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OneTrust

Senior Principal Data Analyst

Atlanta, GA

$82.70K - $104.30K/yr

You'll be responsible for leading data preparation and transformation processes, ensuring that our data is clean, accurate, and ready for analysis. Your expertise in developing advanced Power BI ...

Lantern

Data Scientist

Dallas, TX

Experience with data preparation, feature engineering, and data engineering practices. Understanding of supervised + unsupervised learning algorithms and concepts. * Experience in the optimization ...

Alphatec Spine

Research Data Engineer

Carlsbad, CA

$118.80K - $142.60K/yr

We are seeking a Research Data Engineer to support clinical research activities by building and maintaining reliable data pipelines and preparing high-quality datasets for researchers and analysts.

Honeycomb Insurance

Data Analyst

Chicago, IL · On-site

$120K - $170K/yr

Own the data preparation for monthly reports to insurance partners. * Ensure data completeness, accuracy, and alignment across sources (policy, claims, billing, accounting). Billing System Data ...

Sees

Seasonal Data Engineer

San Francisco, CA

$75/hr

Prepare, manage, and optimize curated data sets within the data lake and data warehouse to support machine learning, forecasting, and advanced analytics initiatives. * Perform end-to-end data testing ...

Vanguard

Data Analyst, Specialist

Malvern, PA

Our work includes data preparation and transformation, discovery analysis, experimental design, campaign measurement, dashboard development, and strategic recommendations sourced from the data. The ...

Maxar Technologies, Inc.

Data Scientist

Reston, VA · On-site

Contribute to end-to-end data science and data engineering workflows, from data preparation and feature engineering through model development and results delivery, with guidance from senior team ...

TriOptus LLC

Senior ML Data Engineer - Remote

Plano, TX · On-site +1

$110.30K - $132.40K/yr

Senior ML Data Engineer Feature Engineering ETL Qualifications 7 years in data engineering and at least 4 years focusing on ML feature engineering ETL pipeline development and data preparation for ML ...

Ascent

Data & AI Engineer

$117.20K - $140.70K/yr

Perform data preparation, transformation, and consolidation * Support integration of prepared data into GenAI workflows * Assist with generating summaries and structured outputs via LLMs * Ensure ...

National Resident Matching Program

Data Engineer

Washington, DC · On-site +1

$129.70K - $155.70K/yr

Using modern data preparation, integration and metadata management tools and techniques. * Tracking data consumption patterns. * Monitoring schema changes. * Recommending and automating - existing ...

Dexian

Data/ML Ops Engineer

Mclean, VA · Remote

$117.50K - $141.10K/yr

Key Responsibilities Prepare structured and unstructured data for RAG pipelines. Configure and manage vector databases and embeddings. Collaborate with AI engineer to integrate data into demo ...

USM

Data Scientist

Columbus, IN

These include preliminary data exploration and data preparation steps, variable/algorithm selection and model development/validation and scoring. With guidance, develop and test algorithms' efficacy ...

AFL

AI/BI Intern- Data Center

Duncan, SC · On-site

This role will assist with data preparation, dashboard development, AI-driven workflow improvements, and reporting tasks to help drive insight and operational effectiveness across the organization.

Guru Schools

Data/ML Ops Engineer

Mclean, VA · On-site

Prepare structured and unstructured data for RAG pipelines. * Configure and manage vector databases and embeddings. * Collaborate with AI engineer to integrate data into demo workflows. * Ensure ...

IntelliTech LLC

Mid Data Engineer

Arlington, VA · On-site

Collaborate with engineers, analysts, data scientists, and other stakeholders to support reporting, analytics, and AI/ML data preparation workflows. * Integrate data pipelines into DevSecOps / CI/CD ...

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Senior Principal Data Analyst

Senior Principal Data Analyst

OneTrust

Atlanta, GA

$82.70K - $104.30K/yr

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Posted 8 days ago

Job description

The Challenge

As a Senior Principal Data Analyst at One Trust, you will play a strategic role in driving data-driven decision-making across the organization. While your impact may span multiple functions, you will work closely with the Product R&D team to ensure analytics efforts align with key business objectives. You'll be responsible for leading data preparation and transformation processes, ensuring that our data is clean, accurate, and ready for analysis. Your expertise in developing advanced Power BI dashboards and your ability to perform in-depth data analysis will support various business operations and help us stay ahead in a fast-paced environment. We are seeking a highly analytical and results-oriented leader who excels in cross-functional collaboration, communicates with confidence, and leverages data to drive measurable business impact. 

Your Mission

  • Develop and maintain advanced Power BI dashboards and reports that provide clear and actionable insights. 

  • Partner with business leaders in product, finance, marketing, and/or customer experience to uncover insights and identify opportunities. 

  • Conduct data preparation, transformation, and cleaning processes to ensure the integrity and readiness of data for analysis. 

  • Apply advanced statistical techniques, including causal inference methods, to analyze complex datasets and derive actionable insights. 

  • Ensure data accuracy and consistency across all reporting, maintaining high standards for data quality. 

  • Translate data findings into clear and actionable recommendations for stakeholders through reports, presentations, and interactive dashboards. 

  • Mentor and guide junior analysts, ensuring adherence to best practices in data analysis and visualization. 

You Are

  • Bachelor's Degree with a quantitative focus (Economics, Finance, Computer Science, Mathematics, etc.). 

  • 8+ years of experience using analytical and statistical methods to support and drive critical business outcomes. 

  • Demonstrated success in supporting and influencing business strategy from an analytics perspective. 

  • Advanced experience with SQL and Python for data analysis - strong need for product analytics experience in a B2B environment.  

  • Some Power BI experience is preferred. 

  • Strong quantitative, analytical, and problem-solving skills; must be very comfortable with data analysis and driving decision-making. 

  • Effective communicator who can break down technical concepts into business vernacular. 

  • A bias for action-willingness to build a prototype and improve based on learnings, without letting perfection be the enemy of progress. 

  • Natural curiosity to dive into details with a strong analytical mindset. 

Extra Awesome 

  • Product analytics experience in a SaaS industry using product telemetry data to drive insights into product improvements. 

  • Experience using back-end data from Jira, Anaplan, and Aha! 

  • Experience with ETL processes, especially utilizing DBT and Snowflake. 

  • Graduate Degree with a quantitative focus. 

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