Staff Data Analyst (Hybrid)
Overview:
As a Staff Data Analyst at Weedmaps, you will shape how the business understands and acts on data insights. You will be a key thought leader helping senior leadership from across the business turn their objectives into data strategies that drive multi-million dollar decisions. Rather than waiting for requests, you will proactively identify opportunities, challenge assumptions with data, and publish insights to the broader cannabis industry. Your strong proficiency in SQL, combined with your resourceful nature, will allow you to transform large, messy data into tangible recommendations for the business. You will also help us migrate from Tableau to a new BI tool, creating dashboards and reports that senior executives will use to run the business.
You will serve as a mentor to more junior colleagues and help improve the quality and sophistication of analysis and visualization. You will help build reusable tools that other analysts can build on, being a force multiplier for the entire team. This is a high-visibility role combining execution with strategic influence.
The impact you'll make:
- Create high quality, scalable analytic and data products, dashboards and reports and Streamlit
- Partner with executives from Product, Marketing, Revenue, and other as their data strategist, becoming a trusted thought partner helping them achieve their objectives with data
- Lead the migration from Tableau to a new BI solution, ensuring minimal business disruption during the process
- Design and build the executive dashboards that run the business, including weekly operational metrics, board-level KPIs, and strategic planning tools
- Publish external thought leadership on cannabis market trends in collaboration with our content team
- Define, build, and document new metrics to capture business requirements in dbt and Snowflake
- Translate ambiguous business requests into actionable plans for multiple analysts to execute against
- Effectively communicate complex technical themes to non-technical audiences
- Turn SQL queries into repeatable performant models in dbt Cloud without assistance from other developers
- Guide and mentor other analysts on the team and across the organization, including code reviews, pair coding sessions, and architectural assistance
- Champion data quality and analytical rigor and set the standard for what good looks like
What you've accomplished:
- 8+ years working in a data analytics, product analytics or business intelligence role, with a proven track record of influencing executive decision making through data storytelling and strategic recommendations
- Extensive experience performing complex analyses on large user-level datasets and translating insights into strategic business recommendations across a variety of domains
- Experience working collaboratively with senior leadership across multiple areas of the business
- History of proactively identifying areas of opportunity without waiting for the business to ask, including seeking evidence and building business cases for the value of these ideas
- Expert SQL skills with demonstrated ability to uncover new insights from complex, messy datasets (10B+ rows)
- Deep understanding of advanced analytics and data visualization
- Hands-on experience with building and maintaining production-level dashboards in BI tools like Looker and Sigma
- Solid understanding of dbt cloud
- Extensive hands-on experience with version control platforms and processes
- Familiarity with python and Streamlit
- Hands-on experience using AI in your work to drive greater impact
Bonus points:
- Experience with multiple BI platforms, preferably Sigma
- Prior experience leading BI platform migrations
- Experience in fast-paced, high-growth environments where you had to balance scrappiness with scalability
- Experience presenting to C-suite audiences or publishing external thought leadership
- Strong python skills
- Experience in a two-sided marketplace or e-commerce environment
- Knowledge of the cannabis industry and marketplace
The base pay range for this position is $142,238.00- $150,000.00 per year
2026 US Benefits for Full Time, Regular Employees:
- Physical Health (Medical, Dental & Vision)
- 100% employer-paid premium for employees
- Up to 80% coverage for dependents
- Up to $2,000 company HSA contribution with the High Deductible Health Plan
- 401(k) Retirement Plan (employer will match contribution up to 3.5% of employee contribution)
- Basic Life & AD&D - employer paid 1x salary up to $250,000
- Supplemental, voluntary benefits
- Student Loan Repayment/529 Education Savings with a monthly company contribution
- FSA (Medical, Dependent, Transit and Parking)
- Voluntary Life and AD&D Insurance
- Critical Illness Insurance
- Accident Insurance
- Short- and Long-term Disability Insurance
- Pet Insurance
- Identity theft protection
- Legal access to a network of attorneys
- PTO, paid sick leave, and company holidays (including a 2026 holiday shutdown)
- Paid parental leave
Why Work at Weedmaps?
- You get to work at the leading technology company in the cannabis industry
- You get to play a meaningful role in helping to advance cannabis causes, including helping improve the lives of patients who rely on the benefits of cannabis
- You get an opportunity to shape the future of the cannabis industry
- You get to work on challenging issues in a collaborative environment that encourages you to do your best
- You get to work in a casual and fun environment; no fancy clothes required, but you are free to dress to the nines!
- Numerous opportunities and tools to learn and grow your professional skills
- Endless opportunities to network and connect with other Weedmappers through speaker series, Employee Resource Groups, happy hours, team celebrations, game nights, and much more!
Weedmaps is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit. The Company prohibits unlawful discrimination against employees or applicants based on race (including traits historically associated with race, such as hair texture and protective hairstyles), religion and religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, military status, veteran status, uniformed service member status, sexual orientation, transgender identity, citizenship status, pregnancy, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws. The Company also prohibits unlawful discrimination based on the perception that anyone has any of those characteristics, or is associated with a person who has or is perceived as having any of those characteristics. Our company uses E-Verify to confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, please visit www.dhs.gov/E-Verify.
Applicants are entitled to reasonable accommodations under the terms of the Americans with Disabilities Act and applicable state/local laws, unless the accommodation presents undue hardship. Please email us at peopleoperations at weedmaps.com if you would like to confidentially discuss a potential accommodation during the interview process.
About Weedmaps:
WM Technology, Inc.’s (Nasdaq: MAPS) mission is to power a transparent and inclusive global cannabis economy. Now in its second decade, WM Technology has been a driving force behind much of the legislative change we’ve seen in the past 10 years.
Founded in 2008, WM Technology, is a leading technology and software infrastructure provider to the cannabis industry, comprising a B2C platform, Weedmaps, and B2B software, WM Business. The cloud-based SaaS solutions from WM Business provide an end-to-end operating system for cannabis retailers. WM Business’ tools support compliance with the complex, disparate, and constantly evolving regulations applicable to the cannabis industry. Through its website and mobile apps, WM Technology provides consumers with the latest information about cannabis retailers, brands, and products, facilitating product discovery and driving engagement with our retail and brand customers.
WM Technology holds a strong belief in the power of cannabis and the importance of enabling safe, legal access to consumers worldwide. Since inception, WM Technology has worked tirelessly, not only to become the most comprehensive platform for consumers, but to build the software solutions that power businesses compliantly in the space, to advocate for legalization, social equity, and licensing in many jurisdictions, and to facilitate further learning through partnering with subject matter experts on providing detailed, accurate information about the plant.
Headquartered in Irvine, California, WM Technology supports remote work for all eligible employees. Visit us at www.weedmaps.com.
Notice to prospective Weedmaps job applicants:
Our team has been made aware of incidents involving LinkedIn, Telegram, and Facebook accounts impersonating Weedmaps recruiters. These individuals are attempting to use our company name to solicit payment from prospective candidates interested in applying for jobs at our company. Our team is actively working to combat these attempts, but in the meantime, please be mindful of the following:
- Our recruiters will always communicate with candidates through an @weedmaps.com email address.
- CORRECT: [email protected]
- INCORRECT: [email protected]
- Our recruiters will NEVER ask for or attempt to solicit payment from applicants in order to apply, interview, or work for Weedmaps.
- If you are interested in a role at Weedmaps, please apply through our established channels.
- Weedmaps Careers Page or LinkedIn
If you are unsure if a communication is legitimate, please contact our recruitment team at [email protected] and they will happily confirm for you. Thank you for your vigilance and we appreciate your interest in working with us!
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