Sr. Data Analyst
About The Position
At Guitar Center, the Analytics Team is deploying data to empower the company with insight that drives customer success and business value. This Senior Data Analyst role is part of the analytics team, which is within the larger central Data Org. The analyst will work with stakeholders to inform current initiatives and long-term roadmaps with data, acting as a key part of a dynamic data team that collaborates daily with strategic partners to deliver data, prioritize resources, and scale impact. This position offers the chance to affect millions of musicians at the country’s largest musical retailer, with success visible up to the highest levels of the company. Guitar Center fosters creativity and music, encouraging teammates to find their individual sound and striving to craft lifelong musicians. The company believes in putting customers first, engaging with respect and integrity, and fulfilling its mission with passion. A career at Guitar Center means becoming part of the world's largest multichannel musical instrument retailer, with employees across Stores, Contact Centers, Distribution Centers, and Support Centers sharing the common goal of helping people find their sound and filling the world with more music.
Requirements
- Bring 6+ years of professional analytics or analytics-related experience and a team-player attitude, with a demonstrated track record of leading data projects.
- Solve problems by applying critical thinking and curiosity to produce both immediate value and long-term strategic impact.
- Deploy advanced skills in SQL and data visualization/storytelling.
- Take ownership seriously and hold yourself accountable to always deliver in a reliable manner that builds trust, thriving at a fast pace and managing multiple work streams.
- Possess effective communication and people skills with the ability to partner with diverse audiences.
Nice To Haves
- Retail experience preferred.
- Work well with multiple analytics & visualization tools, particularly Looker, and have a familiarity with aggregating data sources and with statistical analysis tools (i.e. Python, R).
- Be excited to ask questions, push boundaries and follow where data leads in pursuit of new opportunities.
- Enjoy working in a highly dynamic environment where you have a strong voice and your decisions have a significant impact.
Responsibilities
- Report to the Senior Manager of Analytics and be a primary analytics partner to one of Guitar Center’s business teams, working closely with business leaders to ensure objectives and growth are supported by data work.
- Support stakeholder needs with: reporting, KPI definition, performance measurement, and deeper analytical insights, achieving scale by establishing best practices, automating processes, and identifying structural needs.
- Balance meeting the current needs of the business with long-term progress on the analytics team strategy for a robust, democratized, data-driven organization.
- Drive analytics projects and experiments from end to end, translating business questions into analytical frameworks, efficiently producing reliable data, generating insights through analysis, and effectively influencing the business through recommended actions.
- Plan, execute, and analyze AB test experiments to establish causal relationships.
- Identify trends and find opportunities to unlock new sources of growth and customer success.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
