OUR DATA & ANALYTICS TEAM

The Kinship Data & Analytics team is a multifaceted team with global impact on the Kinship businesses. This team, a mixture of engineering, product insights, and data science associates, will partner with internal and Mars Petcare teams to build a rich understanding of pets and pet-owners and power our business and the Kinship data ecosystem. We are using an evolving, cutting edge tech stack to help us ingest, process, model and democratize data from across the segment to create robust pet-centric views of our clients. In this role, you will have the opportunity to collaborate across our businesses to drive new insights about our products, pets, and pet parents. The ideal candidate possesses strong technical skills, is comfortable working on ever-changing problems, works well cross-functionally, has a sharp eye for details, proactively owns and solves problems, and is always excited to learn.

HOW YOU’LL HELP EVERYONE PET PARENT LIKE A PRO

• Apply advanced analytics and data science methods to unlock actionable insights and make recommendations as they relate to customer behavior, profitability, and product development to build the foundations for a better understanding of pets and pet-owners
• Take initiative to answer the question behind the question – we are looking for people who are always asking why
• Design compelling analyses and visualizations to communicate meaningful metrics to different audiences within the business
• Partner across the Kinship businesses to surface insights and influence how the organization thinks about our challenges
• Further a collaborative environment across teams and business units by operating in an agile environment

THE PRO WE’RE LOOKING FOR

As Kinship people, we have three pillars that set out how we aim to be--in our everyday work, and in how we approach each other. We call these our Cultural Pillars. In all of the roles that we hire for, we look for people who are Optimistic, Purposefully Inquisitive, and Open to All. And for this role, you’ll need these skills to knock it out of the dog park:

LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES:

- You Have Courage: a willingness to bring forth a new idea, engaging others across Kinship to support you, and taking risks and action will full accountability
- You Learn at Pace: a consistent and fast work ethic to meet growth goals, and the ability to evolve and pivot quickly from what you’ve learned
- You Value Difference: a genuine belief in inclusion and diversity is in your DNA, and it shows up in your work, and how you work.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• 4+ years of applied experience executing analysis, communicating results, & developing metrics that matter
• Expertise in common analytical techniques in retail and ecommerce businesses: lifetime value modeling, churn analysis and prediction, customer segmentation, forecasting, web analytics & campaign measurement, etc. Note: Deep domain expertise in every aspect of advanced analytics isn’t expected, but a readiness and excitement to learn is.
• High competency in SQL and Python
• Experience with popular visualization tools (i.e. Looker, Tableau etc.)
• Familiarity with popular tech stacks such as GCP, AWS, Azure, etc.
• A strong communicator – you enjoy translating complex concepts to a variety of audiences