Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Nextdoor is hiring a Senior Manager of Analytics Engineering to lead the vision, team, and roadmap for analytics engineering. The role focuses on delivering trusted datasets and data products, improving data governance and self-service, and enabling data-driven decisions across the company.

Responsibilities

• Develop and own the vision for Analytics Engineering, delivering curated datasets, dashboards, and internal data products. Define outcomes and communicate prioritization, progress, and impact to leadership
• Establish and enforce standards for metrics, data governance, documentation, and SLAs, overseeing data quality with proactive issue resolution through alerting and root-cause analysis
• Build, coach, and elevate a high-performing analytics engineering team, setting clear goals and fostering a culture of inclusion, learning, and operational excellence
• Collaborate closely with data science, finance, marketing, sales, product, and engineering to prioritize the analytics engineering roadmap and drive data-driven decision-making
• Scale data self-service and literacy by expanding documentation, training, and enablement in key tools and dashboards, empowering stakeholders to explore data independently
• Guide architectural and operational excellence across ETL/ELT pipelines, championing best practices in code review and version control for enhanced reliability
• Cultivate a proactive data product builder culture within the team, shifting from a service-oriented approach to identifying needs, recognizing patterns, and implementing solutions in phases
• Participate in in-person Nextdoor events such as trainings, off-sites, volunteer days, and team building exercises
• Build in-person relationships with team members and contribute to Nextdoor’s company culture

Skills

• 10+ years in analytics engineering, data engineering, or analytics, with strong hands‑on SQL, Python, and data modeling expertise
• 3+ years of people leadership experience, including hiring, coaching, and performance management in analytics/data teams
• Proven ability to define semantic layers and build scalable dashboards; experience with
• Or other BI/visualization tools, including in tool selection, setup and governance
• Experience building and operating ETL/ELT pipelines with robust validation and monitoring; high bar for data quality
• Excellent communication; proven success partnering with cross‑functional stakeholders (Finance, Product, Engineering, etc.) to define KPIs and deliver measurable outcomes
• Track record of driving projects end‑to‑end and demonstrating clear outcomes and impact
• Appetite for applying AI and emerging tools to increase productivity and reimagine how AE teams deliver impact (without sacrificing rigor and decision quality)
• Looker (preferred)
• Experience with consumer products, user-generated content, and ad-supported business models
• Proficiency with version‑controlled code (e.g., GitHub) and scripting in Python
• Experience with agile or kanban workflows

Benefits

• Meaningful equity grant for this role, with quarterly vesting; first vest date within 3 months of your start date.
• A variety of health plans, including a 100% covered employee-only plan option.
• OneMedical membership for concierge care.
• Hybrid employment model blending in-office presence and work from home for employees in roles near Nextdoor offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, New York, and London.

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