Principal Analytics Lead (m/f/d)

The role

You will build the Portfolio Intelligence capability for AutoProff, DealerTrack, CMS, Software and Finance. You will shape analytics priorities, coach analysts, and use AI tools to deliver insights and reporting to business leaders.

What you will do

• Shape analytics priorities and reporting approach for portfolio businesses.
• Coach analysts through problem framing, pairing, reviews and feedback.
• Raise standards by sharing best practices and creating reusable approaches.
• Identify opportunities to simplify reporting and reduce technical debt.
• Use AI in everyday delivery from SQL and Python development to reporting.
• Lead complex reporting initiatives from requirements to adoption.
• Establish clear KPI definitions, ownership and validation.
• Diagnose performance movements and translate analysis into recommendations.
• Partner with FP&A to maintain financial core KPI reporting.
• Act as a senior analytics partner to business and technical leaders.

Required qualifications

• Record of senior-level impact in analytics.
• Advanced SQL and strong data modelling skills.
• Programming and automation skills using a language such as Python.
• Hands-on use of AI assistants and agentic workflows in analytical or coding work.
• Experience delivering reliable reporting with cloud data platforms, transformation tools and BI systems.
• Proven ownership of KPI frameworks and reporting quality.
• Ability to learn unfamiliar business domains and identify performance drivers.
• Experience coaching analysts and improving team practices.
• Confidence working with senior stakeholders.

Nice to have

• Experience leading a small analytics team.
• Experience partnering with Finance or FP&A on financial KPIs, management reporting, reconciliation or the connection between operational and financial performance.
• 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.

About the company

AutoScout24 Group is an international community that is constantly innovating, evolving, and transforming things for customers.