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Sanity · 4 months ago

Head of Data & Analytics

positionUnited States
timeFull-time
remoteRemote
seniorityLead/Staff, Director/Executive
money$280K/yr - $330K/yr
date5+ years exp
Sanity is a modern content operating system that empowers companies to transform their content operations. As the Head of Data & Analytics, you will build and lead the data team, driving data strategy and enabling data-driven decision making to support the company's growth objectives.
CMSDeveloper PlatformPaaSSaaS
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H1B Sponsor Likelynote

Responsibilities

Build and scale the data team
Recruit and manage data engineers, analytics engineers, and data analysts
Foster a high-performing, collaborative culture focused on delivering actionable insights
Balance hands-on technical work with strategic leadership and team development
Establish scalable processes and best practices as the team grows
Own our data strategy and ensure alignment with business objectives
Design scalable data pipelines, architecture, and governance using modern tools like BigQuery, dbt, Airflow, Amplitude and Looker
Partner with engineering to enhance product telemetry and data collection
Implement data quality frameworks and monitoring systems
Work with product, sales, marketing, and leadership teams to deliver insights that drive business outcomes
Build dashboards and self-service analytics capabilities
Lead strategic analyses on customer behavior, product adoption, and business performance
Translate complex data into clear recommendations for technical and non-technical stakeholders

Qualification

Data strategyData team leadershipSQLPythonData modelingBigQueryAirflowLookerBusiness acumenCommunicationOwnership mindset

Required

5+ years in data roles with 3+ years building and scaling data teams at a fast-growing SaaS startup
Drive to create change and ability to define strategy to develop Data and Analytics requirements and priorities
Proven ability to execute
Deep understanding of SaaS metrics and how data drives business strategy
Outstanding ability to influence stakeholders and translate technical concepts into business insights
High accountability and sense of urgency with bias toward action and problem-solving – able to do IC work when needed
Strong in SQL, Python, data modeling, and modern data stack (we use BigQuery, dbt, Airflow, Looker)

Benefits

Comprehensive health plans and perks
Competitive stock options program

Company

Sanity

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Sanity is the worlds most powerful AI Content Platform
dateFounded in 2018
location
San Francisco, California, USA
people-size201-500 employees
web-link
https://sanity.io

H1B Sponsorship

Sanity has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2020 (2)

Funding

Current Stage
Growth Stage
Total Funding
$135.7M
Key Investors
Bullhound CapitalShopifyICONIQ Growth
2025-05-02Series C· $85M
2022-06-28Corporate Round
2021-06-24Series B· $39M

Leadership Team

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Magnus Kongsli Hillestad
CEO & Co-founder
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Even Westvang
Co-Founder
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Recent News

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2024-12-13
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Sanity Launches Create: An AI-Assisted Writing Tool for Content Teams
2024-05-08
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