About the Position

Data Analyst

Andela is transitioning from a world-class talent marketplace into a high-scale, AI-integrated Talent Cloud. As a Data Analyst, you will build and maintain the data infrastructure that powers Andela's business intelligence and analytics capabilities. This role requires someone who thinks about data as a product, ensuring data is reliable, accessible, and structured to enable self-service analytics across the organization.

About Andela

At Andela, we know brilliance is evenly distributed around the world, but opportunity is not. For over 10 years, Andela has connected its customers with top global, remote technical talent from over 135 countries with the majority residing in emerging markets like Africa and Latin America.

As one of the world’s largest talent marketplaces, Andela gives companies greater flexibility to quickly deploy qualified technologists. With talent highly skilled in advanced technologies to support Application Development, Artificial Intelligence, Cloud & DevOps, Data Engineering, and much more, customers experience 33% faster project delivery. The company’s exclusive AI-powered platform, Andela Talent Cloud, is the industry’s only unified platform managing the complete global talent lifecycle and enables customers to fill individual roles or engage fully managed teams up to 66% faster.

Andela is on the precipice of two breakout industry transformations: one in staffing/hiring and the other in software development, both accelerated by generative AI.

Are you an exceptional, hungry leader seasoned in scaling businesses through transformation and growth? Join us and change the world.

Responsibilities

Proactive Business Partnership

Embed yourself in assigned business function to deeply understand their priorities, challenges, and opportunities
Proactively identify analytical opportunities before stakeholders ask-hunt for insights that drive action
Design and lead experiments, A/B tests, and pilots with clear success metrics and measurement frameworks
Deliver insights with clear recommendations and next steps, not just data summaries

Analytics & Insights Generation

Build dashboards, reports, and analytical frameworks that enable ongoing business monitoring
Conduct deep-dive analyses on business performance, customer behavior, and operational efficiency
Develop forecasting and predictive models to support strategic planning and resource allocation
Synthesize complex data into compelling narratives that drive stakeholder action

Experimentation & Measurement

Partner with business teams to design experiments that test new strategies, products, or processes
Establish success metrics, tracking mechanisms, and analytical approaches for each initiative
Analyze experiment results with statistical rigor and deliver clear go/no-go recommendations
Build repeatable frameworks for experimentation that increase velocity and learning

Data Literacy & Enablement

Train business partners on self-service analytics tools and metrics definitions
Create documentation and resources that enable stakeholders to answer basic questions independently
Serve as the data expert for your business area, ensuring consistent interpretation of metric

Requirements

Required Experience & Skills

4-7 years in business intelligence, data analytics, or related analytical role
Advanced SQL skills with ability to structure complex analyses independently
Strong proficiency with BI tools (Looker, Tableau, Power BI, or similar)
Preferred experience with the Looker semantic layer (LookerML)
Proficiency in R or Python for automated data processing, statistical modeling, and advanced visualization
Deep understanding of statistical concepts and experimental design
Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally and influence without authority
Exceptional communication skills-ability to tell compelling stories with data

What Sets You Apart

You don't wait for assignments; you proactively identify problems worth solving
You think from first principles and challenge assumptions in pursuit of truth
You're comfortable with ambiguity and can structure unstructured problems
You balance analytical rigor with pragmatic business judgment
You demonstrate high ownership and follow-through on all commitments
Bachelor's degree in quantitative field; advanced degree preferred

We Offer

Location: Remote
Employment Type: Full-time
Location Type: Remote

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