Senior Manager, Product Analytics (Search)

Company Description
Etsy is the global marketplace for unique and creative goods. We build, power, and evolve the tools and technologies that connect millions of entrepreneurs with millions of buyers around the world. As an Etsy Inc. employee, whether a team member of Etsy, Reverb, or Depop, you will tackle unique, meaningful, and large-scale problems alongside passionate coworkers, all the while making a rewarding impact and Keeping Commerce Human.

Salary Range:

$190,000.00 - $246,000.00

What’s the role?

We are looking for a Senior Manager of Search Product Analytics to help lead our efforts to build a best in class Search experience at Etsy. If you are passionate about leveraging data to generate user insights, close partnership with product teams, multi task optimization, and machine learning systems this is an exciting opportunity for you!

As the Senior Manager of Search Product Analytics, you will lead a team of five data scientists actively supporting 120+ contributors from Product, Engineering, Design, and Research. You will identify opportunity areas, craft experiments to test hypotheses, analyze the impact of our efforts, and communicate insights about Etsy’s central surface. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, possess deep experience in ML and search, and enjoy partnering with senior product leaders to deliver compelling experiences for customers, this could be the perfect match! 

This is a full time position reporting to the Head of Search, Recs, and Ads Analytics. In addition to salary, you will also be eligible for an equity package, an annual performance bonus, and our competitive benefits that support you and your family as part of your total rewards package at Etsy.

For this role, we are considering candidates based in the United States. Depending on where you are located in the United States, your work mode will be Local Hybrid, Regional Hybrid or Remote. Etsy offers different work modes to meet the variety of needs and preferences of our team. Learn more details about our work modes and workplace safety policies here.

What’s this team like at Etsy?

• The Search team optimizes both the frontend buyer experience and the machine learning models powering the items we show.

• The Product Analytics team partners closely with leads within the Product org to deliver user insights grounded in data, pursue growth opportunities, and measure the impact of our efforts.

• More broadly, the Analytics team at Etsy helps drive the success of our partners by providing meaningful insights, industry-leading measurement techniques, and access to the metrics, data, and tools needed for decision-making and optimization. We partner with our peers through all stages of development: identifying initial opportunities, analyzing the impact, and highlighting improvement areas. Ultimately, the team’s work strengthens Etsy and helps continuously improve the Etsy experience.

What does the day-to-day look like?

• Leadership: Lead a high functioning team by raising the skill level of our Analytics function through the introduction of strong practices, processes, tools and close mentorship of both direct reports and the broader team

• Experimentation: Support data scientists in decision making in A/B experimentation, grounded in statistical rigor

• Proactive Analysis: Build and execute on a roadmap for strategic analysis which will uncover the next stage of growth for Search and Etsy

• Strategy: Partner with leaders in Search and across the Product Organization to develop long term strategy, delivering data driven insights to support the direction for multi-year investments of cross-functional product teams

• Communication: Present key insights and recommendations to senior stakeholders across the company

• Self-service insights: Lead efforts to make data more accessible for partners through development of data infrastructure, integration with existing tools, and explorations of new ones

• Of course, this is just a sample of the kinds of work this role will require! You should assume that your role will encompass other tasks, too, and that your job duties and responsibilities may change from time to time at Etsy's discretion, or otherwise applicable with local law.

Qualities that will help you thrive in this role are:

• 8+ years experience in product analytics, bonus for experience in Search, recommendation systems or e-commerce

• At least 2 years people management and mentor at the senior data analytics level

• Strong understanding of principles of A/B testing, and experience crafting and analyzing experiments

• Established track record of high impact strategic contributions

• Proficiency with SQL, Looker, R/Python

• Experience with large datasets and using the data to influence business decisions

• Experience presenting to senior leadership, distilling technical insights into crisp and compelling narratives

• Excellent judgment, strong problem-solving skills, and capacity to make data-driven recommendations in ambiguous situations

Additional Information
 

What's Next
If you're interested in joining the team at Etsy, please share your resume with us and feel free to include a cover letter if you'd like. As we hope you've seen already, Etsy is a place that values individuality and variety. We don't want you to be like everyone else -- we want you to be like you! So tell us what you're all about.
 
Our Promise
At Etsy, we believe that a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace furthers relevance, resilience, and longevity. We encourage people from all backgrounds, ages, abilities, and experiences to apply. Etsy is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. If, due to a disability, you need an accommodation during any part of the application or interview process, please let your recruiter know. While Etsy supports visa sponsorship, sponsorship opportunities may be limited to certain roles and skills.