Senior Analyst, Business Strategy and Analytics

Designer Brands is the parent company of DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse and operates numerous stores across North America. The Senior Analyst, Business Strategy & Analytics will play a key role in leveraging data to drive insights and support decision-making across various teams, focusing on analytics solutions that enhance business performance.

Responsibilities:

• Analyze customer trends and behaviors to uncover opportunities for growth and improved performance
• Translate complex data into clear, accessible insights tailored to a range of audiences, including senior leadership
• Deliver timely, accurate reporting to support both immediate needs and long-term strategic planning
• Develop, maintain, and improve reporting tools, dashboards, and analytical systems
• Ensure data integrity and governance across multiple data sources
• Identify opportunities to streamline and improve analytics processes, tools, and methodologies
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand business needs and design both ad hoc and scalable solutions
• Act as a liaison between business teams and shared services to ensure alignment and usability of data solutions
• Participate in business meetings and category reviews to stay connected to priorities and evolving opportunities
• Serve as a subject matter resource across Customer, Marketing, and Digital analytics
• Provide guidance and mentorship to junior analysts
• Lead cross-functional analytics initiatives and influence decision-making through data-driven recommendations
• Help teams confidently use data tools and insights in their day-to-day work
• Train and support users to drive effective adoption of analytics resources
• Ensure insights are not only delivered, but understood and actionable

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience in a corporate retail analyst, planning, or financial role
• 5+ years of experience with Microsoft Office, including MS Access
• Proven track record of independently leading analytics initiatives and delivering measurable business impact
• Experience working with Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) application
• Strong proficiency in SQL (BigQuery experience is a plus)
• Experience with data mining and reporting tools
• Experience using data science programming languages such as R and Python
• Experience working with multiple data sources and validating data accuracy
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including application of retail mathematics and statistics
• Exceptional attention to detail with the ability to connect data insights to broader business strategies
• Strong business acumen and the ability to translate insights into actionable recommendations
• Effective communication and presentation skills, with the ability to tailor messaging to different audiences, including leadership
• Experience working cross-functionally and influencing decision-making
• Comfortable leading projects and collaborating across multiple teams
• Ability to manage multiple priorities with strong organizational skills
• Comfortable in a fast-paced, evolving environment
• Open to continuous improvement and feedback
• Experience training others and supporting adoption of tools and processes
• Bachelor's Degree in Analytics or a STEM field (Data Analytics, Data Science, Computer Science, Data Engineering, Applied Mathematics) with 5+ years of experience
• Master's Degree in Analytics or related STEM field
• Retail experience