Sr Manager, Data Analytics

PayPal PayPal · Fintech · New York, NY +1 · Data Analytics

This role is for a Sr. Manager of Data Analytics at PayPal, focusing on leading analytics teams, translating strategic objectives into initiatives, and ensuring the delivery of business-relevant insights. The role involves collaborating with senior stakeholders, driving adoption of best practices, and supporting the transition from fragmented dashboards to automated, intelligent insights. It requires managing a team, partnering with cross-functional teams, and ensuring governance and scalability of analytics solutions.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead execution of the analytics operating model transition from static dashboards to a layered system of trusted data, shared metrics, and intelligent insight delivery.
  2. Build and enforce a dashboard hierarchy (single → double → triple click) that ties every metric to strategic OKRs and downstream actionability. Support rationalization of dashboards and reporting assets.
  3. Elevate OKR reporting practice through refined scripting, source alignment, and PowerPoint automation, while supporting the longer-term shift to dynamic BI.
  4. Help build and operationalize a new model for insight consumption, including proactive anomaly detection, narrative-driven reporting, and natural language insights delivered into tools like Slack and email.
  5. Manage a team of analytics professionals, ensuring stakeholders such as product managers and commercial leads have access to high-quality, actionable insights.

Skills

Required

  • Data Analytics
  • Leadership
  • Strategic Planning
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Business Intelligence
  • Reporting

Nice to have

  • Anomaly Detection
  • Natural Language Insights
  • Slack Integration
  • Email Integration
  • OKR Tracking

What the JD emphasized

  • 8+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience.