Manager / Senior Manager, Strategic Analytics

Copart•Dallas, TX

8d•Onsite

About The Position

Copart is seeking a Manager or Senior Manager, Strategic Analytics to lead a business-aligned analytics pod, such as Sales, Operations, Product, or Marketing, at the company’s Dallas headquarters. The role combines people leadership, analytical judgment, and a builder’s mindset. It leads a team of analysts and senior analysts, owns the pod’s project portfolio from problem definition through executive recommendation, and drives adoption of AI to increase the speed, rigor, and impact of analytics. The position reports to the Director of Analytics and will be leveled as Manager or Senior Manager based on experience. Copart’s established in-house Strategic Analytics team partners with Sales, Operations, Product, Marketing, and Finance on consequential business questions, including seller performance, pricing strategy, operational efficiency, and market growth. The team combines consulting-style problem solving with global-scale operational data and is developing AI agents, automated workflows, and governed metric definitions to provide faster, more reliable insights. The role is based onsite at Copart’s headquarters in Dallas, Texas.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field such as Business, Economics, Math, Statistics, or Engineering.
At least 5 years of professional experience in strategy, analytics, or consulting, including at least 1 year leading people or serving as a project lead.
Hands-on proficiency in SQL and Python, cloud data warehouses such as BigQuery, and BI and visualization tools such as Tableau or Power BI.
Applied experience with experiment design and causal inference, including judgment about whether comparisons are like-for-like.
Demonstrated use of LLMs, AI agents, or automated workflows to change how analytical work is produced, and sound judgment about their capabilities and limitations.
Ability to structure ambiguous problems, prioritize high-leverage work, and make sound decisions with incomplete information.
Exceptional communication skills, including presenting to and influencing VP- and C-level audiences.
Demonstrated ability to coach, mentor, and develop analytical talent.

Nice To Haves

MBA or Master’s degree.
8 or more years of professional experience is preferred.
Management consulting experience, including hypothesis-driven problem solving and executive-ready storytelling.
Experience in insurance, automotive, auctions or marketplaces, or logistics.
Formal people-management experience, including performance reviews and compensation cycles.
Experience leading an analytics team through a shift to AI-enabled ways of working.

Responsibilities

Lead, hire, and develop a team of 2–5 analysts and senior analysts, including performance management, coaching, and career development; at Senior Manager level, may oversee team leads or managers.
Own projects end-to-end by breaking ambiguous business questions into issues, building work plans, delegating, and managing deadlines.
Set priorities with senior leadership, align the project portfolio with company goals, and translate those goals into a clear vision for the team.
Lead adoption of AI by designing and deploying AI agents, automated workflows, and reusable analytical tools.
Establish governed analytics practices, including standardized metric definitions, reproducible methods, and verification of work, including AI-assisted output, before it reaches leadership.
Apply and review rigorous analytical methods, including experiment design, causal inference, and like-for-like comparisons that control for mix.
Manage expectations and timelines with executives and communicate complex findings as clear recommendations through storytelling and data visualization.
Advise Sales, Operations, Product, Marketing, Finance, and IT partners, align stakeholders, and drive business changes recommended by analysis.