Manager, Data Analytics

Introduction

TheZebra.com meets customers right where their search for car and home insurance begins: online. We provide easy-to-use tools and services, plus friendly, licensed agents who offer advice and guidance at any point along the way. The Zebra has helped customers compare over 74 million quotes since 2012. At its heart, both insurance and tech industry veterans collaborate together to simplify insurance shopping for customers. In today's digital world, The Zebra's customer-centered approach offers people the choices they want and simplicity they need.

The Zebra was recently named Austin Business Journal's 2026 Best Place to Work. Our motto is “All Stripes Welcome.” Building the best product, the best teams, and the best company comes from inviting a diverse array of voices, backgrounds, and perspectives to contribute, making everyone feel welcome. Our Zeebs are passionate about learning, growing, and working together to tackle exciting problems.

We're seeking a Manager of Data Analytics to lead and develop the team responsible for turning The Zebra's data into trusted insights, scalable analytics capabilities, and better business decisions across Product, Marketing, Finance, and beyond.

Location:

Our company headquarters are in Austin, TX, but our employees work remotely across the US. For folks who live around Austin, we offer the option to join us in our office or opt for a hybrid setup. Whether you prefer the structure of an office, the convenience of remote work, or a mix of both, we support what works best for you!

Please note: at this time we are not able to hire in Massachusetts.

The Role

Our Data team is growing, and we're looking for a Manager II of Data Analytics to lead it. Reporting to the Senior Director of Data, you'll manage a team of product, marketing, and data analysts who own the insights our business runs on, from experiment readouts and funnel analysis to marketing performance and executive reporting.

This is a hands-on leadership role. You'll shape the analytics roadmap alongside the Senior Director of Data and your business partners, then own the execution: setting priorities, landing deliverables, and being accountable for the quality of what your team produces. That takes strong operational instincts, the judgment to prioritize across competing requests, and the confidence to ask what a piece of analysis is actually going to change before your team invests in it. You'll be responsible for the technical and career growth of each analyst on your team, and you'll help hire as the team scales.

You'll partner closely with Data Engineering to ensure our data models and analytics capabilities reflect how the business needs to measure and understand performance. Your team works primarily in SQL, Python, Snowflake, dbt, and BI tools like Looker and Tableau, with an increasing focus on using AI to accelerate analysis and expand self-service.

If you love growing analysts and raising the bar on how a company uses its data, we'd love to meet you.

What You’ll Do:

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of product, marketing, and data analysts, providing technical guidance, career development, and performance coaching

• Shape the analytics roadmap with the Senior Director of Data and business partners, then prioritize and plan your team's work, tracking progress, removing blockers, and ensuring on-time delivery

• Partner with Product, Marketing, Finance, and Data Engineering to translate business needs into actionable insights and scalable analytics solutions

• Support new products and initiatives with the measurement, instrumentation, analysis, and reporting needed to understand performance

• Drive the quality, reliability, timeliness, and business impact of the analysis, insights, data models, and reporting your team delivers

• Provide technical oversight on analytics modeling, experimentation, tooling, and coding best practices, raising standards through reviews and retrospectives

• Expand trusted self-service analytics, enabling teams across The Zebra to answer common questions while allowing analysts to focus on higher-value insights and decision support

• Identify gaps in our data and measurement, and partner with Data Engineering and Engineering to drive them to resolution

• Contribute to the broader data strategy, helping define best practices, shared metrics, and quality standards across the data lifecycle

• Help lead hiring for the analytics team, partnering with recruiting to attract, assess, and onboard talent

What We're Looking For:

We look for Zeebs who take ownership of their work, communicate with clarity and empathy, and are eager to learn and grow together. Some requirements to be successful as a Manager II of Data Analytics include:

• 6+ years of experience in a data role (analytics, analytics engineering, or data science), including 3+ years directly managing a team

• Strong proficiency with SQL and a working command of Python

• Strong understanding of data modeling, ETL/ELT pipelines, experimentation, reporting, and statistical analysis

• Experience with modern data tools such as Snowflake, dbt, Looker, or Tableau

• Fluency with AI tools and how to use them to drive outcomes for an analytics team

• Passionate about building and coaching successful analytics teams, with a track record of developing people technically and professionally

• Experience partnering with business stakeholders to set priorities, including pushing back on requests that won't change a decision

• Organized and excited about creating and optimizing analytics processes to set the team up for success

• Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders

• Experience managing multiple priorities and adapting in a fast-paced, agile environment

What Will Really Impress Us

• Ad tech, marketing analytics, or growth analytics experience

• Experience in insurance, insurtech, or fintech

• Experience building or owning an experimentation program end to end

• Experience working on a high-traffic, customer-facing website

Why Work Here?

• When we say "All Stripes Welcome," we mean it. Considering viewpoints outside of our own creates a better, more inclusive experience for everyone.

• We live and breathe inclusion. You will be part of a wide array of voices, opinions, and experiences that inform everything we do.

• We believe in innovation. You will be part of experimentation, creative problem solving, cross-functional collaboration, and testing new approaches, tools, and ideas.

• We trust our teams. You'll own your work, balancing personal accountability with team accountability.

• We care about each other. You'll join a team that truly lives their values, both in and out of the office.

• We take thoughtful action. You will be empowered to do the right things as efficiently as possible.

Benefits & Perks:

• Competitive compensation & stock option offering

• Health, dental, vision & disability coverage

• Sabbatical program for tenured employees

• HSA with employer contribution

• Fertility support through Carrot

• $100 monthly wellness perk

• $300 pet reimbursement program

• 401k with match

• Unlimited PTO + flexibility to enjoy it

• Paid parental leave program

• Learning & development opportunities

• Employee Resource Groups

The base salary range for this position is $155,000 - $185,000 per year. The final salary amount will be determined based on a variety of factors, including experience, skills, internal equity, and insights gained throughout the interview process.

About The Zebra:

Headquartered in Austin, Texas, The Zebra seeks to bring transparency and simplicity to car and home insurance shopping. it's Insurance in black and white.

We've garnered attention across the industry and across the nation. Our core motto is “All Stripes Welcome.” As part of our dedication to maintaining an inclusive and diverse workforce, we provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform core job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.