Lead Marketing Analytics Analyst

San Francisco, CA (Remote)

$164K/yr – $205K/yrSenior Level6+ years expFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive data-driven marketing analytics and campaign strategy at scale, owning dashboards, tooling, and a growing analytics team.

  • Must-have: 6+ years in marketing analytics with team leadership and multi-channel experience.
  • Standout: Strong cross-functional impact and platform fluency (e.g., Braze) that translates data into decisions.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Partner closely with Marketing and Partnerships to guide budget allocation and campaign strategy through proactive, data-driven insights.
  • Lead performance analytics across lifecycle, direct mail, and paid channels, helping the team identify what's working, why, and where we can improve.
  • Build clear, actionable dashboards and KPIs that connect marketing efforts to conversion, growth, and efficiency outcomes.
  • Own and continuously improve our marketing analytics and campaign tooling, including platforms like Braze.
  • Manage and support a team of Marketing Analysts while driving automation, scalable reporting, and strong cross-functional relationships.

Requirements

  • 6+ years of experience in marketing or growth analytics, with a strong track record of influencing performance marketing decisions and leading a team.
  • You've analyzed multi-channel campaigns and understand how lifecycle, acquisition, and partnerships work together to drive growth.
  • You're fluent in marketing performance measurement, attribution, funnel analysis, and ROI modeling.
  • You're highly comfortable with SQL and have experience using R or Python to uncover insights, run analyses, and support experimentation.
  • You know how to turn complex data into clear, practical recommendations that build trust with stakeholders and enable them to make confident decisions.

Preferred

  • Experience partnering with senior marketing leaders on annual planning and long-term strategy.
  • Experience managing analysts and building high-performing analytics teams.
  • Familiarity with experimentation design and incrementality testing in performance marketing.

Benefits

  • Health, Dental, & Vision benefits plus savings plans
  • Mac computers + work-from-home stipend to set up your home office
  • Monthly internet and phone reimbursement
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  • Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
  • 401(k) plan to help you save for retirement plus a company match
  • Robust tuition reimbursement program
  • $1,000 travel perk on each Earnie-versary to anywhere in the world
  • Competitive days of annual PTO
  • Competitive parental leave
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Founded in 2013
Oakland, California, USA
364 employees (36 in marketing)
64% recommend to a friend
67% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
532.5K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$970.7K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
34.4%
Direct
58.8%
Referral
5%
Social
0.6%
Paid
1.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~364

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
22 (6% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
3

Funding

Total Funding
$316.3M
Last Raise
$20M
Series C, 9 years ago

Funding History

  • Mar 2017
    Series C • $20M
  • Nov 2015
    Debt Financing • $200M
  • Nov 2015
    Series B • $75M

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