Senior Data Manager - Financing Products

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Job Description

About the role:

We seek a visionary and experienced Data Manager to head the Financing products analytics team. In this leadership role, you will build and manage a high-performing data team that provides data-driven insights and support to our Financing products business groups.You will be pivotal in developing and implementing data strategies that maximize user acquisition, improve conversion rates, and ensure responsible financial practices across both verticals.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage a team of data analysts, ensuring their skills and expertise cater to the specific needs of the Financing products team.

• Partner with Financing products commercial stakeholders (e.g., Marketing, Sales, Product) to understand their unique business objectives and translate them into actionable data requests.

• Develop and implement a unified data strategy for financing activities aligned with company objectives.

• Design, build, and maintain data pipelines and dashboards to track key performance indicators (KPIs) for user acquisition, conversion, transaction behavior, credit risk (PayLater), insurance economics, and fraud

• Conduct in-depth data analysis to identify trends, growth opportunities, and improvement areas in user acquisition, conversion, risk management, and product development (for Financing products).

• Leverage data to inform credit risk modeling for PayLater and actuarial modeling for insurance, ensuring responsible lending and product offerings.

• Communicate complex data insights in a clear, concise, and actionable way to both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Stay up-to-date on the latest data science trends and technologies relevant to the FinTech and insurance industries, and implement tools to enhance Financing products analytics capabilities.

• Foster a collaborative and data-driven culture within the Financing products teams.

Requirements

• Minimum 7+ years of experience in a data leadership role, preferably within the financial technology industry.

• Proven experience in managing and mentoring data analysts.

• Strong understanding of data analysis methodologies, including SQL, statistics, and machine learning (a plus).

• Experience with data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI).

• Experience working with data pipelines and cloud platforms (e.g., GCP) (a plus).

• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to translate complex data insights into clear and actionable recommendations for non-technical audiences.

• Strong leadership skills, with the ability to motivate and inspire a team.

• Strategic thinking and problem-solving skills.

• A passion for the travel industry and a deep understanding of online travel agent (OTA) business models (a plus).