Senior Manager, Data & Analytics

The Guitar Center Company • Frederick, MD

5h

About The Position

The Senior Manager, Data & Analytics leads a dedicated, multi-functional data team supporting a distinct business unit within a larger enterprise. The role is the primary Data partner to senior business leadership, helping turn data into better decisions across commercial, financial, operational, and customer priorities. It combines business partnership, team leadership, analytics, and delivery ownership while connecting the business unit to broader enterprise Data capabilities.

The position owns Data for a key business unit, including the team, its priorities, and its impact. The goal is to build a stronger Data capability that contributes to customer value and business performance.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in Data Analytics, Business Intelligence, Data Science, or a related field, including experience managing and developing people.
• Experience leading data professionals, setting priorities, creating clear accountability, and supporting strong team performance.
• Strong business acumen and experience partnering with senior leaders on financial, operational, customer, or commercial decisions.
• Strong analytical problem-solving skills, including taking ambiguous questions from initial framing through recommendation and implementation.
• Advanced SQL skills and experience with modern BI and visualization platforms such as Omni, Looker, or similar tools.
• Technical fluency across data quality, transformation, reporting, and analytical solutions, with the ability to work effectively with Data Engineering and other technical teams.
• Experience using emerging AI tools to improve analytical or technical work, with appropriate review and validation of outputs.
• Strong communication and project-management skills, including the ability to manage competing priorities and make tradeoffs clear.
• Track record of ownership, curiosity, and reliable follow-through, with a practical approach to solving problems and improving how the business uses data.

Nice To Haves

• Experience leading a team spanning multiple Data disciplines.
• Experience in CPG, retail, ecommerce, subscription services, or another data-rich consumer business.
• Experience supporting a business unit within a broader enterprise Data organization.
• Familiarity with modern cloud data platforms and tools such as Snowflake, dbt, and Python.
• Bachelor's degree in a quantitative, technical, business, or related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.

Responsibilities

• Partner with senior business leaders to understand objectives, identify opportunities, set expectations, and translate business needs into a clear Data and Analytics agenda.
• Manage and coach a multi-functional team spanning analytics, BI/reporting, and broader data work; build team capability, clear ownership, and consistent execution.
• Manage the team's roadmap and portfolio, prioritize based on business impact, coordinate dependencies, and communicate progress, risks, and tradeoffs.
• Translate ambiguous business questions into analysis, metrics, and recommendations; identify trends, risks, and opportunities across financial, customer, commercial, and operational performance.
• Improve reporting, KPIs, data quality, and recurring analytical processes; partner with enterprise Data teams to build durable solutions using shared platforms, tools, and standards.
• Help leaders use data more effectively, test assumptions with evidence, and turn complex findings into clear decisions and actions.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed