Strategic Initiatives Analytics Lead

*PLEASE NOTE: This is a hybrid role, with in-office presence required Tuesday-Thursday. The candidate must be in or near Charlotte, NC, or have plans to relocate.*

THE POSITION: 

You absolutely love data (unstructured and structured), testing hypotheses, and arriving at data-driven recommendations that have an immediate impact on the business. You are passionate about communicating insights as much as you are about discovering them in the first place. You constantly ask questions about how to use analytics to improve the business. Are there new data sources out there that would help us make better decisions? What is driving our KPI trends and what levers exist for us to optimize performance? 

We are seeking a highly motivated and analytical individual to join our team as a Strategic Initiatives Analytics Lead at LendingTree. In this role, you will play a crucial strategic role in our mortgage and consumer businesses, providing valuable insights and recommendations to support key departments such as Marketing, Sales, Product, and General Managers (GMs). Your primary responsibilities will include developing lead revenue prediction models, optimizing customer-to-lender matching algorithms, and supporting key initiatives aligned with LendingTree's corporate priorities. 

Join our dynamic team and contribute to the growth and success of LendingTree.  

RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Leverage tools such as Tableau, SQL, Python, R, and DataRobot to answer business questions and optimize lead prediction and lead matching processes. 

• Distill complex data into easily understandable insights that drive significant and timely decision-making. 

• Utilize advanced analytics techniques to optimize profitability across multiple business verticals. 

• Drive creative disruption while maintaining a focus on achieving results. 

• Identify opportunities for driving efficiencies and automation in analytics work, including process improvements and data quality enhancements. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement these improvements. 

• Determine when self-service analytics can empower other functions, allowing your team to focus on high-impact analysis. 

• Proactively ask strategic data questions, ensuring rigorous analysis leads to actionable recommendations and impactful business changes. 

• Apply expertise in strategic analytics and data mining to understand customer behavior, maximize customer satisfaction, improve lead performance, drive business revenue, and enhance product development. 

 REQUIREMENTS: 

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Statistics, Business, or a similar quantitative field. 

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in an analytical role, performing ad hoc analyses. 

• Proficiency in Tableau, MySQL, R, Python, and Excel. 

• Demonstrated project management experience. 

• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to develop elegant solutions for complex problems. 

• Ability to work autonomously and guide the tasks across multiple teams 

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. 

• Experience working with C-level executives. 

 PREFERRED SKILLS: 

• Exposure to the data warehouse Snowflake. 

• Experience with DataRobot. 

• Experience working with digital marketing (PPC) and consumer websites, preferably in transaction-based B2C sites. 

• Experience managing projects using JIRA Kanban board. 

• Previous experience in a consumer lending environment. 

• Close coordination and knowledge sharing with counterparts who share similar goals and responsibilities. 

COMPANY 

LendingTree is the nation’s largest online lending marketplace. That means we connect customers with multiple lenders, so they find the best deals on loans, credit cards, savings accounts and insurance. Our goal is to help people save money, and we believe the best way to do that is by giving them a way to shop for loans and compare lenders, so they make their best financial choices. 

Our CEO Doug Lebda founded the company in 1996 after a frustrating house-hunting experience. In those days, we mostly helped people find good mortgage deals. Now, we help consumers find their best in personal loans, auto loans, business loans, student loans, credit cards, savings accounts, home equity loans and more. 

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