Director of Data & Analytics at KOKO Networks Nairobi Kenya

Director of Data & Analytics at KOKO Networks Nairobi Kenya

KOKO Networks

Nairobi County, Kenya

About the job

About KOKO Networks

KOKO Networks is a venture-backed climate-tech company with 1,200+ employees across East Africa & India. Our mission is to imagine and deliver technology that improves life in the world’s fastest growing cities. We offer a fast-paced and highly collaborative work environment with significant opportunities for professional growth. Our core lines of business currently include: (1) KOKO Fuel, an ultra-clean liquid bioethanol cooking fuel solution delivered via a network of smart fuel ATMs and leveraging existing downstream liquid fuels infrastructure; (2) KOKO Climate, which retails the emissions reductions that occur from switching households from deforestation-based charcoal to KOKO Fuel; and (3) KOKO Club, a tech-enabled, direct-to-consumer, instant fulfillment retail platform operated in partnership with neighborhood retailers. In 2021, KOKO was selected as the world’s leading emerging markets climate technology solution by FT/IFC.

Your Role

As Director of Data & Analytics, you will play an important role in shaping our overall data vision, strategy, governance, and ways of working, as well as leading the team that will bring it to life. You will also deliver key business insights to guide business strategy by leading the development of metrics, dashboard strategy, and analytics strategy.

What You Will Do

Set the vision & strategic direction of the Analytics function at KOKO
Work closely with our Product and Engineering teams to define and maintain KOKO’s data framework (architecture, governance, ETL pipelines, analytics platforms, etc.)
Design and develop automation tools to streamline day-to-day activities
Apply business strategy while managing our in-house Analytics platform and continuously evolving our extract-transform-load (ETL), balancing short term and long term needs to ensure architecture and analytics can scale and evolve
Serve as a trusted business partner to company leadership by leveraging data to generate actionable business insights in priority areas
Build models to identify trends, forecast performance, and identify improvements to company strategy, products, and operations across business areas
Design and run data analyses to generate insights and guide decision-making
Design and prepare company and departmental dashboards and other key stakeholder reporting
Ensure consistency, accuracy, and overall integrity of business metrics
Develop and maintain business intelligence documentation, training materials, best practices, and overall data toolkit, including our data dictionary
Recruit, lead, and mentor a team of data engineers, data analysts, and data scientists

What You Will Bring to KOKO

Master’s degree, ideally in Computer Science, Math/Statistics, Engineering, or Business
15+ years of experience in a related field, with a track record of high performance
8+ years of management experience building and mentoring teams, including prior experience running a data/analytics team within a growth stage startup on corporate
Familiarity & facility with analytics platforms such as Tableau, Domo, or Looker
Coding experience in SQL, Python, Excel, and advanced statistical methods
Well developed communication skills, especially on technical subjects, adaptable to suit business and engineering audiences as appropriate
Comfort working in a fast-paced, high-growth environment, ideally with prior experience at a growth-stage startup or multinational corporate as a data leader and business partner
Strong interpersonal skills and ability to bridge gaps across cultures and backgrounds
Expert data analysis and synthesis skills, including expertise with Excel and PowerPoint
Unquestionable integrity and ability to embed company culture and values within teams

KOKO is committed to gender and racial diversity in the workplace. We encourage candidates of all backgrounds to apply!

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