Airtable is hiring a

Data Scientist, Business Analytics

San Francisco, United States

Airtable is the no-code app platform that empowers people closest to the work to accelerate their most critical business processes. More than 500,000 organizations, including 80% of the Fortune 100, rely on Airtable to transform how work gets done.

Airtable's innovative approach to end-user software creation is rapidly expanding, making it an exciting time to join our Finance Analytics Team as a Data Scientist. In this crucial role, you will report directly to the Head of Analytics and work directly with Airtable’s CEO and Leadership Team.  Your strategic insights will be instrumental in navigating our financial landscape and ensuring that our metrics align with the priorities of the CEO and Leadership Team.

This role offers the opportunity to significantly impact Airtable's strategy, providing you with a platform to deploy your data skills in a way that directly contributes to our company’s growth and success.

What you'll do

  • Strategic Analysis: Drive in-depth financial analysis to ensure the accuracy and relevance of key metrics, aligning them with the CEO's and Leadership Team's strategic priorities. Tackle ambiguous problems to uncover business value with minimal oversight.
  • Communication Skills: Effectively communicate the “so-what” of an analysis, illustrating how insights can be leveraged to drive business impact across the organization.
  • Partner with Executive Leadership: Provide analytical insights and direct support to the CEO and Leadership Team, influencing high-level financial strategies and critical decision-making processes.
  • Define Executive-Level Metrics: Address complex, ambiguous business challenges by developing clear, consistent, and actionable metrics that provide transparency and track business performance at the highest levels.
  • Champion Data Excellence for Leadership: Foster a culture of high-standard data practices and experimentation, enhancing the analytical capabilities and decision-making power of the CEO and Leadership Team.
  • Develop Executive Dashboards: Design, build, and maintain sophisticated dashboards and KPIs, providing the CEO and Leadership Team with real-time insights into the company’s financial health and strategic performance.

Who you are

  • 6-10 year experience as a data scientist - preferable working with leadership teams at high growth startups.
  • Skilled in Looker Semantic Modeling and BI Tooling: Expertise in building self-service data sets in Looker, enabling easy consumption by Finance Team members and the broader company.
  • Detail-Oriented Investigator: Driven by curiosity to explore data beyond the surface, discovering essential insights that guide strategic decisions.
  • Experienced Financial Data Analyst: With at least 6 years in roles like Data Scientist, Analyst, or Engineer, you possess deep expertise in financial data strategy.
  • Skilled in Data Translation: Excel at transforming complex data into meaningful, actionable insights, effectively storytelling to impact high-level financial strategies.
  • Technically Proficient: Proficient in SQL and tools like R or Python, you handle large datasets with ease, ensuring data integrity and accessibility.
  • Effective Communicator: You communicate complex data insights clearly and effectively, making sophisticated analytical concepts accessible to a non-technical audience.

Airtable is an equal opportunity employer. We embrace diversity and strive to create a workplace where everyone has an equal opportunity to thrive. We welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any characteristic protected by applicable federal and state laws, regulations and ordinances. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant

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Compensation awarded to successful candidates will vary based on their work location, relevant skills, and experience.

Our total compensation package also includes the opportunity to receive benefits, restricted stock units, and may include incentive compensation. To learn more about our comprehensive benefit offerings, please check out Life at Airtable.

For work locations in the San Francisco Bay Area, New York City, and Los Angeles, the base salary range for this role is:
$188,100$266,400 USD
For all other work locations (including remote), the base salary range for this role is:
$169,300$239,800 USD

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