Senior Director, Decision Analytics

Sprout Social
United States
Workplace: RemoteFull timeUSD 200,000 - 302,500 annuallyFunction: Data Analytics & Business IntelligenceExperience: 12+ yearsSkills: ["Curiosity","Bias toward action","Strategic thinking","Stakeholder partnering","Change leadership"]

Lead Sprout Social’s centralized Decision Analytics function within the Strategy & Business Operations team, overseeing data science and analytics pods supporting Marketing, Revenue, Product, and Finance. Drive a shift from reactive reporting to predictive, insight-driven decision-making that measurably improves business outcomes. Partner with senior stakeholders as a primary thought partner, build an operating model, manage transformation and change management, and champion AI-forward analytics workflows.

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Senior Director, Decision Analytics

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Job Summary

Lead Sprout Social’s centralized Decision Analytics function within the Strategy & Business Operations team, overseeing data science and analytics pods supporting Marketing, Revenue, Product, and Finance. Drive a shift from reactive reporting to predictive, insight-driven decision-making that measurably improves business outcomes. Partner with senior stakeholders as a primary thought partner, build an operating model, manage transformation and change management, and champion AI-forward analytics workflows.
Location: United States
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Data Analytics & Business Intelligence
Seniority: Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own and lead Decision Analytics, the centralized analytics and data science function across domain-specialized pods for Marketing, Revenue, Product, and Finance.
  • •Set the vision, standards, and operating model for how Decision Analytics works, including prioritization, stakeholder partnerships, and impact measurement.
  • •Drive adoption of proactive, insight-driven decision-making by business teams to create measurable business impact.
  • •Serve as the primary analytics and data science thought partner to senior stakeholders across the organization, guiding delivery of highest-leverage work.
  • •Lead and develop managers, analysts, and data scientists across multiple domain pods while partnering with Data Enablement on data infrastructure and analytics engineering requirements.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 200,000 - 302,500 annually
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVision401kLife InsuranceDisability InsuranceRemote WorkPaid Parental

Key Requirements

  • •12+ years in analytics, data science, or related field, including 5+ years leading teams within a SaaS/subscription business.
  • •5+ years hiring, developing, and mentoring a high-performing team of managers, analysts, and data scientists.
  • •Proven success scaling and managing a centralized or hybrid analytics function supporting diverse cross-functional business units.
  • •Deep fluency in SaaS metrics across the customer lifecycle (e.g., ARR growth/composition, NRR/GRR, pipeline velocity, CAC payback, LTV:CAC, product activation).
  • •Ability to move between high-level executive strategy and hands-on technical execution.
Experience:12+ yearsSaaSSubscription-based business
Skills:CuriosityBias toward actionStrategic thinkingStakeholder partneringChange leadership
Languages:English
Tech Stack:SQLPythonDbtTableauHexLookerCloud warehouses

Company Brief

Sprout Social
Provides a social media management platform that helps businesses manage engagement, publishing, analytics, and social customer care across channels to improve brand presence and customer relationships.
Industry: Enterprise Software
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 250M to 500M
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Chicago, United States
Founded: 2010
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