Director, Insights & Analytics

Job Description:

About Pluralsight 

Founded in 2004 and trusted by Fortune 500 companies, Pluralsight is the technology skills platform organizations and individuals in 150+ countries count on to innovate faster and create progress for the world. 

Working at Pluralsight

At Pluralsight, we believe everyone should have the opportunity to create progress through technology. That everyone should have access to the skills of tomorrow. That technology can make the world a better place. Through the work we do every day, we empower the people who power our world. 

And we don’t let fear, egos or drama distract us from our mission. We’re adults, and we treat each other that way. We have the autonomy to do our jobs, transparency to eliminate office politics and trust in each other to do the right thing. We thrive in an environment with creativity around every corner, challenges that keep us on our toes, and peers who inspire us to be the best we can be. We bring different viewpoints, backgrounds and experiences, and united by our mission to democratize technology skills, we are one. 

The Opportunity 

Insights & Analytics is core to how we deliver extraordinary value to technology leaders in support of their skills transformations and position Pluralsight as their go-to partner. The Director of Insights & Analytics leads the business of delivering a best-in-industry reporting and analytics suite helping our customers understand how skills are evolving in their company and how they can accelerate and ensure success. You’ll make it possible to deliver timely insights to our customers by deeply understanding their roles and needs and meeting them where they are. You’ll hire, support, and develop product management, product design, and data product roles while working with engineering to prioritize product initiatives, ensuring the full cycle of product development and delivery runs optimally. You’ll spend significant time on strategic initiatives, cross-team collaboration, and future planning, along with providing effective career development and coaching. 

What You’ll Own

• Set product vision and strategy for Insights & Analytics, aligning with Skills product vision and strategy and prioritizing initiatives to address evolving business and customer needs

• Utilize and evangelize a customer-centric mindset and discovery framework to lead teams in consistently and iteratively delivering value

• Establish, monitor, and work with teams to deliver and report on quarterly OKRs and operational KPIs in alignment with company priorities 

• Recruit, hire, and develop talent, across Insights & Analytics teams

• Guide Product Manager(s) in setting and aligning product strategy and feature prioritization

• Partner closely with Data Science, Data Platform, and Data Engineering teams to develop the data strategy to support appropriate insights and analytics experiences

• Analyze competitive landscape to ensure best-in-industry experiences 

• Foster positive, collaborative relationships with other functional areas within the organization (Skills Platform, Skills Development, Revenue, and Product Marketing)

Experience You’ll Need

• 3+ years of prior experience leading teams

• 8+ years in product management/leadership, preferably with data-driven and/or enterprise SaaS products

• Experience aligning and prioritizing product development to business and customer outcomes

• Experience creating product vision, strategy, and roadmap that; adeptly balance customer, revenue and technical needs including ability to make hard trade-offs with imperfect and incomplete information

• Strong operational skills; experience building and simplifying complex processes

• Strong technical background and experience working closely with engineering, architecture, and data teams

• Strong leadership development experience and career development and coaching experience

• Expert problem solving skills

• Strong qualitative and quantitative research skills

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to inspire teams around common goals

EOE Statement 

Be Yourself. Pluralsight is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.