BI / Analytics Lead
Location: GB, LND, London
Department: OPS
Employment type: Full-time
Required experience: Mid-Senior level
Industry: Online Media
Company profile: Depop is an exciting new mobile marketplace where you can sell things by simply taking a picture, as well as follow your friends and buy unique things.Depop has already been received with great enthusiasm in our test regions and it is now beginning to expand into the global market, following funding from highly prestigious venture capitalists.This is an extremely exciting time to join a young, fast growing and very promising company based in the Shoreditch area, backed by some of the most prestigious VC’s in the technology market.
Description: About Depop:Depop is an exciting new mobile marketplace where you can sell things by simply taking a picture, as well as follow your friends and buy unique things.Depop has already been received with great enthusiasm in our test regions and it is now beginning to expand into the global market, following funding from highly prestigious venture capitalists.We are looking for a  Business Intelligence/ Analytics Lead to join our talented team in Shoreditch.This is an extremely exciting opportunity to join a young, fast growing and very promising company based in the Shoreditch area, backed by some of the most prestigious VC’s in the technology market.About the Role:A creative business mind with a flair for tech, you will be charged with uncovering business insights via rigorous data analysisUse large-scale data mining techniques to discover and identify actionable patterns in data and develop hypotheses and modelsDesign hypothesis tests, oversee execution, and perform rigorous statistical evaluation of the results to produce actionable insightsWork with the Product, Marketing, Operations and Engineering teams to develop and maintain data products and tools and drive and communicate business insights across the broader functions internallyManage, curate and quality control of Depop’s data using manual and automated techniquesIdentify cases where there is value in collecting new types of data and work with third parties and members of the Depop team to complete the data acquisition processAutomate routine tasks and reports as appropriate in the correct format for individual teamsAdvise the Engineering team when new features require new data to be captured or generated for successful business insightsSuccinctly summarise and communicate findings for relevant stakeholders and provide insight via visualisationsInstill best practice in terms of statistical interpretation of data amongst various teams, including any required explanations regarding confidence levels, statistical significance, error margins etc.Champion the scientific method internally
Requirements: About You:Incurably and insatiably curious3+ years experience in a business intelligence, data modelling, social science or analytics roleExperience and ability to work in an ‘Agile’ way to achieve rapid turnaroundLove explaining and communicating analytics insights as much as mining the data itself and have a demonstrable skills in data visualizationIndependent yet able to network broadly amongst team members locally and internationallyUniversity degree in mathematics, computer science or a physical or social science or other technical field and/or post graduate experience in a field with strong data and computational focus combined with a keen awareness of how analytics drives business decision-makingComfortable programing in at least one language ideally pythonExpert knowledge of at least one analysis tool
Benefits: Generous salaryGreat offices near Old StreetApple equipmentWorking with a well-funded, amazing and very friendly teamIt’s a great time to join us. If this sounds like the role for you, please apply here or email #EMAIL_5bcb798bafeb463a8569b822ca3d60a207c5efa2c31e80cf0139936a02fd54c7# for more information.
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