Analytics Manager
Role Overview
Turns analytics from a reporting service into a trusted decision engine with consistent metrics and analysts embedded with the business.
Builds and leads an analytics team and operating rhythm that supports faster, evidence-based decisions.
Gathern is a Saudi alternative accommodation marketplace connecting guests and hosts in line with Vision 2030.
Key Skills for This Role
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Role purpose
Turns analytics from a reporting service into a trusted decision engine with consistent metrics and analysts embedded with the business.
Builds and leads an analytics team and operating rhythm that supports faster, evidence-based decisions.
Gathern is a Saudi alternative accommodation marketplace connecting guests and hosts in line with Vision 2030.
Key accountabilities
- Design a connected KPI tree from North Star metrics to function-level KPIs, with one owner and certified definition for each metric.
- Own analytics for annual and quarterly planning; build driver-based target models and run leadership and Finance scenarios.
- Own monthly and quarterly performance reporting, explain material misses or beats, and recommend actions.
- Set quarterly data-backed priorities for functions; track adoption and KPI impact; design experiments and post-launch measurement.
- Enforce certified metrics, definition control, and dashboard hygiene, and ensure leadership forums use certified numbers.
- Hire, coach, and grow analysts; review work; create role scorecards and SOPs; assign business-function partners.
- Run demand intake and prioritization so analysts focus on high-value work rather than ad-hoc requests.
Must-have qualifications
- 6–8+ years in analytics, including 2+ years leading analysts.
- Experience in a scaled consumer marketplace or two-sided platform, such as travel, rideshare, delivery, or e-commerce, at scale-up stage.
- Owned executive-level KPI frameworks, planning models, and performance reviews; built or matured an analytics function beyond reporting.
- Advanced SQL; BigQuery preferred; BI tools such as Metabase or similar.
- Strength in forecasting, scenario modeling, variance analysis, and experimentation.
- Strong written and spoken English and board-ready communication.
Personal qualities and nice to have
- Business-first approach that starts from the decision rather than the data; able to challenge senior leaders with evidence.
- High accuracy standards, coaching orientation, and ability to stay structured and calm under pressure.
- Arabic, GCC or MENA market experience, and experience scoping data science use cases are nice to have.
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