VP, Freight Analytics & Advisory
About The Position
DAT is looking for a VP of Freight Analytics & Advisory: a senior, commercially minded leader who drives growth of our analytics products and services by serving as the authoritative voice of DAT’s data, own analytical advisory for enterprise customers, and build our data services practice. This role owns the strategic vision of our analytics capabilities and bridges deep quantitative expertise with customer-facing influence and cross-functional product partnership. This is a player-coach role - you will lead by doing, setting the standard for analytical rigor and customer engagement while building and scaling a team. You are eager to work directly with our customers and as comfortable presenting forecasts to the C-Suite as you are mentoring an analyst on methodology. This role will report to Kary Jablonski, EVP Broker, and work closely with the iQ Product team as well as our GTM teams.
Requirements
- 15+ years pricing or analytics experience in brokerage, procurement, or both; speaks the customer’s language from the inside
- Has designed, hired, and scaled an analytically-focused team
- Comfortable in VP/C-suite conversations; experienced navigating complex enterprise relationships and high-stakes RFPs
- Rate forecasting, statistical modeling, time-series analysis
- Proven ability to influence without authority and drive alignment across cross-functional teams
- Natural thinking partner on data product pricing and packaging; data buyer background a plus
Nice To Haves
- Player-coach model
- Able to travel 1-2x a month with our commercial and product teams; this is a customer facing role as much as an analytical one
Responsibilities
- Serve as the commercial and analytical voice of our data
- Serve as external spokesperson and internal authority on freight market methodology
- Share expertise and feedback with product and data science teams; provide escalation on hard analytical questions
- Champion and build DAT’s analytics strategy and business
- Partner closely with product team to translate market and customer insights into priorities that deliver value for our customers
- Develop and champion our vision, and inspire action across cross-functional teams to execute to it
- Lead enterprise customer engagement
- Own and deepen relationships with pricing and analytics leadership at enterprise customers
- Navigate complex, high-scale enterprise contracts in partnership with our sales team
- Build and chair a broker-focused Analytics Customer Advisory Board (CAB)
- Build and scale our analytical advisory team
- Hire and lead a team of analysts; scale consulting and advisory services to broker customers
- Partner closely with Sales and the iQ product team on go-to-market and roadmap
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, and AD&D insurance
- Parental Leave
- Flexible Time Off
- An additional 10 holidays of paid time off per calendar year
- 401k matching (immediately vested)
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Short- and Long-term disability sick leave
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Health Savings Accounts
- Employee Assistance Program
- Additional programs - Employee Referral, Internal Recognition, and Wellness
- Free TriMet transit pass (Beaverton Office)
- Competitive salary and benefits package
- Work on impactful projects in a cutting-edge environment
- Collaborative and supportive team culture
- Opportunity to make a real difference in the trucking industry
- Employee Resource Groups
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Executive
Education Level
No Education Listed
