Business Intelligence Manager (Monetization & User Analytics) - Yahoo Finance (NYC)

Yahoo Finance is the world’s #1 finance destination, empowering investors with news, information, and tools to make financial decisions with confidence. Trusted by over 150M visitors globally each month, representing over $20 trillion dollars in investable assets, Yahoo Finance delivers high-quality real-time market data across desktop, mobile, and streaming platforms. With breaking news from thousands of sources, original editorial perspectives, objective analyst ratings and research, analytical charts and technical tools, personalized mobile alerts, and much more, Yahoo Finance equips investors with knowledge and insights to achieve financial freedom and greater prosperity.

A Little About Us

Yahoo Finance is the world’s #1 finance destination, empowering investors with news, information, and tools to make financial decisions with confidence. Trusted by over 150M visitors globally each month, representing over $20 trillion dollars in investable assets, Yahoo Finance delivers high-quality real-time market data across desktop, mobile, and streaming platforms. With breaking news from thousands of sources, original editorial perspectives, objective analyst ratings and research, analytical charts and technical tools, personalized mobile alerts, and much more, Yahoo Finance equips investors with knowledge and insights to achieve financial freedom and greater prosperity.

The Yahoo Finance Analytics and Research team is the strategic and tactical partner to all Yahoo decision-makers through pre-, mid- and post- decision stages.  The team is the core analytics function helping Yahoo Finance explore and understand the impact of user behavior on business performance. Made up of business intelligence, data science and research experts, this team leverages 1st and 3rd party data to provide deep analysis and actionable insights that inform consumer-first strategies and product/business decisions.

A Lot About You

The Yahoo Finance team is looking for a New York-based versatile data enthusiast with excellent business sense, outstanding analytical skills, a proven ability to communicate analytical findings, and rich experience in leveraging various data sets. We are responsible for providing fast, clean, and relevant data for key measurements and insights about users and revenue.

This individual contributor role will focus on partnering with Product teams but will also collaborate across the organization with teams from Engineering, Design, Editorial/Content, Strategy & Ops and FP&A. This person will be working directly with stakeholders and cross functional teams to deliver actionable insights, while driving data-led decisions.

Day to Day Responsibilities:

• Analyze user and revenue performance across Yahoo Finance to provide deep analysis and actionable insights that inform product/business decisions

• Act as the analytics lead for Product teams in a fast paced work environment

• Regularly present and communicate clear and concise results, insights and recommendations to Product teams and senior management

• Monitor site supply, demand health, and data quality issues, partnering with other teams to surface gaps and inconsistencies

• Build dashboards that are continuously monitored for business health, OKRs, feature releases, etc.

• Identify & summarize data trends via weekly, monthly and quarterly performance reports

• Design and analyze A/B tests and experiments to support feature releases, ensuring data is accurately collected and interpreted

• Write custom queries via SQL to address complex business questions

• Work with Engineering and Product teams to decide how to instrument events and properties and ensure data resources are in line with business needs

• Support ad hoc requests coming from leadership and other key stakeholders 

Basic Requirements (Must Have):

• Location Preference: NYC area - Hybrid work environment

• Bachelor's degree and experience in digital analytics and insights delivery

• 5+ years of experience generating actionable insights that aid data-driven decisions in building great products with great user experience

• Expert knowledge of SQL is required

• Experience using analytics tools such as Adobe Analytics or Google Analytics

• Proficient in data visualization tools such as Looker, Tableau or similar tools is a must

• Experience with A/B tests, experiments and conducting analyses across Product teams

• Strong analytical skills and quantitative mindset with an understanding of basic statistics 

• Proven track record and enthusiasm for complex problem solving and analysis, including working with large data sets

• Strong communication skills and ability to craft and present data driven analyses and insights to articulate performance and opportunities to key stakeholders

• The ability to work across multiple disciplines with both data and non-data focused people alike

• Ability and enthusiasm to work in a fast-paced environment where deadlines can sometimes be tight and stakeholder’s needs are immediate  

• A hands-on attitude. Someone who is not afraid to dig into technical/instrumentation issues and won’t be stopped until they find the right solution

• Media industry and monetization experience is a must

Desired Characteristics (Preferred):

• Master's Degree in Business, Statistics, Computer Science, Economics, Engineering, Mathematics, or Finance

• Proficient in programming languages such as Python or R

• Experience using Google Cloud Platform (BigQuery) or AWS

• Experience collaborating with Data Scientists and UX Research

• Experience with AdTech 

• Experience or strong interest in the stock market and business news

The material job duties and responsibilities of this role include those listed above as well as adhering to Yahoo policies; exercising sound judgment; working effectively, safely and inclusively with others; exhibiting trustworthiness and meeting expectations; and safeguarding business operations and brand integrity.

At Yahoo, we offer flexible hybrid work options that our employees love! While most roles don’t require regular office attendance, you may occasionally be asked to attend in-person events or team sessions. You’ll always get notice to make arrangements. Your recruiter will let you know if a specific job requires regular attendance at a Yahoo office or facility. If you have any questions about how this applies to the role, just ask the recruiter!

Yahoo is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against based on age, race, gender, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other protected category. Yahoo will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law. Yahoo is dedicated to providing an accessible environment for all candidates during the application process and for employees during their employment. If you need accessibility assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability, please submit a request via the Accommodation Request Form (www.yahooinc.com/careers/contact-us.html) or call +1.866.772.3182. Requests and calls received for non-disability related issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.

We believe that a diverse and inclusive workplace strengthens Yahoo and deepens our relationships. When you support everyone to be their best selves, they spark discovery, innovation and creativity. Among other efforts, our 11 employee resource groups (ERGs) enhance a culture of belonging with programs, events and fellowship that help educate, support and create a workplace where all feel welcome.

The compensation for this position ranges from $102,000.00 - $212,500.00/yr and will vary depending on factors such as your location, skills and experience.The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of discretionary annual bonus or commissions. Our comprehensive benefits include healthcare, a great 401k, backup childcare, education stipends and much (much) more.

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