Team Lead - Product Data Analytics

At Lighthouse, we’re on a mission to disrupt commercial strategy for the hospitality industry. Our innovative commercial platform takes the complexity out of data, empowering businesses with actionable insights, advanced pricing tools, and cutting-edge business intelligence to unlock their full revenue potential.

Backed by $370 million in series C funding and driven by an unwavering passion for growth, we’ve welcomed five companies into our journey and have surpassed $100 million in ARR in 2024. Our 700+ teammates span 35 countries and represent 34 nationalities.

At Lighthouse, we’re more than just a workplace – we’re a community. Collaborative, fun, and deeply committed, we work hard together to revolutionize the hospitality sector. Are you ready to join us and shine brighter in the industry’s most exciting rocket-ship? 🚀

What you will do

As a Team Lead of the Product Data Analytics team, you'll set and drive collaboration with various teams to discover how the use of product related datasets can impact the business. It encompasses a broad range of use cases and stakeholders that can be served by the same type of data.

Where you will have impact

• You will lead and manage a team of (for now) 3 data analysts to explore and develop new use cases for Lighthouse data to improve internal efficiency and inspire new revenue streams.
• You will acquire expert knowledge about Lighthouse data assets and find creative ways of how they can be used to improve our business outcomes: from hospitality data (prices, occupancies, etc.) through internally generated data (application usage, finance, sales, etc) to open datasets.
• You will assist with the onboarding of new joiners and engage in the recruitment process for new hires in your or other teams.
• You will collaborate closely with business stakeholders to understand their needs and help translate them into data-driven solutions.
• You will build strong relationships with product, engineering, marketing and sales teams.
• You will communicate complex data concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• You will set team goals and ensure they are aligned with company objectives.
• You will collaborate on developing and implementing best data analytics practices and processes.
• You will drive a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

About our team

Lighthouse is not only a data-driven company, we are a data company. The heart of all our products is data. It enables hotels to make the right decisions and fuel our analytical solutions. Being a growth company enables us to regularly attract new and interesting datasets, which can unlock new product directions. Today we process billions of data points and +100TB of data on a daily basis, containing hotels' pricing information, search data, hotel bookings, etc. All of that using modern technologies.

The Product Data Analytics team is part of the Data Organization (within Engineering). It’s a newly established team, created with a mission to leverage our product datasets for more than just the actual products. What it means:

• Empowering marketing and sales team with relevant product data insights & market trends.
• Ensure data driven decision making by combining self-service Product Usage Analytics with actionable curated insights.
• Collaborate with the User Research team on foundational projects.
• Guide Product trios to perform experimentation and gradual rollouts.
• Run Proof of Concepts and experiments for Data Solutions.

Technologies you will work with

SQL (Google’s BigQuery), python, Looker Studio / Tableau (whatever makes more sense for the task), Mixpanel, Looker (using LookML included), Segment, terraform, and occasionally probably airflow and Excel (only if necessary).

What's in it for you?

• Flexible working environment: Work from home or at one of our global offices.
• Flexible time off: Autonomy to manage your work-life balance.
• Collaborative team: High-bar, friendly, creative, and passionate colleagues.
• Career development: Workshops, frameworks, tools, training, and processes to realize your full potential.
• Impactful work: Shape products relied on by 85,000+ users worldwide.
• Mobility options: Mobility budget or company car tailored to your needs.
• Comprehensive health insurance: Extensive coverage for you and your dependents.
• Private pension funding: Group insurance to secure your future.
• Competitive compensation: Proactively maintained to value your work.
• Referral bonuses: Earn rewards for bringing in new talent.

Who you are

• You have at least 5 years of data analytics experience, preferably in B2B/B2C SaaS or enterprise software, with at least 1 year of experience in a management role.
• You have strong leadership skills, with the ability to manage and mentor a team of data analysts.
• You are a high-energy professional with a passion for data, attention to detail, and a positive attitude.
• You can manage all kinds of business stakeholders and champion a data-driven culture within the organisation.
• You are a strong communicator that can describe complex topics in a simple way to a variety of technical and non-technical stakeholders - in both written and spoken English.
• You are able to present concrete examples of analytics insights and transparently illustrate their impact on business, while also crafting compelling stories with data that drive change among teams and stakeholders.
• You embrace constructive feedback, and confidently express opinions.
• You have solid relational modelling (SQL) and programming skills (preferably in Python).
• You know your statistics.
• You can create compelling data visualizations using tools like Tableau or Looker Studio (or anything similar - we all know learning a new BI tool is not an issue!)
• You are fluent in English (that’s the language we speak).
• EU Work Permit.

We welcome

• Experience solving problems with real-world data
• Experience with product analytics tools (e.g. Mixpanel, Pendo, Amplitude, Heap...)
• Experience in working with GCP solutions (BQ, VertexAI)
• Experience with Data Engineering frameworks like airflow, dbt

Thank you for considering a career with Lighthouse. We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace that values equal opportunity for all. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds, regardless of age, gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, and disability. Our commitment to equality is not just a policy; it's part of our culture.

If you share our passion for innovation and teamwork, we invite you to join us in shaping the future of the hospitality industry. At Lighthouse, our guiding light is to be an equal opportunity employer, and we encourage individuals from all walks of life to apply.

We value the unique perspective and talents that you bring, and we're excited to see how your light can shine within our team. We can't wait to meet you and explore how we can grow and succeed together, illuminating the path towards a brighter future for the industry.