Remote (Global) Full-time

brightwheel is hiring a Director, Analytics

About the Role

Brightwheel is looking for a Director, Analytics to lead our central analytics function and scale its impact across the company. You will shape how data informs decisions and accelerates growth, pioneering an AI-native analytics approach.

What You'll Do

  • Lead our established, high-performing central analytics function, scaling its impact across brightwheel’s strategic and operational priorities.
  • Deliver impactful, company-wide capabilities that improve business outcomes and drive key decisions, while supporting our businesses’ operating cadence.
  • Pioneer an AI-native analytics approach, equipping analysts, engineers, and stakeholders with tools and systems that enable autonomy, efficiency, and innovation.
  • Navigate cross-functional priorities, support decentralized business needs, and balance centralized initiatives.

What We're Looking For

  • Led analytics teams at the org or company level, supporting multiple stakeholders.
  • Built systems or processes that improved access to insights and enabled decentralized decision-making.
  • Driven change in how analytics teams operate — whether via tooling, workflows, or mindset.
  • Collaborated closely with executive leaders to shape strategy using data.
  • Successfully defined vision, built a plan, and delivered projects with broad business impact across multiple domains through your team and your stakeholders.

Nice to Have

  • Experience in high-growth environments.
  • Familiarity with modern data stacks, from data ingestion, through modeling and reporting and AI tools, and scalable analytics infrastructure.

Technical Stack

  • Modern data stacks
  • AI tools
  • Scalable analytics infrastructure

Team & Environment

You will lead the central analytics function, including a team of ICs, and collaborate with C-suite and cross-functional stakeholders.

Work Mode

This is a global role open to candidates in the US and International locations.

Brightwheel is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive work environment and is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

Required Skills
Modern data stacksAI toolsScalable analytics infrastructureAnalytics leadershipData strategyTeam managementStakeholder communicationBusiness intelligenceData governanceCross-functional collaboration
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Brightwheel is the largest, fastest growing, and most loved platform in early education, trusted by millions of educators and families every day. It is a modern technology platform serving the $175B early education market.

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