What you’d be doing in this role
As Canva scales change continues to be part of our DNA. But we like to think that's all part of the fun. So this will give you the flavour of the type of things you'll be working on when you start, but this will likely evolve.
At Canva, our mission is to empower the world to design, and we’re looking for insightful data analysts who can help and empower us make that happen.
We're looking for self-motivated talent who are curious about our product and our users, and who are excited to seek out valuable insights. You are genuine data partner with your team and the broader business. We have a LOT of data and need people who can use their skills to help us make the most of it!
You will come into a diverse data team of 12 people, who really do enjoy finding answers to the problems that our users have. We’re thrilled to continuing to grow our team and gaining a range of new perspectives and ideas on how we can achieve our goals and help more people.
This role will rely on your particular strengths in building out data-driven decisions, communicating closely with partners, and organizing your fellow data team members such that the data thinking in this space is highly proactive.
What you'll do:
- Coach a team of data specialists, composed Data Analysts. You will drive the data strategy in this group and will coordinate closely with the Operations team and the Enablement team.
- It will require close coordination with several collaborators and a real sense of drive and initiative to keep things moving. You'll proactively identify the opportunities where your team can make the largest impact and you see it through.
- Lead project intake, pipeline, prioritize, and handle staffing against key initiatives.
- Although you are a technical person, you also have good communication skills and know how to coordinate a team, align with collaborators, and prioritise a data strategy in your particular area.
- Find insights that help us understand both Canva and our customers - be creative and insightful, rather than just throwing the usual metrics at the wall to know what sticks
- Suggest and run exciting experiments that will actually move our metrics - when we push tests to 100% we want to actually view the bump in the relevant graph
- Build and maintain dashboards for your group’s initiatives, and make them look really good - you don’t need to be a designer or have any design talent, you just need to want to build cool things
- Own projects, data models, dashboards, and other artifacts and keep them up-to-date and high quality in a hyper-growthh environment
- Use our giant databases to answer the sort of questions that sound really simple but turn out to be challenging (and fun!)
- Help us extend data literacy and curiosity throughout the whole company
About you
- Demonstrable experience leading and coaching data specialists, defining team strategy, and data roadmaps.
- Experience working with subscription-based data sets. It would be desirable if you have experience with collaborative products as well.
- Excellent proficiency with SQL; experience with data warehouses such as Snowflake, Redshift, or BigQuery is a plus!
- Experience wrangling and analysing data using Python or R
- Experience with optimising product funnels, running experiments, and building dashboards that effectively communicate results and outcomes
- A grounding in mathematics / statistics and a bachelor's degree in a STEM area is preferred; although not required
- Experience with very large data sets is a huge plus
- Good communication skills is vital for this role - break down complex topics into simple solutions and ideas and communicate these to collaborators across different teams.
What's in it for you?
Achieving our crazy big goals motivates us to work hard - and we do - but you'll experience lots of moments of magic, connectivity and fun woven throughout life at Canva, too. We also offer a stack of benefits to set you up for every success in and outside of work.
Here's a taste of what's on offer:
- Equity packages - we want our success to be yours too
- Inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parents & carers
- An annual Vibe & Thrive allowance to support your wellbeing, social connection, office setup & more
- Flexible leave options that empower you to be a force for good, take time to recharge and supports you personally
Check out lifeatcanva.com for more info.
Other stuff to know
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Please note that interviews are conducted virtually.
