Director of Performance Improvement at Ankura Consulting driving strategy execution and enhancing client performance. Leading complex analyses and team management in a fast - paced environment.
About the role
- Director of Data leading strategy and insights to power Artsy’s growth phase. Partnering across teams to connect data to business impact and elevate decision-making.
Responsibilities
- Drive Strategic Decision-Making: Partner with senior leadership to define, measure, and evaluate company and product strategy. Translate complex data into actionable insights that shape product direction, marketplace health, and revenue growth.
- Influence Product & Marketplace Strategy: Collaborate with Product, Design, and Engineering leaders to identify opportunities that improve liquidity, conversion, and customer retention. Use data to ensure we’re building the right products and experiences for both sides of the marketplace.
- Develop a Holistic Data Strategy: Lead the development of frameworks and models that inform key business levers — supply-demand dynamics, pricing, customer segmentation, lifetime value, and growth forecasting.
- Enable Company-Wide Insight: Build scalable processes, dashboards, and reporting systems that democratize access to insights across the company. Ensure teams can make faster, smarter, and more autonomous decisions.
- Partner Across Functions: Work cross-functionally with Marketing, Operations, and Finance to understand growth drivers, customer behavior, and operational efficiency, and to align data strategy with overall company objectives.
- Lead and evolve the Data Function: Mentor analysts and data scientists; raise the bar for analytical rigor, storytelling, and influence. Establish best practices for experimentation, measurement, and strategic analysis. Expand the impact on product development, especially around data-driven decision making.
Requirements
- You have 8+ years of experience in data, data science, strategy, or analytics role, ideally within a consumer experience, marketplace or technology platform business
- You have a proven track record of using data to influence product and company strategy at the leadership level
- Have a deep understanding of product analytics, experimentation, and marketplace dynamics.
- Are a strong strategic thinker with the ability to distill complex data into clear narratives and recommendations for executives
- Have experience building and leading data teams and implementing scalable analytics processes and tools
- Have exceptional communication and storytelling skills — able to translate data into strategic clarity and inspire action across teams
- Have expertise in SQL and proficiency with a statistical programming language (Python, R, etc.)
- Are a dedicated people leader with a track record of nurturing and growing talent, helping your team members thrive in a fast-paced environment in high-impact roles
Benefits
- Opportunity to reimagine the art industry while working with a talented, diverse, international team.
- Competitive salary and equity
- Flexible time off: our culture of trust and empowerment allows employees to take the time they need away from work while still excelling in their roles
- Private healthcare & benefit options, including: medical, dental, enhanced parental leave, Pension Plan, life assurance, Employee Assistance Programme featuring free mental health support, physio, and more
- Professional development, including: mentoring, lunch & learns, regular training, 1:1 management, and an open feedback culture
- Engaging opportunities and internal programming globally, to foster new relationships and build upon our collaborative community. Including: happy hours, holiday parties, global "All Hands" meetings, "Artsy Salon" (a yearly exhibition of our team's creativity), attendance to art world events, and more
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