Purpose of the role:

At Guitar Center, the Analytics Team is deploying data to inform and empower the company with insight, to drive customer success and business value. We are looking for a Senior Data Analyst to help advance that vision as part of the analytics team, which is part of the larger central Data Org. You will work with stakeholders to help inform their current initiatives and long term roadmap with data. You will be a key part of a dynamic data team that works daily with strategic partners to deliver data, prioritize resources and scale our impact. This is a chance to affect millions of musicians at the country's largest musical retailer, and your success as part of a world-class analytics organization will be visible up to the highest levels of the company.

Key Responsibilities

• You will report to the Manager of Analytics and be a primary analytics partner to Guitar Center's Merchandising, Marketing, & Stores teams. You will work closely with business leaders to ensure that objectives and growth are supported by your data work.
• Support stakeholder needs with: reporting, KPI definition, performance measurement, and deeper analytical insights. Achieve scale by establishing best practices, automating processes, and identifying structural needs.
• Balance meeting the current needs of the business with long-term progress on the analytics team strategy for a robust, democratized, data-driven organization
• Drive analytics projects and experiments from end to end. Translate a business question into an analytical framework, efficiently produce reliable data, generate insights through analysis, and effectively communicate recommended actions.
• Plan, execute, and analyze AB test experiments to establish causal relationships
• Identify trends and find opportunities to unlock new sources of growth and customer success

Why join us?

With a career at Guitar Center, you become part of the world's largest multichannel musical instrument retailer. Whether at our Stores, Contact Centers, Distribution Centers, or Support Center, Guitar Center employees have a common goal: to help people find their sound and fill the world with more music.

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Guitar Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer and provides fair and equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants regardless of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected status prohibited under Federal, State, or local laws. All employment decisions are based on valid job-related requirements.

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE & REQUIREMENTS:

• Bring 4+ years of professional analytics or analytics-related experience and a team-player attitude, with a demonstrated track record of leading data projects
• You solve problems in your sleep. Applying critical thinking and a willingness to dive into the data, you produce immediate value while still keeping an eye on long-term strategy and scalability
• Deploy advanced skills in SQL and data visualization/storytelling
• You take ownership seriously and hold yourself accountable to always deliver in a reliable manner that builds trust. You thrive at a fast pace and managing multiple work streams

Preferred Experience:

• Effective communication and people skills with the ability to partner with diverse audiences
• You are a curious self-starter, driven to solve problems and find answers. You take charge and flourish when meeting a challenge.
• Knowledge of proper A/B testing practices and statistical experiment design
• You work well with multiple analytics & visualization tools, particularly Tableau and have a familiarity with aggregating data sources and with statistical analysis tools (i.e. Python, R)

• You are excited to ask questions, push boundaries and follow where data leads in pursuit of new opportunities
• You enjoy working in a highly dynamic environment where have a strong voice and your decisions have a significant impact
• Retail and/or music industry knowledge is a plus

Pay Rate: $116,000 - $145,000 / annually depending on background and experience.

The job posting is not necessarily reflective of actual compensation that may be earned, nor a promise of any specific pay for any specific employee, which is always dependent on actual experience, education, and other factors. The pay range(s) listed are provided in compliance with state specific laws. Pay ranges may be different in other locations

About Guitar Center

The Guitar Center Company embodies the world of creativity and music by encouraging our teammates to find their own individual sound. Our mission is to develop and nurture lifelong musicians and make a difference in the world by enabling musicians and non-musicians alike to experience the joy that comes from creating music. We believe in putting our customers first, engaging with respect and integrity and fulfilling our mission with passion.

The Guitar Center Company operates through several business divisions. Guitar Center is the world's largest retailer of guitars, amplifiers, drums, keyboards, recording, live sound, DJ, and lighting equipment, with more than 290 stores across the United States. 2014 marked the milestone 50th anniversary of the Guitar Center Company as the organization continues to help people make music from coast to coast.

E-Commerce brands Guitar Center, Musician's Friend and WWBW offer online sales of a broad selection of music products.The Music & Arts division operates more than 220 stores specializing in band & orchestral instruments for sale and rental, serving teachers, band directors, college professors, and students since 1952. AVDG and GCPro headline the enterprise audio-visual integration business, delivering a best-in-class commercial and residential customer experience.