Director, Digital Advanced Analytics at Best Buy in Richfield, Minnesota

Job Description:

As the Director of Digital Advanced Analytics, you’ll be responsible for providing customer insights and analysis in support of growing our digital channels. You’ll fuel the growth of our app and mobile channels while also identifying and providing the organization with visibility to key operational metrics. In this role, you’ll blend experience with advanced analytics tools, thought leadership in analytic strategy and a proven ability to work across product and business teams to design and deliver new solutions. This role partners with the Customer Relationship and Engagement and Digital Commerce and Category Business Technology Leads and their supporting teams.

This role is hybrid, which means you will work some days on site at a Best Buy location and some days from home or other non-Best Buy location. The specific work arrangements vary by role and team. The recruiter or hiring manager will provide more details during the hiring process.

What you’ll do

• Develop and provide supporting analytics, helping measure progress against top strategic priorities


• Leverage advanced analytics to facilitate executive conversations on making objective, data-driven decisions


• Create and maintain strong relationships with key partners on the DAT senior leadership team, gaining an understanding of the business teams’ top priorities.


• Coach and develop direct and indirect reports, solicit input for employee merit decisions and signoff on final decisions


• Present recommendations to business clients and executives and educate business teams on applying insights in their functions.


• Lead and coach a diverse and high-performing team to expand and advance the role and impact of analytics throughout Best Buy


• Review, edit and approve deliverables produced by direct and indirect reports


• Blend strong analytical aptitude with business acumen to understand digital strategy, objectives and drive data-driven analyses that serve the customer first


• Develop a strategic vision for the team and participate in budgeting and the annual planning process

Basic qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in statistics, mathematics, economics, engineering, the physical sciences, computer science, marketing/business or similar field with quantitative rigor OR equivalent experience


• 10 years of experience in retail, analytics, digital channels, business or related areas


• 5 years of experience applying analytical techniques to answer business questions or scientific questions


• 6 years of direct or indirect managerial or leadership experience

Preferred qualifications

• Master’s degree in business, statistics, mathematics, economics, engineering, the physical sciences, computer science or similar field with quantitative rigor


• Demonstrated success collaborating with cross functional business teams


• 5 years of experience leveraging data science and data visualization tools, such as SQL, Tableau/Power BI, SAS, R or Python


• 3 years of experience influencing and presenting to executives

What’s in it for you
We’re committed to helping our people thrive at work and at home. We offer generous benefits that address your total well-being and provide support as you need it, especially key moments in your life.

Our benefits include:
• Competitive pay
• Generous employee discount
• Financial savings and retirement resources
• Support for your physical and mental well-being

About us
As part of the Best Buy team, you’ll help us fulfill our purpose to enrich lives through technology. We bring that to life every day by humanizing and personalizing tech solutions for every stage of life — in our stores, online and in customers’ homes.

Our culture is built on deeply supporting and valuing our amazing employees who make it all possible. We’re committed to being a great place to work, where you can unlock unique career possibilities. Above all, we aim to provide a place where you can bring your full, authentic self to work now and into the future. Tomorrow works here.™

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