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First American Financial Group, Inc. · 3 weeks ago

Advanced Analytics Lead

Santa Ana, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$126K/yr - $193K/yr

10+ years exp

First American Financial Corporation is a company with a strong people-first culture and a commitment to innovation in the real estate industry. As an Advanced Analytics Lead, you will leverage your analytical and technical skills to drive data-driven insights and AI solutions, shaping product strategies and enhancing customer experiences.

Customer ServiceFinancial ServicesLending

Responsibilities

Data thought leadership: You will use data to understand the product and business ecosystem, quantify new opportunities through data and AI techniques, identify upcoming challenges, and shape product development to bring value to users, business divisions, and First American. You will help develop data and AI strategy and support leadership in prioritizing what to build and setting goals for execution

Product Analytics: You will guide product teams using AI, data and insights. You will focus on developing hypotheses and employ a diverse toolkit of rigorous analytical approaches, different methodologies, frameworks, and technical and/or AI approaches to test them. Additionally, you will work with corporate reporting teams to ensure business division reports are maintained and enhanced as the suite of products are rolled out

Communication and Influence: You will not simply present data but tell data-driven stories. You will convince and influence leaders using clear insights and recommendations. You will build credibility through structure and clarity and be a trusted strategic partner

Drive analytics projects end-to-end in partnership with Product, Design, Product Marketing, Engineering, and cross-functional business division teams to inform, influence, support, and execute product strategy and investment decisions

Develop and execute data strategy roadmap and solutions to identify opportunities for product improvements, new product features, improve and forecast growth, and improve product use and customer experience

Design metrics and KPI definitions with goals for different product areas, report and communicate insights around product success to partners and the senior management team

Oversee the design, development, and implementation of advanced analytics and AI toolsets to extract valuable insights from large and complex datasets. Solve a wide array of challenging problems using different analytical and statistical approaches

Lead data exploration, hypothesis testing, and statistical analysis to identify trends, patterns, and correlations for business optimization

Find opportunities and launch AI initiatives such as Generative AI, to automate processes and solve unarticulated business problems

Serve as a thought partner for product managers, engineering managers, and leadership in influencing the product insights roadmap and strategy by identifying opportunities through deep-dive analyses and/or modeling

Partner closely with internal data engineering teams to improve data assets, quality, metrics and insights and proactively identify opportunity areas for deep dive investigations and future program development. Analyze and validate data to ensure high data quality and reliable insights

Contribute towards advancing the Data Analytics, Data Science and AI discipline, including but not limited to driving data best practices (e.g. analysis, goaling, experimentation), improving analytical processes, scaling AI knowledge and tools, and mentoring team members

Qualification

Data analysisAI methodologiesData strategy roadmapStatistical analysisData visualizationCommunication skillsProblem-solving skillsCollaboration skills

Required

10+ years of experience working with data, including data mining, statistical analysis, predictive modeling, and experience leading data-driven initiatives and teams

Proficiency with data analysis tools (e.g., Python, SQL, Power BI, Snowflake, Looker) and data visualization techniques

Strong analytical, quantitative, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to transform complex data into actionable insights

Experience ensuring data quality, integrity, and adherence to governance and security best practices

Experience with artificial intelligence methodologies such as machine learning, generative AI, and large language models

Effective communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence cross-functional teams such as Product, Product Marketing, Engineering, and Design

Track-record owning and driving data roadmap strategy and execution for a product-led organization

Experience working in a highly regulated industry like Real Estate or Financial Services (if applicable)