At Yelp, it’s our mission to connect people with great local businesses. The Yelp Strategy team supports this mission by working with leaders to help Yelp stay one step ahead of trends and competition. The Strategy work is leveraged by executives to chart an efficient and decisive course over a 3-year time horizon.
The Strategy team works to identify the growth opportunities and threats in our business. The team synthesizes internal analyses and external data, pulling it all together into a strategic direction that is refreshed over time. Strategy helps ensure that teams across the company align investments with Yelp’s strategic direction.
As an Analyst or Senior Analyst on the Strategy team, you’ll develop analyses and synthesize competitive landscape data to drive actionable industry insights for our executives. As you master landscape assessment, you’ll then also work on internal strategy projects, helping operating leaders synthesize customer & competitive insight into an agreed direction, objectives, and potential growth levers. You’ll be reporting to a Strategy Team Lead and work closely with the SVP of Strategy.
This role may be a good fit for you if your superpowers include:
A talent for integrative thinking and synthesis. You’re often the person connecting the dots across seemingly disparate data points to come up with new insight or perspectiveA passion for effective storytelling. You have a proven ability to take a pile of data and transform it into a pithy summary supported by a few clear and impactful visualsProactive research. You find creative and scrappy ways to source qualitative and quantitative evidence for or against your hypothesesTeamwork. You help the team get better by staying aware of your teammates’ research and insights, and combining your research and insights to help develop a more holistic perspective
We’d love to have you apply, even if you don’t feel you meet every single requirement in this posting. At Yelp, we’re looking for great people, not just those who simply check off all the boxes. This is a full-time remote role based in the United States.
What you'll do:You will support Yelp’s strategic direction by conducting analyses and communicating findings with respect to industry trends, competitive landscape & market opportunitiesYou will be accountable for owning a landscape topic area (e.g., digital advertising, consumer growth, etc.) and acting as the go-to subject matter expert. You will synthesize the competitor and landscape trends, formulate a POV on potential business impacts, and develop monthly digests for the Yelp exec team.You will conduct deep dives to explore new strategic opportunities and identify implications for our strategic directionYou will have the opportunity to work with cross-functional leaders in product, sales & customer success, marketing, corporate development, biz ops, data science and finance to translate top insights into actionable projects
What it takes to succeed:You have 2-4 years (Analyst) or 4-6 years (Senior Analyst) of relevant experience at a top tier consulting firm or corporate strategy groupYou have a Bachelor’s degree, preferably with a quantitative focusYou are an exceptional problem solver with the ability to find creative solutions to complex questions by transitioning between creative, integrative, and analytical thinking You can translate detailed data into high-level insights, clear takeaways, and easy-to-follow visuals & storyYou are a driven self-starter with the ability to learn new topics quicklyYou have strong project management skills, including ability to balance multiple priorities, identify dependencies, communicate with cross-functional stakeholders, and meet project milestonesYou are an excellent team player who is comfortable working in a fast-paced, dynamic environmentYou have excellent verbal and written communication skills; confident presence with senior executivesYou have superior hands-on analytical skills and expertise in Excel You have experience with (or ability to quickly learn) analytical tools including SQL, Tableau, Python, and Google Analytics
What you'll get:Career learning & development, via regular on-the job coaching in problem solving and exec-level communicationIntellectual variety, as Yelp’s relevant landscape includes many categories, consumer & advertiser segments, business models, competitors & analogsEffective your first day: Full medical, vision, and dental15 days PTO (accrual begins on date of hire and increases with 2+ years of tenure thereafter), 7 paid wellness days, 12 paid holidays, plus one floating holidayUp to 14 weeks of parental leaveMonthly wellness reimbursementHealth Savings, Flexible Spending and Dependent Care accounts401(k) retirement savings plan with employer matchEmployee stock purchase planCompensation range is $81,500 - $177,000 annually. You may also be offered a bonus and benefits.
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