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
- 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, Voluntary Life and AD&D Insurance options
- 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?
Life at Weedmaps means innovation and heart. Come join us if you care about the plant, the people who love it, and are ready to let your talent shine. We foster a bustling and collaborative culture that revolves around an environment that focuses on the benefits of weed, and the community that supports it.
You too can have a hand in shaping the industry’s future; ready to roll with us?
See how we’ve grown—our journey, leadership team, and what’s next at Weedmaps.com/corporate
About Weedmaps:
Founded in 2008, we’ve grown from a small startup to a global leader in the cannabis industry. Our dedication to transparency, education, and community has set us apart, and today, we proudly serve cannabis to consumers and businesses in the U.S. and worldwide.
“Freedom to choose. Freedom to access. Freedom to enjoy.”
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.
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- 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!
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.
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