About this opportunity
Photobucket lists this Head of Data Analytics opportunity in overland park, Kansas. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Company
Photobucket is entering a critical phase of product and growth evolution.
We have established a strong product development lifecycle, a clear product vision, and a roadmap supported by a new product currently in market. The foundation is in place. The next phase is about optimizing engagement, accelerating product-led growth, improving retention, and deeply understanding the behavioral drivers behind user adoption and monetization.
Photobucket’s vision is: To redefine digital connection by creating private spaces where real relationships, shared experiences, and authentic communities thrive - anytime, anywhere.
We are building what will become the private, mobile-first platform for group-based photo and video sharing - serving families, sports teams, and social groups.
As we continue transitioning toward a product-led organization, data and analytics has become a core strategic function across Product, Growth, Marketing, Retention, and Executive Leadership.
This role exists to:
Turn data into actionable business intelligence
Identify growth levers and retention drivers
Build a deeper understanding of user behavior and product-market fit
Enable faster, smarter, and more measurable decision-making across the company
The opportunity is significant:
70M+ legacy user accounts available for reactivation
Freemium model as the core growth engine
Large-scale behavioral and engagement data being generated daily
This role will play a critical role in helping Photobucket become a truly data-driven, product-led business.
Role in the Organization
Position: Head of Data & Analytics
Reporting: Reports directly to the CFO with close partnership with Product, Growth, Marketing, and Finance
Scope: Owns the company-wide data, analytics, product intelligence, and growth insights function
This role is not designed to be a passive reporting or dashboarding function.
The Head of Data & Analytics:
Proactively identifies insights, opportunities, and risks
Operates as a strategic growth partner across the organization
Helps leadership understand what is happening in the business and why
Builds the analytical foundation for product-led growth and retention optimization
Core Responsibilities
The Head of Data & Analytics will be accountable for:
1. Driving Product & Growth Intelligence
Develop a deep understanding of user behavior across the product ecosystem
Identify key activation, engagement, retention, and monetization drivers
Help establish product as the primary growth engine
2. Building a Product-Led Analytics Function
Create scalable reporting and analytics frameworks across Product, Growth, and Marketing
Develop KPI frameworks tied to company-wide objectives
Build visibility into behavioral funnels, cohort performance, and user lifecycle metrics
3. Identifying Growth & Retention Opportunities
Proactively surface insights and recommendations to leadership
Identify growth levers that improve:
WAU/MAU
Activation
Freemium conversion
Retention
Invite loops and virality
4. Supporting Product-Market Fit Discovery
Analyze user behavior across core personas
Help the organization understand where engagement is strongest and where friction exists
5. Developing Executive & Board-Level Reporting
Build and maintain executive dashboards and KPI visibility
Support monthly and quarterly Board reporting
Translate complex data into clear business narratives and actionable recommendations
6. Establishing a Data-Driven Culture
Help evolve Photobucket into a truly data-informed and product-led organization
Create consistency around metrics, reporting, and business intelligence
Partner cross-functionally to improve decision-making velocity and accountability
What you will bring to Photobucket
Required
10+ years of experience in analytics, product analytics, marketing analytics, or business intelligence
B2C SaaS product analytics experience
Product-led growth experience
Technical Fluency: Strong SQL skills and comfort working with large, complex datasets. Fluency with BI tools (Amazon Quick, Tableau, Power BI, or similar) and modern data stacks (Snowflake, AWS database tools, or similar)
Familiarity with AWS data pipelines (Glue, Kinesis, S3-based data lakes)
Proficiency in Python or R for statistical modeling and analysis
Strong foundation in A/B testing, statistical significance, and cohort analysis
Ability to build and maintain analytical data models independently
Fluency with AI-assisted analytics and LLM-based insight discovery
Strong executive communication, ability to translate Ability to translate complex data into clear executive narratives and business recommendations
Preferred:
Experience in:
Consumer engagement platforms
Freemium business models
Social, media, or network-effect products
Deep understanding of:
Behavioral analytics
Retention analysis
Funnel optimization
Cohort analysis
Product experimentation
Compensation
We are committed to hiring a top-tier analytics and growth intelligence contributor and will compensate accordingly.
Base Salary: Competitive
Colorado base pay range: $120,000 - $180,000
Bonus: Performance-based annual incentive
Competitive benefits including 5% 401k match
Work Location
Location: Fully remote. Preference for existing geographic locations including: Colorado (Denver and Boulder), Nevada, Wisconsin, and Illinois..
Who can apply
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