Data Analyst (Remote)

ROLE SUMMARY

We are hiring a Data Analyst to:

• Work closely with clients to understand their specific needs and challenges.
• Transform complex business requirements into clear data-driven solutions.
• Design and develop user-friendly data products to empower clients with self-serve analytics.
• Utilise fundamental and advanced analytical techniques to uncover valuable insights and inform strategic decision-making.
• Collaborate with the Tasman team to build and maintain a robust data platform that supports business growth for our clients.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Data Analysts at Tasman are responsible for understanding business questions and scoping data solutions that provide answers. The solutions take many different forms, from dashboards through to deep-dive analysis. They work closely with clients to identify the right questions and then translate them into tangible requirements, incorporating their own knowledge of relevant business domains, including marketing and growth, retail sales, app subscriptions, product analytics, and B2B Sales.

For data products, the Data Analysts collaborate closely with Analytics Engineers and Data Engineers to design and build the required components. They create Product Briefs that describe requirements in detail to provide a central point of design and discussion. They also take responsibility for the design and build of informative dashboards.

For analysis, Data Analysts will work more autonomously to deep dive into the data and generate robust insights. They collaborate with Analytics Engineers to build analysis-ready datasets and with other Data Analysts to bounce ideas and review insights. Throughout the analysis process, they work closely with client stakeholders to iterate quickly through findings and hone in on the high-value outcomes.

Business Analysis & Data Strategy

At the core of Tasman's delivery approach is a focus on business value and solutions that target specific business needs. Our Data Analysts work closely with clients to understand their business model and challenges, allowing us to shape solutions that precisely fit their requirements. Clear communication of these requirements to both the Tasman team and the client is crucial for successful delivery.

The scope of business analysis work varies with solution complexity. For simpler cases, we deliver quick results through brief summaries and close collaboration with our data platform team. More complex situations require comprehensive product briefs to align all stakeholders—both client and Tasman team members—on the solution's direction. An exceptional Data Analyst instinctively knows which approach best suits each business situation.

In summary, you will:

• Work directly with clients to refine the scope of stories so that they deliver tangible business value to client stakeholders. The output of the story may be a dashboard, analysis, or another data product.
• Describe the scope of the story in written form with sufficient detail to explain to client and other members of the squad what is going to be delivered once the story is completed.
• Work closely with Analytics Engineers to elaborate on the product brief to ensure complex requirements are fully described to avoid potential pitfalls.
• Recognise basic inter-dependencies between data-related decisions and broader business goals, showing an understanding of long-term implications of epics and roadmaps.

Delivering Insights

Sometimes the best and most valuable answer to a business question is the one that is delivered fastest. Our Data Analysts are adept at quickly navigating the available data to find the best rapid answer to the key parts of the business question. Analytical thinking and an agile approach to problem-solving are both key skills to delivering rapid insight.

We use a common approach to data models that we deploy across all clients. That means analysis is built on the same data platform and can be reused and tailored to produce rapid results, as well as deep analysis. The cumulative effect of these standardisation efforts is that we shorten the time-to-value with each new client we work with.

For bigger or longer-term questions, exploratory data analysis is a key part of how we approach client problems and realise business value. We use a scientific approach to uncover key insights and relationships between key elements of the business. Using a combination of simple analytical approaches, sophisticated visualisations, and statistical modelling we unpick the true signals in the data and discard the spurious noise.

In summary, you will:

• Have a comprehensive understanding of the data that is currently available in the data warehouse in various states of analytics-readiness.
• Be able to use the available data in creative ways to answer business questions quickly but robustly.
• Leverage understanding of the client business and similar industries to zoom in on the most useful insight quickly.
• Use a structured analysis process to investigate a business problem and provide clear data-driven evidence for recommended solutions.
• Prepare reports to communicate results of analysis back to stakeholders in a format that is appropriate to the audience and the analysis. This will often require presenting the results back to stakeholders.
• Be able to use inferential statistical tests to validate hypotheses, understanding when to use tests and how results are communicated to stakeholders.

Data Visualisation & Storytelling

Scalability is at the heart of everything we do at Tasman—we are constantly looking for ways to amplify the impact of data on our clients. Our Data Analysts work a lot with Omni, Holistics, Looker, and other dashboarding tools to ensure that business users can answer their own business questions at the speed of thought. We don’t like bottlenecks or backlogs of jobs; we do like carefully designed reports, insights, and dashboards that provide a guided path to answers.

Self-serve analytics can get complicated very quickly, so we have tried-and-tested approaches to developing multi-layered reporting systems that are tailored to each client. Our Data Analysts carefully design the information architecture and data visualisations to create dashboards that are easy to understand and embedded within business processes. Developing simple navigation pathways between visualisation tools and datasets unlocks the full power of self-serve analytics, enabling our clients to make more data-informed decisions.

By combining technical expertise with a strong understanding of storytelling, our Data Analysts create data visualisations that not only inform but also inspire. We believe that data, when presented effectively, can transform businesses.

In summary, you will:

• Design dashboards that communicate targeted information to stakeholders in a digestible format. The designs are specific to the use-case and take account of the information hierarchy and the stakeholders involved.
• Build dashboards in a variety of BI platforms such as Looker and Omni, owning the semantic layer to develop explore designs that facilitate self-serve analysis.
• Deliver engaging presentations that effectively communicate key insights to diverse stakeholder groups, using data storytelling techniques to craft compelling narratives that resonate with the audience and drive understanding.
• Work with Analytics Engineers to QA data models and dashboards to ensure data is accurate and reliable.

Demonstrate the Tasman Behaviours

Tasman is a fast-paced, growing, remote-first company and over the years we’ve been able to narrow down exactly what it is that makes our team so effective - we call these the Tasman behaviours. Exemplifying these behaviours on a daily basis is critical to individual, team, and company success and ensures our clients have full trust in our expertise and dedication to client value.

In summary, you will:

• Deliver Impact through positive influence to shape decisions and actions that ensure we remain laser-focused on what the client needs.
• Demonstrate Effective Communication to establish our credibility and ensure that we can operate effectively as a distributed team with a global client base.
• Proactively Take Ownership of deliverables, effectively prioritising and managing time, to deliver supreme quality work independently.

As a Senior member of the team, we also expect you to:

• Demonstrate strong cross-functional leadership skills and be meticulously organised.
• Be a well-rounded, T-shaped, data professional, with experience and strengths outside of your specific role that you can leverage to maximise your impact.
• Be a shining example for the Tasman Values of empathy, tenacity, curiosity, integrity, and collaboration.

ABOUT YOU

You are someone who:

• Proven experience working in a data-driven role, where data is regularly used to inform critical decisions.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively with all levels and functions within a business.
• A strong ability to explain complex data concepts in a clear and concise manner for both technical and non-technical audiences.
• A deep understanding of the value of data and its potential to transform business practices.
• Experience working with data from multiple industries and understanding the impact of data analysis on various business teams.

And also possess:

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Proficiency in SQL and data manipulation tools (e.g., Excel, Python).
• Experience with data visualisation tools and version control tools (e.g. Github, GitLab).
• A keen interest in data storytelling and effectively communicating insights.
• A collaborative and team-oriented work ethic.

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS

The compensation and benefits for someone based in the UK are:

• Salary depending on experience: £50,000 - £65,000.
• £1000 budget for home office equipment (e.g. a desk or chair).
• £400 annual well-being benefit.
• £50 per month sport benefit.
• £50 per month benefit for refreshments.
• £1000 annual budget for training and professional development.
• Pension contribution of 5% from us, 3% from you.

The compensation and benefits for someone based in the Netherlands are:

• Salary depending on experience: €55,000 - €72,000.
• €1200 budget for home office equipment (e.g. a desk or chair).
• €500 annual well-being benefit.
• €60 per month sport benefit.
• €60 per month benefit for refreshments.
• €1200 annual budget for training and professional development.

We also offer 25 days of holiday in addition to any public holidays.

We are open to candidates based in other European countries. Those team members are hired as full-time contractors and their compensation is adjusted to allow for an equivalent total compensation & benefits package.

APPLICATION PROCESS

We understand that interviewing for a new role can be time-consuming and, occasionally, frustrating. We will be respectful of your time and inform you of our decision as soon as we have made it. We aim to run an inclusive process so if reasonable accommodations are needed to participate in our job application process, please let us know.

This is what you can expect from the application process:

1. Application. You will be asked to submit a resume and answer a few questions, which help us understand how your background and interests fit with what we are looking for at Tasman. Make sure to answer these questions carefully as they can make the difference between a successful application and not.
2. Short introductory call. We will schedule a brief call with the hiring manager for this role to discuss your background and interests and to give you the opportunity to learn more about Tasman.
3. Skills interview. This step in the application process is a one-hour interview with two analysts. We will ask you to prepare a short presentation in advance. Their questions will focus on your skills and experience. You will, of course, get to ask them plenty of questions too to learn more about what it’s like to work for Tasman.
4. Final interview. This is the final step in the application process and consists of a homework task and then a one-hour interview with the hiring manager and a senior analyst on the team. We will discuss the task (and give you feedback) but also cover a wider set of questions around your business experience and your outlook for the role.
5. Decision. We will let you know our decision and, if we make you an offer, we will give you the opportunity to talk to others on our team to support you in making your decision.

We process and interview candidates on an ongoing basis. If you have any questions about the role or the process, feel free to contact us at recruiting@tasman.ai. Note that we are an English-speaking company so we look for the ability to communicate with clarity and precision in English—both verbally and in writing.

We look forward to hearing from you!