Analytics Consultant

About DAT

DAT is an award-winning employer of choice and a next-generation SaaS technology company that has been at the leading edge of innovation in transportation supply chain logistics for 45 years. We continue to transform the industry year over year, by deploying a suite of software solutions to millions of customers every day - customers who depend on DAT for the most relevant data and most accurate insights to help them make smarter business decisions and run their companies more profitably. We operate the largest marketplace of its kind in North America, with 400 million freights posted in 2022, and a database of $150 billion of annual global shipment market transaction data. Our headquarters are in Denver, CO, with additional offices in Missouri, Oregon, and Bangalore, India. For additional information, see www.DAT.com/company.

Job Application Deadline: 09/30/2024

DAT is seeking an Analytics Consultant to join our Data and Analytics team. This position will work hybrid in either our Denver, Colorado or Beaverton, Oregon offices.

The Opportunity 

The Analytics Services group generates and retains revenue by providing bespoke data solutions that go beyond products, addressing gaps and automating integration with customer workflows. As subject matter experts, we recommend appropriate solutions, contextualize metrics within industry landscapes, and provide insightful market analyses. This team is one of two pillars with Data Science that rolls up to the Chief of Analytics at DAT.

What You’ll Do
The introductory position in this career ladder focuses on learning how DAT products service the industry through internal and external stakeholder interactions; recommending data points to external customer workflows; being the resource for data feed development to those consumers; as well as researching, developing, and suggesting novel data feeds and metrics.

The introductory position in this career ladder focuses on learning how DAT products service the industry through internal and external stakeholder interactions; recommending data points to external customer workflows; being the resource for data feed development to those consumers; as well as researching, developing, and suggesting novel data feeds and metrics.

Responsibilities include:

• Work with Sales and DAT principal analysts to deliver industry insights, visualizations, and data for use by customers and in external publications
• Address ambiguous customer problems and formulate hypotheses into actionable and well-designed experiments using
• Work closely with external customers to rapidly develop custom data solutions
• Represent DAT publicly as a subject matter expert during on-site and off-site customer meetings and trade shows
• Proactively explore data and identify opportunities to help accelerate product development or improve existing products
• Ensure existing and developing data feeds maintain scope, quality, and roadmap alignment throughout their life cycle
• Act as a resource for increased knowledge within the company and the industry about DAT’s products and services
• Work with Product Development to scale and develop successful prototypes into formal company offerings

The Skills You’ll Need

• Experience working in the freight logistics space
• 1-3 years of experience in an analytical role
• Academic or professional experience in quantitative fields of study such as
  mathematics, statistics, computer science, or data science
• Ability to contextualize relatively sophisticated statistical and technical concepts with
  customers and colleagues at all levels of an organization
• Ability to use large datasets for creative data visualization efforts
• Excellent communication skills
• Understanding of relational databases and data structures
• Fluency with SQL and a programming language (Python, R, JavaScript, etc.)
• Fluency with a business intelligence platform (Tableau, Power BI, Looker, etc.)

Why DAT?
DAT is an award winning employer of choice.

For starters, we have a hybrid work environment, but we also know what makes a great workplace. We have a time-tested and resolute set of operating values predicated on integrity, mutual respect, open communication, and executing with excellence. These values inform our strategic vision as much as any one of our products does. We’ve been an employer of choice in the Portland metropolitan area for four decades, and within one year of opening our Denver office, DAT was #26 on Built In Colorado’s 100 Best Places to Work In Colorado.

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, and AD&D insurance
• Parental Leave
• Up to 20 days of paid time off starting in year one
• An additional 10 holidays of paid time off per calendar year
• 401k matching (immediately vested)
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Short- and Long-term disability sick leave
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Health Savings Accounts
• Tuition Reimbursement Program
• Employee Assistance Program
• Additional programs - Employee Referral, Internal Recognition, and Wellness
• Free TriMet transit pass (Beaverton Office)
• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Work on impactful projects in a cutting-edge environment
• Collaborative and supportive team culture
• Opportunity to make a real difference in the trucking industry
• Employee Resource Groups

This position is not eligible for Visa sponsorship.

For Colorado-based candidates, in compliance with Colorado’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, the minimum salary for this role is $85,000.00 + benefits. The maximum compensation for this role can vary significantly depending on your job-related skills and experience. DAT considers factors such as scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate’s work experience, education and training, core skills, internal equity, and market and business elements when extending an offer.

DAT embraces the value of a diverse workforce, and believes it is a core strength of our company that we encourage those values in every DAT employee, at every level of our organization, regardless of tenure or rank. We provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.

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The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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