Analyst Lead, Growth Analytics

Affirm is reinventing credit to make it more honest and friendly, giving consumers the flexibility to buy now and pay later without any hidden fees or compounding interest.

We are seeking a highly motivated and analytical individual to join our Growth Analytics team. This team plays a crucial role in conducting research, monitoring performance, and running experiments to develop exceptional products for both consumers and merchants and long term growth for the business. The ideal candidate will possess strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, a collaborative mindset, an eagerness to learn, and the patience to tackle complex challenges.

What You'll Do

• Take ownership of the end to end analytics process: define success metrics, generate insights and hypotheses, track performance, and create intuitive dashboards and reports that can be easily shared across the organization. Develop scalable analytics solutions and data models.
• Spearhead weekly cross-functional metric reviews, collaborating with partners to conduct deep dives into significant metric shifts and suggest actionable steps.
• Operate with a General Manager mindset, by proactively identifying opportunities through analysis and product sense to enhance user experience, growth, and profitability.
• Tackle ambiguous problems by identifying the core hypotheses and designing actionable experiments to validate product market fit and economic viability.
• Translate analytical findings into clear and compelling narratives/business cases for leadership to inform decision-making.
• Foster strong cross-functional relationships and establish yourself as a trusted advisor to team members.
• Mentor and guide junior analysts to deliver high-impact work that drives business results.
  
  

What We Look For

• Passion to redefine the lending and financial industry for the better.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in a quantitatively rigorous subject area like statistics, math, finance, economics desired.
• 5+ years of proven ability in a cross functional analytical role
• Practical and theoretical knowledge of A/B testing
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work cross-functionally and influence both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience with simultaneously balancing multiple workstreams and prioritizing their own roadmap
• Experience with SQL and performing statistical analysis using Python
• Ability to think creatively and critically and thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic, and often ambiguous work environment
• Willingness to go out of your way to help teammates
• Humility and team player - you go out of your way to help teammates
• Previous experience in guiding junior analysts
  
  

Pay Grade - M

Equity Grade - 5

Employees new to Affirm typically come in at the start of the pay range. Affirm focuses on providing a simple and transparent pay structure which is based on a variety of factors, including location, experience and job-related skills.

Base pay is part of a total compensation package that may include monthly stipends for health, wellness and tech spending, and benefits (including 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision for you and your dependents). In addition, the employees may be eligible for equity rewards offered by Affirm Holdings, Inc. (parent company).

CAN base pay range per year: 142,000 - 192,000

Affirm is proud to be a remote-first company! The majority of our roles are remote and you can work almost anywhere within the country of employment. Affirmers in proximal roles have the flexibility to work remotely, but will occasionally be required to work out of their assigned Affirm office. A limited number of roles remain office-based due to the nature of their job responsibilities.

Benefits

We’re extremely proud to offer competitive benefits that are anchored to our core value of people come first. Some key highlights of our benefits package include:

• Health care coverage - Affirm covers all premiums for all levels of coverage for you and your dependents
• Flexible Spending Wallets - generous stipends for spending on Technology, Food, various Lifestyle needs, and family forming expenses
• Time off - competitive vacation and holiday schedules allowing you to take time off to rest and recharge
• ESPP - An employee stock purchase plan enabling you to buy shares of Affirm at a discount
  
  

We believe It’s On Us to provide an inclusive interview experience for all, including people with disabilities. We are happy to provide reasonable accommodations to candidates in need of individualized support during the hiring process.

[For U.S. positions that could be performed in Los Angeles or San Francisco] Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, Affirm will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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