Purple is a digitally-native vertical brand with a mission to help people feel and live better through innovative comfort solutions. To us, comfort means more than great products, it means empowering every employee to feel comfortable being themselves. We believe your career at Purple will be a one-of-a-kind “Career in Comfort” because our workforce is one-of-a-kind. We are committed to a culture of collaboration where every voice is heard and understood. As an innovation company at our core, we believe a diversity workforce brings better insights, solutions and products and serves as the backbone to bettering our company. Join with us as we add to our team of exceptional individuals who will help us take over the world — one mattress at a time.

Compensation

The compensation target range for this role is:

$212,500 - $250,000

Job Summary

We are looking for an ambitious and strategic Sr. Director of Data and Analytics Engineering to join our team at Purple. This pivotal role will be responsible for leading our engineering and analytics team in the development and implementation of analytics solutions for Purple’s products and services. The successful candidate will have a passion for data-driven decision making and will possess a deep understanding of data engineering and analytics principles and technologies. You and your team will be responsible for delivering analytically driven insights to optimize everything Purple does to support operations, including Supply Chain/Procurement, Engineering, Manufacturing, Distribution, Customer Service, Marketing, Sales as well as Accounting/Finance. We have rich data, endless use-cases, and supportive business partners.

 
You must have in-depth knowledge of the following areas: channels, sales, payroll, pricing, promotions, supply chain, sourcing, manufacturing, materials, and/or costing management. We are looking for a flexible problem solver, and outstanding communicator who is comfortable learning quickly and connecting the dots between disparate methodologies. Success will depend on your ability to quickly form both professional and personal relationships with colleagues and leaders.

Job Description

Essential Duties & Responsibilities: 

Oversees enterprise-wide data analysis, participate in senior-level discussions, and provide findings and best practices by partnering with senior leaders and their functions   

Be a thought leader who develops strategies, tools, and techniques to bring data insights to the forefront of decision-making 

Champion a data-driven culture by leading a team that produces comprehensive analytical reports and conducts testing to deliver actionable insights, best practices, and strategic recommendations, empowering informed decision-making throughout the organization. 

Oversight of a multidisciplinary team, including Data Analysts, Business Intelligence Analysts, Product Analysts, Data Engineering and Data Scientists who use cutting-edge analytics techniques to enhance data products, platforms, and services 

Proven leadership and organizational skills are essential, as the successful candidate will be expected to lead and motivate a team of engineers and data scientist. 

Oversee the deployment of highly detailed, predictive, and/or prescriptive models that help Purple optimize the selling manufacturing and corporate functions through strategic data insights and roadmaps  

Oversee the designing and building of innovative data and analytics solutions, visualizations, metrics and OKRs to support key decisions across multiple global sourcing and manufacturing functions (materials, sustainable manufacturing, sourcing, manufacturing, costing management, etc.)  

Works with CFO and Sr. Leaders with advanced analytics and data products and reporting to understand data requirements and improve current and future opportunities to drive knowledge into action  

 

Required Skills, Education, Experience: 

 

Experienced working in a Director, Manager or Lead position.  

Technical proficiency. Curiosity to continue learning new analytical methods and tools. Extensive experience with data pipelines and predictive modelling.  

Analytical thinking. Capable of the full scope of data-driven decision-making: diving deep to understand the nuances of individual data points, defining illuminating summary statistics and visualizations, crafting simple yet accurate narratives, and employing all of the foregoing to improve our product and business.  

Intuitive problem-solving. Understand and think through causal relationships and ripple effects. Confidence in tackling emerging and complex problems  

Excellence in communication. Ability to collaborate and speak the language of our Operational, Product, Engineering, and Executive leadership teams.  

PREFERRED: 

Bachelor's degree in business administration, economics, finance, computer science, data science, information science or related field, or equivalent work experience; Masters or Ph.D. strongly preferred 

10+ years in business insights, analytics, data products & reporting, and/or advanced analytics supporting a supply chain function via descriptive, predictive or prescriptive models  

Extensive experience collecting, analysing and visualizing data, and driving insights to understand, shape and optimize business outcomes, and influence decision making  

In-depth level of experience tracking, managing and optimizing critical metrics, KPIs, OKRs related to marketing, production, materials, sustainability, sourcing and manufacturing, and cost management  

Proficiency in SQL or similar experience in analysing large structured and unstructured datasets   

Experience working with Business Intelligence, Analytics and Data Visualization tools  

Experience working with data exploration and analytical packages (JMP, R, STATA)  

Experience in applying advanced analytics models to advise or optimize end-to-end supply chain networks is a plus  

Familiarity with SCADA, Leading 2 Lean, HighJump, ETQ, NetSuite, Looker, Snowflake, etc.   

 

BENEFITS AND PERKS

Medical, Dental, Vision

401(k) Match

Flexible PTO

Earn a Mattress

Purple Swag

Amazing Purple Products

WHY WORK AT PURPLE?

Make your mark: We value innovative thinking. At Purple, you will be empowered to bring your ideas to life as we work together to improve people’s lives through comfort.

Gain unique experience: Be a part of one of the fastest growing companies in Utah! The contributions you make will matter at Purple as the company continues to grow with you.

Awesome culture: Join the tight-knit team at Purple and you can enjoy working alongside industry experts, making close friends, and annual employee appreciation events.

Purple provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. 

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment.