Director of Analytics

Remote, based within United Kingdom only.. Posted a month ago

The role

You will own the full analytics path from the data warehouse to BI tooling. You will lead a team of analysts and analytics engineers and set the technical direction for the analytics stack.

What you will do

Own the analytics architecture end to end from Snowflake and dbt to the BI layer
Set and evolve BI tooling strategy
Lead, hire, and develop a team of analysts and analytics engineers
Partner with Product, Customer Success, and Engineering to define metrics and build reporting
Establish data modeling standards, testing, and governance across dbt models
Own data security and access controls across the warehouse and BI layer
Build and own executive-facing reporting on core business metrics

Required qualifications

8+ years of experience in analytics
At least 3 years directly managing or leading a team
Deep hands-on SQL, including complex CTEs, window functions, and query optimization
Real experience running a cloud data warehouse
Hands-on experience with dbt or a comparable transformation layer
Track record evaluating, migrating, or scaling BI tools
Experience translating messy operational data into decisions executives act on
Excellent written and verbal communication
Comfortable operating remote-first, across a distributed team

Nice to have

Snowflake strongly preferred
Experience with IoT, sensor, or computer-vision-derived data (high-volume, noisy, real-time)
Python for analytics engineering or pipeline work
Experience scaling an analytics function inside a growth-stage startup
Background in retail, grocery, logistics, or other operationally complex environments
Experience mentoring managers, not just individual contributors

Benefits

Competitive Salary & Attractive Stock
Generous Paid Time Off
Pension
Sick Leave
Parental Leave
Learning and Development Budget

About the company

Focal Systems is an industry leader in retail AI solutions and a Deep Learning first company. Their mission is to automate and optimize brick and mortar retail using deep learning computer vision.