Director, Business Analytics – Insights
GitLab
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $167,000 - $313,000 per year
Job Level
Lead
Tech Stack
SQLTableau
About the role
- Partner directly with the CFO, VP Finance, and FP&A team to deliver high-impact analytical insights that inform strategic financial and business decisions.
- Design and execute sophisticated analytical frameworks to evaluate GitLab's financial performance, unit economics, market opportunities, and strategic options.
- Translate complex financial, operational, and statistical analyses into clear, concise, and actionable recommendations for executive audiences, especially finance leaders.
- Develop, maintain, and continuously improve executive-level dashboards and reporting that provide real-time visibility into key financial metrics, strategic KPIs, and business trends.
- Lead and develop a team of 3 direct reports, owning end-to-end delivery of high-priority analytics projects while remaining deeply hands-on with analysis, modeling, and visualization.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with central data, finance, product, marketing, sales, and engineering teams to connect data from multiple sources and deliver integrated, company-wide insights.
- Build strong, trusted relationships with C-level executives and senior leaders by anticipating information needs, proactively surfacing insights, and following through on commitments.
- Present analytical findings and strategic recommendations with clarity and impact, tailoring your communication style to non-technical executive stakeholders and cross-functional partners.
- Help shape best practices for how GitLab uses SQL, statistical analysis, and data visualization tools to understand performance, identify trends, and support data-driven financial decision making.
Requirements
- Extensive experience in management consulting, investment banking, analytics, data science, or similar fields, with a focus on solving complex business problems and supporting senior finance leaders.
- Expert-level proficiency in SQL, statistical analysis, and data visualization tools (we use Tableau), along with experience working with modern data platforms and tools (we use Snowflake, dbt, GitLab, and others).
- Proven ability to design, execute, and operationalize analytical frameworks that inform C-level decision making, measure business performance, and support strategic financial planning.
- Exceptional communication and data storytelling skills, including the ability to translate complex analytical findings into clear, concise, and actionable recommendations for non-technical stakeholders.
- A track record of building and maintaining strong relationships with C-level leaders and cross-functional partners across central data, finance, product, marketing, sales, and engineering.
- Experience leading and developing high-performing analytics teams, including providing coaching, feedback, and mentorship while remaining hands-on with analysis and problem solving.
- Familiarity with the metrics and dynamics that drive SaaS, technology, and other high-growth businesses, and how they inform financial and strategic decisions.
- Experience working in distributed or remote environments, or collaborating with teams across different regions and time zones.
Benefits
- Benefits to support your health, finances, and well-being
- Flexible Paid Time Off
- Team Member Resource Groups
- Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Growth and Development Fund
- Parental leave
- Home office support
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Hard skills
SQLstatistical analysisdata visualizationanalytical frameworksfinancial modelingdata storytellingbusiness performance measurementstrategic financial planninganalytics project deliverycoaching and mentorship
Soft skills
communicationrelationship buildingcross-functional collaborationproblem solvingclarity in presentationexecutive stakeholder engagementteam leadershipproactive insight generationadaptabilitymentorship