investments/decisions. Able to prioritize resources and projects to deliver highest RoI results. 
• Ability to lead and develop multiple high-performing teams. Ability to coach and develop highly-effective people leaders 
• Ability to build meaningful and trusting relationships with senior leadership. Has backbone and is also collaborative, to work with stakeholders/clients to articulately define the scope and deliverables of projects.
• Strong presentations skills to help stakeholders consume large amounts of data in an easy to understand and actionable manner.
• You have an undergraduate degree in a related field
• You have a Masters or Doctorate degree in a related field (e.g., MBA, Finance, Corporate Strategy, Economics) 
• You have 15+ years of relevant experience and 3+ years managing teams at a consulting firm
• You have conducted quantitative and qualitative analysis and translated these findings into meaningful results for an executive audience
• You have experience collaborating cross-functionally to establish project goals
• You have experience with business intelligence tools like Tableau, Amplitude, and Looker
• You have experience managing multiple stakeholders on high-visibility projects
• A Plus: 
• Experience working with K-12 schools
• experience working in SaaS companies and are familiar with the unique KPIs utilized in this context
• You are constantly looking for new opportunities to learn 
• You approach problems with the customers’ needs and requirements in mind
• You are collaborative in your approach and are always looking for opportunities to engage colleagues and other functional groups
• You value diverse perspectives and backgrounds
• You approach problems with a data-driven mindset and like to dive-deep into details.
• You consistently challenge the status quo. You would never implement a tool or process with the reason: “That’s how we’ve always done it”

What We Offer

• A varied and challenging role in a multinational and highly innovative company
• A robust benefits package including health insurance, 401(k) retirement savings plan with company match, employee stock option plan, paid parental leave, 13 paid company holidays, and much more
• Development and further training opportunities for shaping and realizing your career goals
• Exceptional colleagues with a passion for EdTech

GoGuardian is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit and business needs. GoGuardian does not discriminate against employees, applicants, interns or volunteers on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, sex, age, sexual orientation, military and veteran status, registered domestic partner status, genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

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