Sr. Data Analyst

Zilker Partners
  • Boulder, Colorado
    Today

    Job Description

    Job Overview:

    Our Client is seeking a Senior Data Analyst to lead complex, high-impact analytical initiatives that inform business decisions, improve program performance, and support growth. This senior individual contributor will own projects end-to-end—from framing ambiguous questions to building scalable solutions and translating insights into clear, actionable recommendations for stakeholders across the organization.


    You will work hands-on with large, varied datasets using Python, Pyspark, and SQL, build and automate analytical workflows on modern cloud platforms (with a strong preference for Databricks), and create repeatable frameworks that elevate team effectiveness. As an informal leader, you will mentor analysts, establish best practices, and help drive planning and execution within a sprint-based environment while connecting analytics to financial goals, client outcomes, and strategic priorities.


    Job Responsibilities:

    • Own complex analytical projects from problem definition through analysis, recommendation, implementation, and measurement
    • Manipulate, analyze, and visualize large datasets using Python, Pyspark, and SQL across formats including JSON, XML, and CSV
    • Build and orchestrate scalable, automated analytical workflows using cloud data platforms such as Databricks
    • Translate unstructured business questions into clear analytical approaches and actionable recommendations
    • Proactively identify performance issues, opportunities, and areas where data can improve business outcomes
    • Develop creative solutions and workarounds when product, engineering, or data constraints arise
    • Own issues through resolution, coordinating and escalating across teams as needed
    • Partner closely with cross-functional stakeholders to understand context, prioritize work, and target highest-value opportunities
    • Communicate findings and recommendations through presentations, meetings, documentation, and published analysis
    • Manage personal backlog and commitments through two-week sprint planning while contributing to team-level sprints and OKRs
    • Lead larger team initiatives, OKRs, planning sessions, and highly collaborative cross-functional meetings when needed
    • Create documented best practices, scalable processes, and analytical frameworks that improve team effectiveness
    • Mentor junior analysts and serve as an informal leader and escalation point for complex analytical challenges
    • Understand key financial goals and optimize program performance against those objectives using data
    • Contribute to quarterly and annual forecasting and budgeting by translating operating inputs into financial outcomes
    • Develop an understanding of go-to-market strategy and how analytics can support growth
    • Incorporate client commitments, revenue, margins, renewals, and potential contractual upside into analyses and recommendations
    • Connect analytical work to company objectives, client growth strategies, MBOs, and broader business priorities
    • Design solutions that are stable, repeatable, and scalable across teams and programs rather than one-off fixes
    • Lead by example, model behaviors aligned with Our Client’s values, and actively participate in broader team and company initiatives


    Job Requirements:

    • Typically 3–5+ years of relevant analytics experience with demonstrated growth in scope and ownership
    • Advanced proficiency with Python, Pyspark, and SQL
    • Experience working with complex datasets and multiple structured and semi-structured data formats
    • Experience with modern cloud data and analytics platforms; Databricks experience strongly preferred
    • Proven ability to define and solve ambiguous or unstructured problems using strong analytical and problem-solving skills
    • Demonstrated track record of independently leading complex analytical projects with limited supervision
    • Ability to move beyond reporting to identify insights, make recommendations, and influence business decisions
    • Strong business acumen with interest in the financial and commercial implications of analytical work
    • Excellent written and verbal communication skills for both technical and non-technical audiences
    • Strong cross-functional relationship-building skills with the ability to establish credibility across the organization
    • Experience mentoring or supporting the development of other analysts is preferred
    • Ability to balance multiple priorities and operate effectively in a sprint-based environment.


    Numbers & Facts

    LocationBoulder, Colorado

    Skills

    • Agile Programming Methodologiesunmatched
    • Analysis Skillsunmatched
    • Backlog Prioritizationunmatched
    • Best Practicesunmatched
    • Budgetingunmatched
    • Business Skillsunmatched
    • Cloud Computingunmatched
    • Communication Skillsunmatched
    • Contract Analysisunmatched
    • Contract Approvalunmatched
    • Cross-Functionalunmatched
    • Data Analysisunmatched
    • Data Formatsunmatched
    • Data Setsunmatched
    • Documentationunmatched
    • Establish Prioritiesunmatched
    • Forecastingunmatched
    • Identify Issuesunmatched
    • JSONunmatched
    • Market Entry Strategyunmatched
    • Mentoringunmatched
    • Multitaskingunmatched
    • Performance Managementunmatched
    • Performance Tuning/Optimizationunmatched
    • Presentation/Verbal Skillsunmatched
    • Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
    • Process Improvementunmatched
    • Product Engineeringunmatched
    • Python Programming/Scripting Languageunmatched
    • SQL (Structured Query Language)unmatched
    • Scalable System Developmentunmatched
    • Sprint Planningunmatched
    • Strategic Analysisunmatched
    • Structured Dataunmatched
    • Team Lead/Managerunmatched
    • Team Playerunmatched
    • Workflow Analysisunmatched
    • Writing Skillsunmatched
    • XML (EXtensible Markup Language)unmatched

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