Applied AI Analytics Lead

Job Description

The EU Data Analytics Team

You are joining the team which is the heart of our financial organisation and business decision making. Your org structure reports to European CFO. The broader EU FPA & Analytics team combines data analytics & business reporting with financial planning and profitability. We take an end-to-end view of the business operations and finances. The team has a wide range of responsibilities which includes company-wide business intelligence, pricing, forecasting, commercial finance, reporting, dashboard development, risk management, and decision support for various business units.

To apply you MUST have experience using Microsoft Fabric. This is non‑negotiable - hands‑on production experience is required.

Key Accountabilities:

We are looking for a senior AI / platform professional who can operate as a forward deployment lead while retaining strong analytics fundamentals. This role is focused on execution, enablement, and changing how AI is delivered in practice.  The focus of this role is AI applied to analytics and decision‑making, not research‑led or domain‑agnostic AI use cases.

• Act as a Forward Deployment Expert for the Partnerships Analytics domain, delivering AI‑driven analytics solutions into production using Microsoft Fabric.
• Own end‑to‑end delivery of AI use cases that transform how analytics is performed, from concept through to live, scalable production.
• Enable and uplift analytics and AI capability across Partnerships and the wider EU business through repeatable patterns and playbooks. 
• Stakeholder management of multiple partnerships AM to keep them up to date and engagement with analytics

Delivery:

• Design, build, and deploy AI solutions into production using Microsoft Fabric. 
• Own the last mile from business problem to operational capability. 
• Ensure solutions are production‑ready, monitored, and iterated post‑deployment. 
• Apply AI to augment, automate, and scale analytics workflows, insights generation, and decision support

Enablement:

•  Establish repeatable AI deployment patterns and standards. 
•  Coach and enable others across the organisation. 

Core Technology Stack:

•  Microsoft Fabric (non‑negotiable, hands‑on production experience required) 
• Copilot Studio 
• Power Automate 
• Azure Foundry 

Table Stakes:

• Strong SQL skills for investigation and analysis 
• Working knowledge of Python 
• Power BI and/or Tableau support and development 
• Experience working with dbt (data build tool) 
• Ability to investigate and resolve data issues end‑to‑end 

What Success Looks Like:

Within 12–14 months, this role will have changed the operating model for analytics and AI within Partnerships, delivered multiple production AI capabilities in Fabric, and enabled wider adoption across the EU business

Qualifications

Intellectually curious and detail-oriented: You’re passionate about asking questions, quickly ramping up, and remaining agile as you receive feedback from business owners

Analytical: You’re happy working with numbers and in large sets of data to draw out insight to support and influence operational decision making

Meticulous: details, details, details…you thrive when living in the weeds and are constantly scouring for trends and aberrations

Ambitious: You’ll go above and beyond to get results (and you’re able to motivate others to do the same!)

You’ll get your hands dirty:  You're not afraid to jump into confusing messy situations. You love being the go-to person for getting things done.

Qualifications

• • Bachelor's Degree is REQUIRED -  Mathematics, Economics, Statistics, Finance, or other quantitative background.
  • Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills
  • Demonstrated ability to work with numbers and data analysis to come up with business insights and recommendations.

Additional Information

We work in a hybrid model: 3 days in the office, 2 days from home. 

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

The Team:  http://www.squaretrade.com/leadership   

SquareTrade is an Equal Opportunity Employer