Senior Data Analyst, Sales Analytics

Fastly helps people stay better connected with the things they love. Fastly’s edge cloud platform enables customers to create great digital experiences quickly, securely, and reliably by processing, serving, and securing our customers’ applications as close to their end-users as possible — at the edge of the Internet. The platform is designed to take advantage of the modern internet, to be programmable, and to support agile software development. Fastly’s customers include many of the world’s most prominent companies, including Vimeo, Pinterest, The New York Times, and GitHub.

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Posting Open Date: March 24th, 2025

Anticipated Posting Close Date*: March 1st, 2025

*Job posting may close early due to the volume of applicants.

Senior Data Analyst, Sales Analytics

The Senior Data Analyst, Sales Analytics role will be a key contributor to the Sales Strategy & Operations team. Reporting to and collaborating closely with Sr. Director, Sales Strategy & Operations, this role will be responsible for owning and defining the future roadmap for all sales data architecture, visualization, analysis & reporting, to support the sales organization. This will include projects and initiatives centered around customer data, sales metrics, QBRs and sales go-to-market planning across several key reporting platforms (Looker, Salesforce & Clari). This role will be able to serve the basic reporting needs of our sales/revenue organization, while finding opportunities to dive deeper into complex data challenges, to deliver key insights that drive decision-making.

The perfect candidate for this role takes a proactive, consultative approach to solving business problems with non-technical partners. They’re capable of distilling complex ideas and data into logical insights and recommendations, and adjust their communication based on the audience. They are able to work independently while prioritizing work, and take an iterative approach to getting the job done. Finally, they are curious and take initiative to learn new areas of the business, to be effective in their role.

What You'll Do:

• Tracking, reporting, analyzing and compiling the performance of key sales metrics including pipeline, forecast, and key sales activities - to support ongoing business needs and QBRs.
• Manage intake and development of sales insights and analytics requests, as well as ongoing development / automation of regular reports.
• Write, optimize, and execute SQL queries to extract and manipulate sales data from databases for analysis and reporting purposes.
• Work with cross-functional teams to understand data requirements and develop customized queries to support various sales and business initiatives.
• Develop processes & frameworks for repeatability in common analysis requests.
• Regularly audit data outputs for anomalies and reporting errors.
• Partner with business analytics, sales operations, marketing operations, and finance teams to uphold data quality standards, and evaluate new sales data sources & tooling.
• May also assist in maintaining and optimizing the data infrastructure, including databases, data warehouses, and ETL processes.

What We're Looking For: 

• Technical experience in B2B sales analytics & best practices, with strong hands-on experience with common B2B tools like Salesforce and Clari
• Experience in common data warehousing & business intelligence tools like Google BigQuery and Looker (with proficiency in SQL), or similar experience with Tableau, PowerBI and other data intelligence tools
• Experience in analyzing and reporting on basic sales metrics including pipeline, sales forecast and sales performance.
• Experience with building data models to define segments and target audiences based on available data 
• Ability to build trusted relationships across extended sales operations teams, managing expectations, and producing reports/analysis in a timely manner
• Communication style capable of distilling complex data into actionable insights for sales, across different audience types (executives, leadership, sales reps and sales operations)
• General understanding of the business including sales go-to-market and planning
• Min. 3-5 years of work experience, ideally in sales/sales operations or supporting role for these functions
• Bachelor's degree 

We’ll be super impressed if you have experience in any of these: 

• Experience with dbt and version control systems like git
• Knowledgeable in statistical programming languages such as Python or R
• Experience with GA4 and Google Tag Manager implementation

Work Hours: 

• This position will require you to be available during core business hours 
• Due to the global scope of this role, core business hours may extend to Europe and Asia friendly time-zones for some engagements

Work Location(s) & Travel Requirements: 

This position is open to Hybrid And Remote Work Locations. The preferred locations for this position are:

• San Francisco, CA
• Denver, CO
• New York, NY

Fastly currently embraces a largely hybrid model for most roles which allows employees flexibility to split their time between the office and home.  

There is a strong preference for Hybrid near a local office.  However, we may be willing to consider remote candidates within the US.

This position may require travel as required by your role or requested by your manager.

SF / LA Fair Chance Ordinance Statement

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Salary: 

The estimated salary range for this position is $133,200.00 to $159.840.00. 

Starting salary may vary based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as experience, skills, qualifications, and location.

This role may be eligible to participate in Fastly’s equity and discretionary bonus programs.

Benefits: 

We care about you. Fastly works hard to create a positive environment for our employees, and we think your life outside of work is important too. We support our teams with great benefits that start on the first day of your employment with Fastly. Curious about our offerings? 

We offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision insurance. Family planning, mental health support along with Employee Assistance Program, Insurance (Life, Disability, and Accident), a Flexible Vacation policy and up to 18 days of accrued paid sick leave are there to help support our employees. We also offer 401(k) (including company match) and an Employee Stock Purchase Program. For 2025, we offer 11 paid local holidays, 11 paid company wellness days.

Why Fastly?

• We have a huge impact. Fastly is a small company with a big reach. Not only do our customers have a tremendous user base, but we also support a growing number of open source projects and initiatives. Outside of code, employees are encouraged to share causes close to their heart with others so we can help lend a supportive hand.

• We love distributed teams. Fastly’s home-base is in San Francisco, but we have multiple offices and employees sprinkled around the globe. As a new hire, you will be able to attend our IN-PERSON new hire orientation in our San Francisco office! It is an exciting week-long experience that we offer to new employees to build connections with colleagues across Fastly, participate in hands-on learning opportunities, and immerse yourself in our culture firsthand. 

• We value diversity. Growing and maintaining our inclusive and diverse team matters to us. We are committed to being a company where our employees feel comfortable bringing their authentic selves to work and have the ability to be successful -- every day.

• We are passionate. Fastly is chock full of passionate people and we’re not ‘one size fits all’. Fastly employs authors, pilots, skiers, parents (of humans and animals), makeup geeks, coffee connoisseurs, and more. We love employees for who they are and what they are passionate about.

We’re always looking for humble, sharp, and creative folks to join the Fastly team. If you think you might be a fit please apply! A fully completed application and resume or CV are required when applying.

Fastly is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunity and to providing employees with a safe and welcoming work environment free of discrimination and harassment. Our employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, family or parental status, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.

Consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and federal or state disability laws, Fastly will provide reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact your Recruiter, or the Fastly Employee Relations team at candidateaccommodations@fastly.com or 501-287-4901. 

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