Data Lead

About YipitData :

YipitData is the market-leading data and analytics firm. We analyze billions of data points every day to provide accurate insights across industries including consumer brands, technology, software, and healthcare. Our data team identifies, licenses, cleans, and analyzes data that many of the world's largest investment funds and corporations depend on. We have been recognized as one of Inc's Best Workplaces for three years and are backed by The Carlyle Group and Norwest Venture Partners. We operate globally with offices in New York, Austin, Miami, Denver, Mountain View, Seattle, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, and Singapore.

About the Role :

We're seeking a highly motivated, team-oriented Data Lead to drive data strategy and execution across a portfolio of data products. In this role, you'll report to our Head of Data and split your time between owning challenging analytical work and guiding a team of data analysts to build and deliver top-tier data products. This is a high-impact role for someone who thrives on ownership, collaboration, and delivering measurable value. We encourage applications from those with strong analytical skills who are excited to lead teams, build and optimize data workflows, and partner cross-functionally to shape and execute product strategy.

• Own data strategy and execution for a portfolio of high-impact data products for investors, driving product success through a focus on accuracy, client value, and efficiency; partner closely with research and commercial leaders to set and hit ambitious targets
• Operate as a player-coach, setting a high bar for quality, speed, and innovation while coaching, empowering, and inspiring your team to do their best work
• Work with large datasets to help answer investor questions about the sectors we cover; learn our proprietary methods to ensure data accuracy and derive key insights
• Tackle complex data problems, optimize methodologies, test new datasets, and solve data-related problems with innovative solutions
• Drive standardization, simplification, and improvements to data pipelines and workflows to minimize risk and maximize value
• Partner cross-functionally with Research and Engineering to uncover and execute opportunities to drive customer value and optimize processes and pipelines

• You have 5+ years of experience in data analytics, forecasting, or business intelligence, including 1-2 years in a management or lead capacity
• You have 3+ years of experience with SQL, Python, PySpark, or other programming languages to explore and transform large, complex datasets; proficiency with GitHub and familiarity with Databricks
• You have strong communication skills and can work and project-manage effectively with stakeholders across technical and non-technical teams
• You excel at approaching complex problems logically and decisively, and take pride in implementing scalable solutions
• You have strong ownership and an entrepreneurial mentality and are enthusiastic about collaborating to make a big impact
• Preferred: You've worked in or alongside capital markets, investment research, or financial services

• Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits; New York-based team
• Flexible work schedule
• Personal laptop
• Health and wellness package
• Remote work
• Growth at YipitData is based on impact, not tenure; we promote learning, self-improvement, and mastery in an environment focused on ownership, respect, and trust

EEO Statement : We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal-opportunity employer.