Senior Analyst – Business Insights

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WP Engine is hiring a Senior Analyst – Business Insights to join our Business Insights team, a central function supporting teams across Finance, Product, Engineering, Marketing, Sales, and Customer Experience. In this role, you’ll be the dedicated analytics partner to Finance, Product, and Engineering —helping shape how we measure performance, optimise spend, and drive strategic decision-making within these departments. You’ll collaborate with Analytics Product Managers, Data Engineering, and key partners to deliver trusted insights, scalable analytics solutions, and data-driven recommendations that guide strategy and accelerate growth. This is a strategic, high-impact role with autonomy, ownership, and a direct line of influence on how the overall business grows.

What You’ll Do

• Translate Data into Insights: Translate complex data into clear, actionable insights that guide financial planning, product development, and engineering efficiency. Deliver the “so what” behind the numbers.

• Advise with Influence: Act as a thought partner to Finance, Product, and Engineering leadership—sharing proactive performance readouts and recommendations to shape departmental plans and initiatives.

• Develop Insightful Scaled Analytics Products: Build and maintain scalable analytics products, including dashboards, curated datasets, reporting templates, and self-serve tools relevant to Finance, Product, and Engineering.

• Strengthen Data Foundations: Partner with Data Engineering to define reliable data models and support data tracking, QA, and cross-platform consistency for Finance, Product, and Engineering data.

• Enable Experimentation & Planning: Support forecasting, scenario modeling, and test-and-learn analysis to improve financial efficiency, product adoption, and engineering resource allocation.

• Continuously Monitor & Improve: Monitor key KPIs (e.g., COGS, ARR, LTV, feature usage, sprint velocity, bug resolution rates) and proactively flag trends, risks, or anomalies to drive better outcomes.

Required Experience

• 5+ years in analytics, BI, or strategy roles, with 3+ years focused on financial, product, or engineering analytics (B2B SaaS strongly preferred).

• Advanced SQL skills; proficiency with Looker or Tableau.

• Scripting / automation skills (e.g., Python or R)

• Experience in financial modeling or product analytics.

• Hands-on experience with financial systems or product analytics tools.

• Strong communicator with a proven ability to turn analysis into actionable insights for senior stakeholders.

• Understanding of data modeling, ETL workflows, QA processes, and scalable reporting infrastructure.

Preferred Experience

• Master’s degree or MBA in Analytics, Finance, Product Management, Computer Science, or a related field.

• Experience using dbt for transformation and documentation

• Exposure to data science techniques such as predictive modeling, regression analysis, or propensity scoring

At WP Engine, we strive to have the broadest possible view of diversity, going beyond visible differences to include the background, experiences, skills, and perspectives that make each person unique. WP Engine is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, Veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law. ​

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Base Salary Range

We believe that compensation should be reflective of the impact you have within the organization relative to the market value of your role. The estimated base salary range for this position is as listed above. Some roles may also be eligible for overtime pay. Our salary ranges are determined by job role and responsibilities and level. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for salaries for the position nationwide. The actual base pay will vary based on various factors including job-related skills and individual qualifications objectively assessed during the interview process. Your talent acquisition partner can share more about the total rewards package at WP Engine including any additional total rewards components such as equity, variable pay plans (if applicable), and benefits during the hiring process.