Data Analyst Manager - Product

Are you looking to have an impact on the daily life of millions of entrepreneurs in France (and tomorrow in Europe)?

Are you looking for a work environment that values trust, proactivity, and autonomy?

Are our Engineering principles aligned with your vision?

Then Pennylane is the right place for you !

Our vision

We aim to become the most beloved financial Operating System of French SMEs and Accounting Firms (and soon, European ones).

We help entrepreneurs rid themselves of time-consuming tasks related to accounting and finance while providing them with access to key financial information to assist in making the best decisions for their business.

About us

Pennylane is one of the fastest growing Fintechs in France (and soon to be in Europe!)

In 4 years of existence, we’ve managed to :

💻 Make ourselves known as a groundbreaking accounting and financial software for small businesses and their accountants

💰 Raise a total of €225 millions, including from Sequoia, the famous fund from the Silicon Valley who invested early in companies like Google, Facebook, Airbnb, Stripe, Paypal and much more...

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Grow from 7 cofounders to 650+ happy Pennylaners : we’re now recognized as one of the greatest places to work in France (and also remotely), with a 4.6/5 rating on Glassdoor.

🌍 Build an international environment with more than 25 nationalities, with a strong remote-friendly culture, where 30% of the employees are already working from all parts of Europe

🤝 Earn the trust of thousands of customers and accounting firms and obtain outstanding ratings

🚀 Already more than 400,000 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and over 4,500 accounting firms use Pennylane in France!

HOW you will contribute to the company

As a Science & Analytics Manager, you will be part of the Science & Analytics team (15+ people), inside the Data department (30+ people).

You will grow your analytics team through strategic hiring and resource allocation, while partnering with other managers to create the right environment, processes, and development opportunities for team members to thrive.

You will proactively use data to identify opportunities to grow our business or improve our processes. You will be a real sparring partner for Product leaders, feed their strategy by anticipating the most important questions, and leverage your data & statistical skills to answer them.

You will steer decision-making through complex analyses, involving uncertainty, potential synergies with other domains and collaboration with other analytical teams.

You will drive our self-service approach to analytics, by understanding our colleague’s needs in their use of data, and promoting a data driven culture. The Science & Analytics team contributes directly to creating data models in the Data Warehouse (using dbt).

You will contribute to shaping the Data Engineering roadmap to deliver the best experience for your colleagues on the data platform.

WHAT you can expect from your life at Pennylane

Within one month:

You will learn everything about our company, our teams, and our vision during the first onboarding week.

You will get to know your team and start taking over people and technical topics.

You will get familiar with our stack, and have delivered a few small projects which will give you a concrete taste of our tools & processes.

You will be given time to meet your future stakeholders, and gain a deep knowledge of our product.

Within 3 months:

You will be fully in charge of your team.

You will be fully in charge of supporting a Product area, prioritizing your tasks with decision makers from this area.

You will be confortable with our technical stack (Python, Redshift, Athena, dbt).

Within 6 months:

You will be involved in cross-team management initiatives.

You will proactively contribute to the team’s roadmap.

You will work with engineers and data practitioners on improving our stack and data platform.

You will share your learnings and best practices within the team.

And beyond: the data team will continue growing with the company

Which means:

Opportunities to recruit, mentor and manage new team members,

Increased accountability in project leadership,

Responsibilities to design and implement new processes, tools and best practices to make sure that your team works even more efficiently.

What does the recruitment process look like?

A first interview with our Talent Acquisition Manager

A case study interview to discuss a topic closely related to one of our priorities (75 min)

A past project interview to hear about your experience (60 min)

An interview with our Tech & Product leaders to hear about your management experience and discuss our company culture (60 min)

We make sure we move fast; you can expect the recruitment process with us to last between 15 and 25 days in total.

What do we do to make your work life easier

🏢 You'll be able to work remotely from your country of residence, as long as it is in Europe and within a maximum time difference of two hours from the CET time zone

🌴 Wherever you are based, you will get 25 vacations days paid by Pennylane

💵 You’ll have a competitive compensation package

📈 You'll get company shares to enjoy a piece of the success story you're building with us

🏡 You’ll have a budget to turn your home into a more comfortable workspace, as well as a monthly allowance to work from a coworking space whenever you feel like it

⛹️ Through our partner Gymlib, you’ll have access to 8000 fitness spaces in Europe and more than 300 activities related to wellness

🇬🇧 You’ll have access to Busuu to perfect your English or your French

💻 You’ll get the latest Apple equipment

🎉 We are committed to regularly coming together for company events such as Tech Days (which bring remote Pennylaners together every 3 months) or our annual company seminar, fostering significant moments of cohesion for everyone.

If you are based in France, you will have a French contract following French regulation on top of the additional perks : 6 to 12 RTT, 5 weeks PTOs, lunch credits (Swile), Alan Blue healthcare cover and regular events in cities where Pennylaners are mostly presents (Lyon, Bordeaux, Nantes…)

We're working on providing those last advantages to our people based outside of France as well, but it can be quite more complex depending on different countries.

Who are we looking for ?

To thrive at Pennylane, you need :

-To speak English (level is assessed and appreciated according to the department you’re applying to)

-To be energized by an ever-shifting work environment

-To be highly collaborative (within your team or other stakeholders)

-Sufficiently experienced to prioritize business-led actions on your day to day activity

We know that some people are less likely to apply than others, if they don’t feel like they meet the full list of criteria.

If you’re hesitating, we encourage you to apply : who knows, it might be the start of a meaningful and long-lasting collaboration.

We also want to emphasize that we fully embrace diversity, equity and inclusion and that we’re doing our best to create a safe and inclusive environment.

We are committed to providing an equal employment opportunity regardless of gender, sexual orientation, origin, disabilities, or any other traits that make you who you are. If anything, diversity makes us a more fun place to work at.