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Principal Analytics Lead (m/f/d)
Contract type
Ongoing
Work mode
Remote
Experience
Lead / principal · Not stated
Level inferred from job title
Job description
A Principal Analytics Lead role to build a Portfolio Intelligence capability across AutoScout24 Group's portfolio businesses, shaping analytics priorities, KPIs and reporting while coaching analysts.
At a glance
- Work mode
- Remote
- Languages
- English
What you'll do
- Shape analytics priorities and reporting approach for portfolio businesses, linking commercial drivers to leadership decisions.
- Coach analysts through problem framing, pairing, reviews and constructive feedback.
- Raise standards across Global Central Analytics by sharing best practices and reusable approaches.
- Identify opportunities to simplify reporting, reduce manual effort and technical debt, and improve reliability and delivery speed.
- Make AI part of everyday delivery, from SQL and Python development to exploration, testing, documentation and reporting.
- Lead complex reporting initiatives from requirements to adoption, staying hands-on with data models, pipelines and dashboards.
- Establish clear KPI definitions, ownership and validation with documentation and controlled changes.
- Diagnose performance movements, identify risks and opportunities, and translate analysis into recommendations.
- Shape the insights discussed in weekly and monthly business reviews with business owners.
- Partner with FP&A to establish and maintain financial core KPI reporting.
- Act as a senior analytics partner to business and technical leaders, resolving ambiguity and aligning stakeholders.
What we're looking for
- A record of senior-level impact in analytics, including shaping ambiguous problems and influencing decisions across teams.
- Advanced SQL and strong data modelling skills, building maintainable analytical datasets across multiple source systems.
- Programming and automation skills for repeatable data preparation, analysis and validation, using a language such as Python.
- Hands-on use of AI assistants and agentic workflows in analytical or coding work, with judgment to validate results.
- Experience delivering reliable reporting with cloud data platforms, transformation tools and BI systems, supported by version control, testing and documentation.
- Proven ownership of KPI frameworks and reporting quality, including reconciliation, validation and changes to definitions or sources.
- Ability to learn unfamiliar business domains, identify their performance drivers and balance reusable standards with business-specific needs.
- Experience coaching analysts, improving team practices and sharing knowledge while remaining closely involved in technical delivery.
- Confidence working with senior stakeholders, challenging unclear requirements constructively and translating analysis into decisions.
Nice to have
- Experience leading a small analytics team, supporting colleagues' development and prioritization.
- Experience partnering with Finance or FP&A on financial KPIs, management reporting or reconciliation.
- Experience developing shared metrics, semantic layers or AI-enabled self-service analytics.
- Experience establishing analytics or recurring business reviews across multiple business units, particularly in software, FinTech, dealer services or B2B businesses.
Your team
Global Central Analytics
The team is expanding its established marketplace reporting capabilities across the Autonex group.
Benefits
- A culture of growth with over 50 nationalities represented and an inclusive community.
- Tools, training and support to work in a way that suits you, learn new skills and reach your potential.
Apply
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About AutoScout24 Group
A career driven by you.
An international community that is driven, ambitious and determined to do its best work together.
Mission
To lead the market and keep innovating, evolving and transforming things for customers.
Key facts
- Over 50 nationalities are represented in the community.
What they value
- Innovation, evolution and transformation for customers.
- Inclusion and welcoming people of all backgrounds.