As a Business Analyst in Partnerships, you will build analytics infrastructure, identify data issues, and conduct market research to guide strategic decisions.
Who We Are
At Apartment List, we’re transforming how people rent—making it smarter, easier, and a lot less frustrating. Our platform has already matched over a 1.4 million renters with their next home, while helping properties fill units with the right residents. Backed by strong growth and a big vision, we’re building the future of renting—and inviting bold thinkers to help us shape it!
About Apartment ListApartment List is revolutionizing the rental experience. We’re not just helping people find apartments—we’re creating meaningful matches between renters and homes they’ll actually love. With our Smart Platform, powered by AI and a pay-per-lease model, we align our success directly with results for our partners. It’s a smarter, more personalized way to rent—and we’re just getting started.
We're looking for a sharp and systems-minded Business Analyst to support the growth and scalability of our partnership ecosystem. Sitting on the Strategy & Partnerships team, you’ll blend analytical rigor with creative thinking to build tools, frameworks, and insights that guide strategic decision-making. Your work will help us move faster, operate smarter, and build the data foundation that supports everything from pilot design to executive reporting.
- Build scalable analytics infrastructure in BigQuery to support partner- and portfolio-level reporting, evaluate performance, and explore new hypotheses
- Identify data quality issues and workflow inefficiencies, and propose solutions and automations that improve reliability and clarity
- Move beyond “what happened” to uncover why performance looks the way it does—and what to do about it
- Document insights, decisions, and experiments so knowledge compounds across cycles
- Partner closely with internal stakeholders to anticipate data needs, define KPIs, and prepare for upcoming launches
- Conduct competitive landscape and market research to contextualize our partnerships in the broader ecosystem and uncover new opportunities for the team
- Support transforming strategic decisions into operational partnerships
- You have 1–2 years of experience in consulting, investment banking, or a fast-paced analytical role
- You’re fluent in SQL and comfortable navigating large, messy, real-world datasets
- You’ve built scalable and reusable solutions and know when something is built to last
- You have strong written communication and documentation skills, and can structure insights for clarity and impact
- You’re curious and comfortable working in ambiguous, fast-changing problem spaces
Nice-to-haves:
- Experience designing evaluation frameworks or new metrics from scratch
- Exposure to experiment design, pilot programs, or early-stage product/partnership concepts
- Familiarity with marketplace, partnerships, or growth analytics
- Partnership analytics and reporting becomes scalable, automated, and accessible
- Ad-hoc analyses evolve into sustainable tools or dashboards
- The team moves faster with clearer insights, from ideation to launch
- You help us get smarter with every partnership, documenting learnings and tracking patterns
This role is foundational to scaling our partnerships function — the Business Analyst enables smarter decisions, faster execution, and sustained partnership growth.
At Apartment List, we carefully consider a variety of factors to determine compensation for each position, including the role, level, and work. The US Total Target Compensation (TTC) for this position is:
- Zone 1: $92,000 - $112,000 Base Salary + equity
- Zone 2: $85,000 - $103,000 Base Salary + equity
- Zone 3: $78,000 - $95,000 Base Salary + equity
This reflects the compensation target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. Please note, the compensation details provided do not include benefits and perks that we offer.
We also rely on market indicators along with considering your work location, job related skills, experience and relevant education and training, to determine compensation that is fair and competitive for you. Apartment List will consider paying compensation near the higher of the range in exceptional circumstances, where candidates have the experience, credentials or expertise that would warrant such consideration. It is always our goal to hire exceptional talent and we would be happy to share more about compensation during the hiring process.
Here's what's in it for you (full-time US based employees only; does not apply to contract roles):
- Competitive Compensation: Including annual salary, pre-IPO stock options, and other financial compensation (if applicable)
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage: 100% of premiums covered for you AND all of your dependents
- Unlimited Flexible Time Off: Unlimited FTO in addition to 12 company holidays per year, quarterly “recharge” days, and a week-long holiday break
- Home Office Reimbursement: To cover home office furniture and supplies, monthly home internet, and monthly cell phone (if applicable)
- Health & Wellness Reimbursement: To cover monthly gym membership or other qualifying expenses
- Parental Support: Generous parental and family leave, fertility benefits, and employer-sponsored stipends towards family forming services
- 401k Plan: To support you in your individual retirement goals
- Team Events: Frequent team-building events, fun team off-sites, and bi-annual company meetups
- Commitment to DEI: To prioritize Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion within our workplace and to stay true to our values and mission
- Mentorship and Training: To get you onboard quickly, learn new professional skills, and invest in your career development
- Impact and Visibility: To expose you to and provide the opportunity to work on highly strategic initiatives that will transform the business
- Encouragement and Empowerment: To explore and adopt new technologies and drive meaningful decisions and outcomes
- At Apartment List we believe that everyone deserves a home they love AND a career they love. We strive to build a diverse team that is a reflection of the people we serve; this is made possible through our commitment to fostering a culture of diversity, inclusion, equity, and connectedness.
As a proud equal opportunity employer, we celebrate the collection of individual differences, life experiences, ideas, perspectives, knowledge, and talent. We hire candidates of any race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital or family status, disability, Veteran status, and any other status.
Top Skills
BigQuery
SQL
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