Manager – Data & Analytics
Posted on 4/4/2023
INACTIVE
The Pokémon Company

51-200 employees

Official platform for Pokémon games, anime, merchandise
Company Overview
The Pokémon Company, the official hub for all things Pokémon, offers a dynamic work culture that thrives on creativity and collaboration, fostering an environment where employees can contribute to the development of globally beloved games, anime, and merchandise. Their competitive advantage lies in their ownership of a universally recognized brand, allowing them to consistently engage a vast, loyal consumer base. As industry leaders, they consistently push the boundaries of technology in gaming and animation, ensuring they remain at the forefront of their respective fields.
Consumer Goods

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Founded

1998

Headquarters

Minato City, Japan

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

8%

1 year growth

14%

2 year growth

21%
Locations
London, UK
Experience Level
Entry
Junior
Mid
Senior
Expert
Desired Skills
Python
R
SQL
Data Analysis
CategoriesNew
Data & Analytics
Requirements
  • Five+ (5+) years of relevant experience, plus a minimum of one (1) year of management experience or a demonstrated equivalent level of expertise
  • Bachelor's degree in a related field or a demonstrated equivalent level of applicable experience
  • Strong track record of business partnership
  • Advanced reporting and analysis skills and data visualization best practices
  • Advanced knowledge of BI software, development, and tools
  • Experience in managing direct reports
  • International experience is preferred
  • Experience with SQL and statistical software packages (Python, R, SAS)
  • Experience in driving large data analytic strategies
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Passion for Pokémon: Develops an understanding of the Pokémon brand, the impact it has on our people, culture, business, fans, and communities, and applying that knowledge and passion to everything you do
  • Challenging the Expected: Approaches challenges with curiosity and creativity, embracing the possibility of failure as an opportunity to learn something new, develop innovative ideas, solve complex problems and identify unique opportunities
  • Integrity and Respect: Demonstrates integrity and respect by leading with empathy, listening to others, seeking out different perspectives, and taking personal responsibility for decisions, actions, and results
  • Dedicated to Quality: Takes ownership to maintain and promote high standards, looks for new ways to learn and improve, and embraces a growth mindset to seek and apply feedback from others in an effort to continuously improve
  • Building Relationships: Develops and strengthens relationships, adopting a “team first” mentality and working collaboratively to solve problems and meet shared goals
  • Delighting Customers: Listens and understands the interests and needs of our customers and stakeholders, making them feel heard and important, and embracing these learnings to continue delivering a unique Pokémon experience
Responsibilities
  • Job Title: Manager, Data & Analytics
  • Job Summary: We are looking for a talented Data & Analytics Manager with a strong background in leading functional area within The Pokémon Company International. This position will be primarily supporting and leading high-level analytics initiatives and data solutions in the E-commerce storefront, Licensing and Marketing pillars within the European markets. This position will be able to set vision and roadmaps and develop analytic strategies for each functional area leaders. This position will include leading, designing, supporting and adoption of our internal reporting and analytic infrastructure. They should be comfortable in collaborating, communicating, and influencing across functional teams of varying levels to drive high level initiatives and leading a team to accomplish analytic goals
  • FLSA Classification (US Only): Exempt
  • People Manager: Yes
  • Lead functional areas for E-commerce, Licensing and Marketing in our European markets
  • Mentor a team of analysts and engineers in designing and developing data solutions, tools, and dashboards to enable self-service insights for data consumers across the organization
  • Set and drive functional area KPIs for each area to drive towards
  • Identify and driving solutions to close areas of data and reporting improvement
  • Partner with relevant cross-functional teams to identify and drive initiatives as relevant to the functional area of ownership
  • Build the roadmap and vision for the functional area of ownership for E-commerce, Licensing and Marketing
  • Influence leaders across the organization and help drive use of data in decision making process
  • Onboard vendors that will drive value to the business and ensure work is being completed as expected
  • Provide communication to leadership group on project status with completed milestones, dates, and any blockers
  • Build dashboarding solutions that will help drive self-service data retrieval and automation for the functional area of ownership
  • Build executive level dashboarding so executives can get a quick pulse of how this functional area is performing over time