Director, Business Intelligence - Yahoo Sports

Yahoo Sports connects fans to the sports and fantasy games they love most by offering personalized high-quality content and superior fan experiences every day. About the Role In the role of Director of Business Intelligence, you will collaborate with the GM of Yahoo Sports by providing business intelligence, audience insights, and actionable analysis to enhance our products. Additionally, you will: - Collaborate with key stakeholders across Research, Analytics, and Data Science. - Utilize internal and external datasets such as Comscore, SimilarWeb, GWI, Data AI to inform and motivate stakeholders. - Manage and mentor a small team of analysts. - Stay ahead of industry and market trends in sports products, including product, content, and consumer trends. Responsibilities - Act as a business partner to the General Manager of Yahoo Sports delivering proactive business and audience insights. - Collaborate across wider operational teams (Data Science, Voice of the Consumer, Product Analytics, Marketing) to achieve its OKRs and enhance user experience by providing actionable insights and recommendations to stakeholders. - Work with editorial, product, finance, operations, and strategy teams - ensuring data integrity and delivering key insights. - Act as a hands-on manager and mentor to a small team of junior analysts and develop their industry expertise. - Contribute to strategic projects across Yahoo Sports, from innovation through execution to analytical overviews. - Conduct ad hoc analyses to understand user experiences and behaviors and provide actionable insights and recommendations. - Perform deep dive analysis on web/app activity, and other Yahoo data to identify opportunities and insights that support learning strategies. - Deliver actionable market trends and insights using third-party data sources like Comscore, SimilarWeb, and App Annie. - Effectively communicate data-driven stories to executives and key stakeholders via presentations, written summaries, and data visualizations. - Translate business issues into questions that can be addressed through data analysis, and translate business needs into requirements. - Provide media & content, operations & strategy, and product teams with the insights and reporting they need to optimize their business areas. You Must Have - A passion for Sports and experience in Sports media or digital sports properties. - A minimum of 7 years of relevant experience with expertise in analytics, research, and insights delivery. - A Bachelor's degree (master's degree preferred). - Self-motivated, results-driven, and team-oriented leadership style. - Ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment managing multiple projects often under tight and concurrent deadlines. - Exceptional written/verbal communication skills and professional demeanor. - A proven history of delivering actionable insights on digital products and content. - A proactive and creative mentality. - Proficiency in digital analytics tools such as Google or Adobe Analytics and visualization tools such as Looker or Tableau. - Proficiency in third-party tools such as Comscore, SimilarWeb, and Data AI. - Strong analytical skills and a quantitative mindset with a basic understanding of statistics. - Experience in leveraging multiple types of data (i.e. audience traffic data, revenue data & survey insights) to provide actionable business insights. - Proven track record and enthusiasm for complex problem-solving and analysis, including working with large datasets and excellent Excel skills. - Strong communication skills capable of creating and presenting data-driven analyses and insights to articulate performance and opportunities to key stakeholders. - Significant experience, proficiency in, and passion for mobile and web products. - A team player driving growth results with a positive attitude and high emotional intelligence. - Strong work ethic and core values (honesty, integrity, creativity, etc). - Proficiency with SQL. Yahoo is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against based on age, race, gender, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other protected category. Yahoo is committed to providing an accessible environment for all candidates during the application process and for employees during their employment. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability, please submit a request via the Accommodation Request Form at www.yahooinc.com/careers/contact-us.html or call 408-336-1409. Requests and calls received for non-disability related issues, such as following up on an application, won't receive a response. At Yahoo, we believe diversity makes us stronger. We are committed to a collaborative, inclusive environment that encourages authenticity and fosters a sense of belonging. We strive for everyone to feel valued, connected, and empowered to reach their potential and contribute their best. Learn more on our diversity and inclusion page at www.yahooinc.com/diversity. The compensation for this position ranges from $140,890.00 - $306,705.00/yr and will depend on factors like your location, skills, and experience. The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of discretionary annual bonus or commissions, in addition to equity incentives. Yahoo provides industry-leading benefits including healthcare, a 401K savings plan, company holidays, vacation, sick time, parental leave, and an employee assistance program. Yahoo has a high degree of flexibility around employee location and hybrid working. Most roles don’t require specific regular patterns of in-person office attendance. If you join Yahoo, you may be occasionally asked to attend or travel for in-person work sessions, team-building, or other events. 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