Manager, Data Analytics

The Zebra•Austin, TX

2d•$110,000 - $135,000•Hybrid

About The Position

TheZebra.com is a leading online platform simplifying the car and home insurance shopping experience. They offer user-friendly tools, friendly licensed agents, and have helped millions of customers compare quotes since 2012. The company fosters a collaborative environment where tech and insurance veterans work together. The Zebra was recognized as a Best Place to Work by the Austin Business Journal and champions diversity with its motto "All Stripes Welcome." They are seeking a Manager of Data Analytics to lead a team responsible for transforming data into actionable insights, scalable analytics capabilities, and informed business decisions across various departments including Product, Marketing, and Finance.

Requirements

5+ years of experience in a data role (analytics, analytics engineering, or data science), including 2+ years directly managing a team
Strong proficiency with SQL and a working command of Python
Strong understanding of data modeling, ETL/ELT pipelines, experimentation, reporting, and statistical analysis
Experience with modern data tools such as Snowflake, dbt, Looker, or Tableau
Fluency with AI tools and how to use them to drive outcomes for an analytics team
Passionate about building and coaching successful analytics teams, with a track record of developing people technically and professionally
Organized and excited about creating and optimizing analytics processes to set the team up for success
Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Experience managing multiple priorities and adapting in a fast-paced, agile environment

Nice To Haves

Ad tech, marketing analytics, or growth analytics experience
Experience in insurance, insurtech, or fintech
Experience building or owning an experimentation program end to end
Experience working on a high-traffic, customer-facing website

Responsibilities

Lead, mentor, and grow a team of product, marketing, and data analysts, providing technical guidance, career development, and performance coaching.
Prioritize and plan your team's work with stakeholders, tracking progress, removing blockers, and ensuring on-time delivery.
Partner with Product, Marketing, Finance, and Data Engineering to translate business needs into actionable insights and scalable analytics solutions.
Support new products and initiatives with the measurement, instrumentation, analysis, and reporting needed to understand performance.
Drive the quality, reliability, timeliness, and business impact of the analysis, insights, data models, and reporting your team delivers.
Provide technical oversight on analytics modeling, experimentation, tooling, and coding best practices, raising standards through reviews and retrospectives.
Expand trusted self-service analytics, enabling teams across The Zebra to answer common questions while allowing analysts to focus on higher-value insights and decision support.
Identify gaps in our data and measurement, and partner with Data Engineering and Engineering to drive them to resolution.
Contribute to the broader data strategy, helping define best practices, shared metrics, and quality standards across the data lifecycle.
Partner with recruiting to attract, hire, and onboard analytics talent.