Data Analytics Director

The Data and Analytics organization at EF is responsible for empowering decision makers across the company to generate data-informed outcomes and deliver life-changing travel experiences. We are a collection of data engineers, BI developers, and analysts providing reporting, analysis, and data science capabilities while migrating the underlying infrastructure to a cloud-based lakehouse architecture.

We are searching for a Data Analytics Director to lead our Operations BI team and partner with teams responsible for procurement, supplier management, and itinerary development for the tours we produce. You will provide business intelligence solutions which combine market data with first- and third-party sources to enable the efficient operations of massive scale processes.

How You Will Contribute

• Collaborate closely with business stakeholders and internal product managers to identify and anticipate their evolving data needs. Transform these insights into innovative analytics solutions.
• Spearhead the strategic planning and delivery of BI initiatives.
• Foster the growth of a team of developers who efficiently deliver solutions promoting data quality, adoption of best practices, effective problem resolution, and a culture of business enablement
• Accelerate EF’s digital transformation by influencing the roadmaps of data, analytics and software engineering teams

• 7+ years demonstrated experience in data or analytics engineering, business intelligence, or analytics
• At least 3 years of experience in managing teams
• Hands-experience in multiple database and distributed processing technologies such as Snowflake, AWS Glue, Spark, dbt, Prefect, Redshift, Athena, PySpark, Azure Analysis Services
• Experience working on technology products through the full product lifecycle, from idea to launch to ongoing optimization through data analysis and user feedback
• Experience identifying use cases opportunities for Advanced Analytics, building POC’s to prove out value and justify investment.
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills; demonstrated ability to develop strong relationships with and effectively communicate complex ideas to technical and non-technical audiences.

Why you will love working with us

People at EF make things happen. We encourage you to take full ownership of your work, regardless of your level or experience. EF team members often say we operate like the world’s largest startup because this boundless entrepreneurial spirit is built into our organization’s DNA.

EF offers a wide range of benefits ready for our team members to enjoy during weekends, after work and with friends & family, including:

Tuition reimbursement of 1500 CHF for professional development once per year

Participation in our Staff Travel Experience Program once a year including travel on one of our tours

• Discounted passes to local destinations and tourist hot-spots such as mt. Titlis or Kunsthaus Zurich.
• Full reimbursement of the SBB ‘halb-tax’ travel card, covering country-wide public transportation.
• Free membership for our newly built gym or get involved with our variety of sports teams.
• Seasonal and monthly office events including holiday parties, ski trips and pay-day happy hours.
• Discounts on a wide range of local restaurants, shops, hotel stays and EF products.
• 15% off in-house childcare service

About EF Education First

At EF we believe that the world is better when people try to understand one another. Since 1965, we have helped millions of people see new places, experience new cultures, and learn new things about the world and about themselves. Our culturally immersive education programs—focused on language, travel, cultural exchange, and academics—turn dreams into international opportunities.

When you join EF, you join a multicultural and diverse community working across more than 600 schools and offices in 50 countries, all with one shared mission of opening the world through education. Whoever you are, whatever you are passionate about—we welcome you and want you to bring that to work every day. EF is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and we are committed to inclusion and belonging across race, ethnicity, gender, age, religion, caste, parental status, identity, experience and everything else that makes you unique.

Founded in Sweden in 1965, EF has schools and offices around the world, including hubs in Boston, London, Mexico City, São Paulo, Shanghai, Stockholm, Zürich, and more. Learn more at

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