NerdWallet is hiring a Senior Manager, Business Analytics to lead a team of analysts in transforming data into actionable insights that shape our strategic decisions. You will partner across the business to drive growth and efficiency, sitting at the intersection of data, strategy, and innovation.
What You'll Do
- Lead, coach, and develop a team of business analysts to deliver high-quality, actionable insights.
- Partner with cross-functional leaders to identify key business questions and translate them into analytical strategies.
- Define and interpret core KPIs that measure success across customer acquisition, retention, engagement, and financial performance.
- Build and scale dashboards, reporting tools, and frameworks that help teams make faster, smarter decisions.
- Analyze marketing and business performance across channels to optimize ROI and inform resource allocation.
- Leverage data to understand the product ecosystem, quantify new opportunities, identify challenges, and shape product development.
- Help develop strategy and support leadership in prioritizing what to build and setting goals for execution.
- Guide product teams using data, developing hypotheses, and employing rigorous analytical approaches to test them.
- Present insights and recommendations to convince and influence senior leadership with clarity and confidence.
- Partner with Data Engineering to leverage infrastructure and data pipelines for scalable, repeatable analysis.
- Stay current with evolving analytics tools, methodologies, and best practices to continually raise the bar.
What We're Looking For
- 7 or more years in analytics, business intelligence, or a related data-driven role.
- Proven experience leading analytics initiatives that delivered measurable business outcomes.
- Proficiency in SQL and at least one data visualization tool such as Looker, Tableau, or Power BI.
- Experience using R, Python, or similar tools for statistical analysis and modeling.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to present to executives and non-technical audiences.
- Deep understanding of fintech, consumer finance, or related industries.
- Excellent organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic environment.
Nice to Have
- Master’s degree in a quantitative field.
- Experience working in a modern data environment (e.g., dbt, Snowflake, Mode, BigQuery).
- Familiarity with experimentation frameworks (A/B testing) and growth analytics.
- Past experience scaling analytics teams or functions in a high-growth startup.
- Strong understanding of full-funnel marketing dynamics with a deep understanding of user journey segmentation.
Technical Stack
- SQL, Looker, Tableau, Power BI
- R, Python
- dbt, Snowflake, Mode, BigQuery
Team & Environment
This role reports to the Director, Business Analytics and works closely with leaders across Brand, Performance Marketing, Data Engineering, and Finance.
Benefits & Compensation
- Industry-leading medical, dental, and vision health care plans for employees and their dependents.
- Rejuvenation Policy – Vacation Time Off + 11 holidays + 4 Mental Health Days Off.
- New Parent Leave.
- Mental health support.
- Paid sabbatical.
- Health and Dependent Care FSA and HSA Plan with monthly NerdWallet contribution.
- Monthly Wellness Stipend, Cell Phone Stipend, and Wifi Stipend.
- Work from home equipment stipend and co-working space subsidy.
- Employee Resource Groups.
- Hackathons and team events.
- Company-wide events like NerdLove and annual Charity Auction.
- 8 hours of volunteer time off per quarter with company match for donations.
- 401K with company match.
- Be the first to test and benefit from new financial products and tools.
- Financial wellness, guidance, and unlimited access to a Certified Financial Planner (CFP).
- Disability and Life Insurance with employer-paid premiums.
Work Mode
This position is based in the U.S. and follows a local-country work mode.
NerdWallet is committed to pursuing and hiring a diverse workforce and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
