Who we are:
Motive empowers the people who run physical operations with tools to make their work safer, more productive, and more profitable. For the first time ever, safety, operations and finance teams can manage their drivers, vehicles, equipment, and fleet related spend in a single system. Combined with industry leading AI, the Motive platform gives you complete visibility and control, and significantly reduces manual workloads by automating and simplifying tasks.
Motive serves more than 100,000 customers – from Fortune 500 enterprises to small businesses – across a wide range of industries, including transportation and logistics, construction, energy, field service, manufacturing, agriculture, food and beverage, retail, and the public sector.
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Who We Are:
Motive builds technology to improve the safety, productivity, and profitability of businesses that power the physical economy. Motive combines IoT hardware with AI-powered applications to connect and automate physical operations. Motive is one of the fastest-growing software companies in the world, serving more than 120,000 businesses, across a wide range of industries including trucking and logistics, construction, oil and gas, food and beverage, field service, agriculture, passenger transit, and delivery.
Motive is built on four foundational attributes; Own It, Less but Better, Build Trust, and Unlock Potential. This has taken our company to great heights, including being recognized by Fortune for Best Workplaces, Forbes Best Startup Employers, and Comparably for our Best Global Culture, Sales Team, Leadership Team, Career Growth, and CEO for Diversity. We’re proud to receive an employee net promoter score of 63 (according to Comparably) which places Motive in the top 5% of companies with 4,000 employees or more.
About the Role: The Strategic Analytics team is dedicated to driving business growth, and enhancing business efficiency and profitability. We’re looking for a senior, technically advanced analyst to solve complex business problems and influence strategic decisions. In this role, you will leverage extensive data and your expertise in SQL and Python to solve strategic problems and build tailored analytics solutions. This is a high-impact position where you will have the opportunity to tackle a wide range of business problems in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
What You’ll Do:
- Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to understand business needs and deliver tailored analytical solutions.
- Handle a wide range of analytical requests from defining metrics to forecasting to identifying churn signals to quantifying impact of new product features with a deep understanding of business context.
- Apply predictive analytics techniques as appropriate, such as regression or clustering, to solve complex business problems with accuracy and efficiency.
- Develop compelling dashboards and automated reporting related to key performance metrics.
- Communicate results and influence key decision makers, including engineering and business leadership.
- Serve as a technical thought leader and mentor for other analysts on the team.
What We’re Looking For:
- Minimum of 7+ years of relevant programming and analytical experience.
- Expert-level proficiency in SQL and Python.
- Strong background in statistical modeling and predictive analytics techniques, with practical experience applying them (classification problems, A/B testing, causal inference, etc.).
- Excellent communication skills, the ability to present to leadership, and translate complex technical concepts for stakeholders at all levels.
- Keen attention to detail and a drive to understand the business context behind the data.
- Master’s degree in a quantitative field, such as Computer Science, Data Science, or Data Analytics, is a plus.
- Extensive experience with tools and techniques in machine learning is a plus.
Creating a diverse and inclusive workplace is one of Motive's core values. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives.
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