Director of Data & Analytics
SafeLease
Director of Data & Analytics
SafeLease
Self-storage insurance platform with underwriting
About the business
Etude operates in insurance, commercial real estate, and industrials. Our insurance business covers more than 5,000 properties with billions of dollars in insured value. Our real estate business owns approximately $1B of commercial property alongside the Kinder Family Office. Our industrial business is developing a multibillion-dollar, 40-acre steelworks to secure the domestic supply chain for electrical infrastructure.
About the team
We are roughly a 100-person team. We hire high-agency people and give them autonomy, responsibility, and diverse problems to work on. We operate with the intensity of a small company where every person's work is visible and believe responsiveness is a form of respect. If you're looking for a place to sharpen your craft alongside people who take their work seriously, you'll fit right in.
Location: New York City or Austin, TX - (Hybrid)
We are seeking a highly strategic, hands-on Director of Data & Analytics to lead all analytics initiatives across the organization. This leader will oversee the full analytics function—data management, collection, insights, reporting, and advanced strategic planning—spanning both our portfolio of real estate investments and insurance operations.
This leader must be able to roll up their sleeves, work autonomously, move fast, and drive measurable impact without requiring extensive support or infrastructure. They will set the vision for analytics and ensure the company leverages data to make intelligent, high-velocity decisions.
Key Responsibilities:
Lead the analytics strategy, setting the direction for data collection, management, analysis, and insight generation across insurance and investment management operations.
Oversee and develop a growing analytics function, ensuring high-quality reporting, modeling, and data practices.
Translate complex data into actionable insights that inform executive decision-making, operational improvements, and capital allocation.
Drive automation and analytics tooling, identifying opportunities to modernize systems and improve velocity of insight generation.
Mentor and build a high-performing analytics team while still being willing to execute hands-on work when needed.
Design and execute data collection frameworks, ensuring inputs are accurate, timely, and consistent across business units.
Build and operate analytics workflows personally when needed, including hands-on data analysis, dashboard creation, modeling, and KPI development.
Establish data governance standards, ensuring data quality, consistency, and compliance across the enterprise.
Partner with cross-functional executives (Finance, Operations, Product, and Technology) to embed analytics rigor throughout key initiatives.
Own analytics across a portfolio of investments, coordinating data gathering and reporting across our insurance and investment business to drive visibility and performance management.
Develop reporting platforms that support underwriting optimization, claims performance, distribution insights, financial forecasting, and operational measurement.
5+ years of experience in a leadership capacity, managing teams/direct reports.
10+ years of experience in analytics, data strategy, business intelligence, or a related field.
Proven experience leading company-wide analytics programs, preferably in a fast-moving start-up environment.
Demonstrated ability to operate both strategically and tactically—comfortable working autonomously and rolling up sleeves to execute.
Strong background in data operations, statistical analysis, dashboarding, and data governance.
Experience working with or supporting investment portfolios and/or insurance/financial services analytics.
Exceptional communication skills with the ability to translate complex data into executive-ready insights.
Track record of building and leading high-performing analytics teams.
Experience in insurance operations, insurtech, or commercial real estate investment analytics.
Proficiency in modern data tools (Snowflake, Databricks, Looker, Tableau, Power BI, SQL, Python, Metabase, etc.).
Background in operational analytics, underwriting data, claims modeling, or portfolio performance analytics.
What We Offer
Competitive compensation including salary, bonus, and equity.
Benefits package including medical, dental, vision, unlimited PTO, and 401k.
Opportunity to shape and lead the marketing function of a high-growth MGA.
Combination of office and remote working environments in NYC or Austin, TX.
Direct impact on strategy, brand, and the future of specialty P&C insurance.
Entrepreneurial culture with room to build, innovate, and own outcomes.
If you don't have all the qualifications listed, don't worry! We understand everyone's career path is unique and still encourage you to apply if you feel this role is aligned with your career trajectory.
Employment at Etude is contingent upon a satisfactory verification of a general and criminal background check.
SafeLease provides insurance and technology solutions tailored for self-storage owners. Its offerings include commercial property and liability coverage, along with end-to-end insurance functions—underwriting, quoting, risk sharing, servicing, and claims adjusting—all managed in-house to reduce costs. The platform also offers tenant protection programs and online review management to boost occupancy and reputation. Revenue comes from insurance products and value-added services, with the goal of helping self-storage operators attract more tenants, grow revenue, and build equity while minimizing risk.
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