Hybrid Principal Data Analyst – 9 Months Fixed Term Contract

at Airtasker

• Job title: Principal Data Analyst – 9 Months Fixed Term Contract
• Job type: Contract
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: SQL
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Sydney, Australia

About the role

• Principal Data Analyst at Airtasker guiding data-driven strategies and mentoring junior analysts. Collaborating with stakeholders to enhance decision-making across the company.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Advisory: Guide company and product strategy through advanced data exploration, decision science, and the development of sophisticated business metrics.
• Technical Mentorship: Model best practices in data modelling, governance, SQL, reporting and analysis to raise the quality of work across the team.
• Experimentation Leadership: Drive a mature experimentation culture by guiding experiment design, monitoring, and result interpretation.
• Insight Delivery: Ensure business teams have access to relevant, timely, and actionable reporting tools to facilitate high quality decision-making.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Partner with senior product, marketing, and C-level leaders to design data-informed strategies.
• Technical Collaboration: Collaborate effectively with technical peers in Analytics Engineering and Software Engineering to resolve complex data challenges.
• Data Advocacy: Educate and evangelise the role of decision science across Airtasker, ensuring team members understand the data lifecycle and how it creates value.

Requirements

• Technical Proficiency: Mastery of relational databases, SQL, and data modelling (dbt experience is highly advantageous).
• Analytical Rigour: Advanced mathematical and statistical reasoning, including an understanding of common data science algorithms and experimentation methodologies.
• Data Storytelling: Exceptional ability to simplify complex data into accessible, compelling narratives for senior stakeholders using advanced visualisation techniques.
• Outcome Focused: A proven ability to link quantitative data directly to customer experience and business outcomes.
• Project Management: Strong project and change management skills to navigate a fast-paced environment.
• Mentorship Driven: Passionate about educating others and proactively growing the technical capabilities of your peers.
• Decisive & Independent: Able to act independently and make sound decisions under pressure.
• Empathetic & Logical: A methodical approach balanced with the empathy required to create a safe environment for data led feedback.
• Bonus points:
• - Marketplace Experience: Previous experience with two-sided marketplace dynamics and matching models.
• - Leadership History: Prior experience as a Team Lead or Manager is highly advantageous, given the role's responsibility to guide the current team's workload and growth.

Benefits

• Hybrid working - when it comes to working, there’s no “one size fits all” approach, with Airtasker you choose the environment that helps you do your best work.
• Airtime - welcome to no Slack and meeting-free Fridays! Airtime is designed so we regularly have dedicated focus time for work and personal growth.
• Recharge days - each quarter we have a company-wide Recharge Day, equivalent to 4 additional days of leave per year. It’s a day for everyone when the world can wait and self-care takes centre stage.
• Wellbeing support - our Employee Assistance Program provides confidential access for our people to GPs, dieticians, counselling and mental health specialists, providing essential support whenever needed.
• Airpowerment Fund - we provide a $200 allowance to spend on anything that supports your health & wellbeing.
• Airtasker credits - it’s a great feeling to get things done. Even greater when you get $1000 worth of credits every year to help you check off your to-do list and connect with our community of Taskers.
• Fair and equitable pay - this is a core commitment to our people. Every year we review industry data to ensure our compensation framework supports everyone to be recognised for the full value of their skills.
• Tenure leave - To celebrate our people’s commitment to Airtasker, we offer tenure leave starting from your 3rd anniversary with the company. This begins with 3 extra days of leave per year, gradually increasing to a maximum of 5 days per year.
• DAREtasker - join our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion committee! Every month we meet to create meaningful and impactful programs of work that embrace belonging at Airtasker.
• Celebration swap - not everyone celebrates the same things. That’s why, at Airtasker, you can swap national, state or territory public holidays for the ones that matter to you.
• Learning and development - learning at Airtasker is on the job, guided by managers, enhanced by peers and led by ourselves. We deliver learning programs and budget allowances to invest in your growth.
• 360 performance reviews - feedback is a gift. Every year we run 360 reviews across the business to recognise achievements and promote personal growth.
• Volunteer leave - Our team members can take a day each year to lend a helping hand and support a cause they are passionate about.
• Awards - and the winners are… our go-getters! Whether it’s our peer-nominated quarterly Values Awards or our periodic Go-Getter Spirit Award, we love celebrating our people and spreading good energy.
• Vibe committee - good vibes only! Our Vibe Committee delivers events that hit the sweet spot of bringing us all together to enjoy each other’s company whether you’re local or remote.
• Birthday leave - All of our people get an extra day of leave during their birthday week to take time away from work to celebrate.