Senior Product Data Analyst

Role Summary

The Senior Product Data Analyst will partner with Product, Engineering, and business leadership to shape the future of Capital through data‑driven decisions. The role balances complex trade‑offs across pricing, conversion, offer volume, losses, and profitability, and is critical for meeting business objectives.

The analyst will operate as a strategic thought partner, not just answering predefined questions. Instead, they will help determine what problems to solve and how to design and implement solutions; define and measure success across product, merchant, and business outcomes; and optimize for both merchant success and business performance while balancing growth, risk, and operational trade‑offs.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with Product and Engineering leaders to influence product strategy through deep analytical insights and decision frameworks.
• Lead ambiguous and high‑impact analytical initiatives end‑to‑end, from problem definition through recommendation and implementation.
• Build analytical models and frameworks that optimize trade‑offs across risk, pricing, conversion, profitability, and customer outcomes.
• Design and evaluate experiments, including pricing and conversion optimization initiatives.
• Translate complex business problems into structured analytical approaches and measurable success criteria.
• Identify product opportunities, operational inefficiencies, and strategic insights through deep analysis of large‑scale transactional and product datasets.
• Deliver executive‑level recommendations and influence roadmap decisions using data.
• Collaborate cross‑functionally with Product, Engineering, Finance, and GTM teams to operationalize data‑informed decisions.

Required Experience and Skills

We’re looking for a senior, highly analytical candidate who is comfortable operating in ambiguity and influencing decisions at both the strategic and operational level.

• Advanced SQL and strong analytical skills working with large‑scale product or transactional datasets.
• Python for analytics, experimentation, statistical analysis, or modeling.
• Experience with product analytics, experimentation, and decision science methodologies.
• Ability to build analytical frameworks that drive business and product decisions.
• Experience leading cross‑functional analytical initiatives independently.
• Skill in translating ambiguous business questions into structured analysis and actionable recommendations.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence Product and Engineering teams.
• Data visualization and storytelling experience using tools such as Looker, Tableau, or similar BI platforms.
• Experience working within product organizations at technology or fintech companies.

Nice to Have

• Experience in fintech, lending, payments, or risk‑related domains.
• Experience in Data Science, predictive modeling, or optimization problems.

Why This Role Matters

This is not a traditional reporting or dashboard‑focused analytics role. We are looking for someone who can act as a strategic product partner—using data to influence product direction, challenge assumptions, evaluate trade‑offs, and help drive some of the most important decisions within the Capital business.

You will work on high‑impact problems with significant visibility across Product, Engineering, and business leadership, playing a key role in shaping the future of Financial Services at Lightspeed.

Benefits

You’ll enjoy a flexible work environment, a culture that celebrates performance, a chance to make an impact, and career‑defining opportunities. Additional benefits include: flexible paid time off and remote work policies, equity options, pension plan contributions, training opportunities, health and wellness credit, volunteer time off, interest groups and social committees, computer purchase program, and enhanced parental leave.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Lightspeed is a proud equal opportunity employer and we are committed to creating an inclusive and barrier‑free workplace. Lightspeed welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

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