Remote Vacancy.
Sputnik8 tour booking service is looking for a Head of Analytics.
Sputnik8 is an accredited IT company developing a service for booking tours worldwide. They help travelers find and book experiences in 100+ countries: from classic city tours to unique local experiences.
Currently, the team is looking for a Head of Analytics — a leader who will take analytics to the next level: strengthen the team's expertise, implement modern approaches to experiments and effect analysis, and make analysts full partners of the product and business in decision-making. The responsibility covers all company analytics: a team of 12 analysts and 2 leads (product, marketing, supply, customer service), with the prospect of the role evolving towards Head of Analytics & Data — overseeing Data Engineering, BI, and ML.
Key Areas of Work:
- Formulate an analytics development strategy: priorities, processes, tools, team competency matrix.
- Develop the team — grow analysts' expertise (including through reviews and mentoring), build clear growth tracks and effective work processes.
- Help increase revenue by identifying growth points, correctly assessing effects, and quickly testing hypotheses.
- Implement AI tools and automation in analysts' work, develop a self-service approach for other teams.
What is Expected from the Candidate:
- 6+ years of experience in analytics and 3+ years of team leadership experience (5+ people), including developing analysts.
- Leadership and proactivity: ability to assess the situation from a high level, identify problems and take responsibility for their resolution without waiting for a request; ability to implement changes while maintaining team motivation and trust.
- Product thinking: ability to find insights, formulate conclusions, and influence business decisions, focus on revenue growth.
- Flexibility: ability to make decisions and work effectively when data or processes are lacking.
- Experience in experiment design and evaluating the effect of initiatives, including without A/B tests (causal inference, PSM, diff-in-diff, synthetic control, uplift modeling), ability to prioritize initiatives by effect.
- Hands-on approach: willingness to dive into complex tasks, conduct reviews, and mentor on hard skills — not just manage.
It would be great if you have:
- Experience in travel, e-commerce, or marketplace products — familiar with funnel economics, supply/demand.
- Experience in developing several analytics areas: product, marketing, operational analytics, and others.
- Experience managing leads.
- Experience managing DE / BI / ML.
What is Offered:
- Work in a fast-growing company on an inspiring international product.
- Flexible start to the workday: be available and work at a pace that suits you best.
- Convenient work format: hybrid or remote. For remote format — expected to be able to travel on paid business trips to St. Petersburg 1-2 times per quarter.
- Official employment and benefits of an IT company.
- Necessary work equipment is provided.
- Professional development support: courses, books, and external mentorship are paid for.
- DMS with dental care, psychologist, couples therapy, and travel insurance abroad (after the probation period).
- Joint trips to bars on Vasilyevsky Island, trying different world cuisines together during lunches, supporting local brands.
- Twice in winter, they go to work in warm countries.
- Office located five minutes from the Vasileostrovskaya metro station in the historic building of Andreevsky Dvor. Excellent coffee shops and a food court nearby.
