Data Analyst - Economic Insights & Communications

Who we are

About Stripe

Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies - from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups - use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone's reach while doing the most important work of your career.

About the team

We’re looking for an experienced data analyst to deepen understanding around the economic impact Stripe is having globally. You will be part of a community of analysts and data scientists on the Go-to-Market Analytics team, and you will partner with Stripe’s Communications teams to build and protect Stripe’s brand and influence across the world. 

What you’ll do

Stripe has a unique view of the world, with real-time insight into changing trends, industries, and cross-border commerce. The Data Analyst, Economic Insights & Communication role will focus on constructing and analyzing data, built upon robust data pipelines and a strong data architecture, to demonstrate how Stripe enables broad and often surprising economic growth. This role will help tease out novel economic insights from Stripe data to tell stories about how pockets of the economy are evolving, and how Stripe is advancing economic opportunity and increasing the GDP of the internet.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the Communications teams to imagine, scope, and lead research projects that bring to life different facets of Stripe’s economic impact 
• Generate hypotheses, rapidly test them against Stripe data, and proactively share the most interesting nuggets
• Design, implement and maintain data pipelines and dashboards to generate insights from Stripe internal and external public data sources
• Define and monitor key economic impact metrics
• Go deep on understanding business drivers, user segments, cohorts and macroeconomic trends
• Prepare presentations, analyses and visualizations for internal and external executive audiences
• Partner closely with Communications teams to identify and analyze key trends and produce social posts, blogs, reports, briefings and campaign content leveraging Stripe data
• Collaborate with external vendors, academics, and think tanks to advance Stripe’s research agenda and advocacy positions

Who you are

We're looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role. If you meet these requirements, you are encouraged to apply. The preferred qualifications are a bonus, not a requirement.

Minimum requirements

• 4+ years of experience in analytical roles working with large datasets
• Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Economics, Mathematics, Engineering, Sciences or a related quantitative field
• Proficiency in SQL and Python
• Experience building and maintaining data pipelines using a distributed data framework (e.g. Hadoop, Spark)
• Experience building self-serve dashboards or other scalable analytical tools for partner teams
• Strong knowledge of statistics
• Experience developing data-informed narratives and visualizations for external publication
• Demonstrated experience of and interest in the public discussion of economic trends (whether as a data scientist, writer, researcher, or in another capacity)
• Demonstrated ability to lead and deliver on multiple projects with a high attention to detail
• Demonstrated experience working with partners to prioritize work, set expectations, and execute according to ambitious timelines
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills

Preferred qualifications

• Master’s degree in Statistics, Economics, Mathematics, Engineering, Sciences or a related quantitative field and/or experience in working on data analytics in the tech field
• Experience working with institutions that are respected by policymakers and the wider public for their economic insight
• Familiarity with survey design and analysis