Senior Decision Scientist - Travel

Key Skills

A/B Testing, Business Intelligence, Data Analytics, Data Biuld Tool - dbt, Data Visualization, Decision Science, Effective communication skills, Optimization, Regression Analysis, Snowflake, SQL, Tableau

Job Description

It’s all about the user. All of them. We’re passionate about providing a seamless one-stop experience for business travelers, no matter how they travel, where they stay, or where they’re going.

As one of our Senior Decision Scientists of our global Data team, you will work closely with stakeholders from across the business, including engineers, sales, marketing, finance, product and operations, to define the data needs and products which will drive the business forward. The ideal candidate will be extremely curious, knowledgeable about data strategy in Travel, and will use their data skills and business mindset to drive business actions and decisions. We are looking for people who can operate at a company that grows as fast as ours by dealing with multiple moving pieces while still holding up quality, long-term thinking, and who are unafraid to take risks. We take great pride in our diversity of backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives and we strongly believe this is helping us to grow as a successful and impactful team.

What You'll Do:

• Work closely with our team to provide insights and analytics to support business decision making
• Design, build and monitor analytical initiatives and quantify value
• Take a key role in building attribution models and a bias for action
• Support and advise the business with ad-hoc analytics, as well as apply statistical techniques to create insights and discover new business opportunities
• Tell a data-driven story in a way that is digestible and actionable for our partners
• Provide technical coaching and cultivate best practices with our data analysts
• Enable and support the business regarding the development and use of data analysis and reporting by building reporting-grade data sources in our BI environment and translating those data sources into meaningful dashboards, presentations, and reports for easy business use
• Provide business expertise and guidance (consultative partnership) on how to apply leverage data analytics and reporting within the product and engineering organizations
• Conduct research on the data to address some of the business questions
• Create and deliver documentation and training on reporting and BI tools for business users to enable self-service on company data
• Collaborate with business and technical partners to develop a tactical plan

What We're Looking For:

• 5+ years of experience with Tableau
• 3+ years of experience in data analytics, supporting business functions
• Highly experienced in SQL
• Highly experienced with Tableau: dashboard building, groups and roles, best practices, etc.
• Ability to design semantic data layer for visualization and data hub
• Demonstrated ability to translate business information needs into analytics, insights, and reporting
• Demonstrated knowledge of standard statistical techniques like significance testing, regression modeling, etc.
• Experience with Snowflake and dbt is a plus
• Working in the Travel and Leisure industry is a plus
• An advanced degree in mathematics, statistics, computer science, information science, or a related technical field is a plus
• Excellent communication and stakeholder relationship skills and a strong team player

Navan About Us

Navan is the all-in-one solution that makes travel easy so you can focus on being there, not getting there. Say goodbye to spending hours on the phone trying to change your flight or saving stacks of receipts to manually input expenses. From EAs and finance teams to travel managers and employees, Navan empowers people to focus on the things that matter most to them — all while providing companies with real-time visibility, savings, and control.

Navan’s investors include such visionaries as Andreessen Horowitz, Lightspeed Ventures, Greenoaks, Zeev Ventures, and entrepreneurs Lee Fixel, Adam Bain, and Elad Gil. In Oct 2022, Navan announced its Series G upround at a post-money valuation of $9.2B to help accelerate future growth plans. In February 2022, Navan announced its acquisition of Berlin-based travel management company, Comtravo, which was closely followed by the addition of leading Scandinavian travel agency Resia AB, the group’s third acquisition in nine months following the acquisition of Reed & Mackay in May of 2021.

At Navan, we’re never satisfied with the status quo, and we know breakthrough ideas come from diverse perspectives. We are committed to cultivating a workplace that reflects the diversity of the customers we serve while fostering leadership and innovation. All voices are valued here and you’ll have the resources, tools, and training you’ll need to do the best work of your life.

Our Benefits

We realize benefits are important as they support keeping you at your best at all times. Our benefits are here for you if you get sick or hurt, help you save for now and later, encourage you to take time off work and travel, and provide perks specific to being a Navan employee both in and out of the office.

Workplace Policy

Navan believes in the value of in-person connections, whether that is sitting down to have lunch with one another, taking a walking 1:1, or collaborating in a room together. The connections forged through face-to-face interactions improves company culture and drives business results. Navan invests in office spaces that feel welcoming and offers perks such as lunches and happy hours to create a strong team environment to help you do your best work. We operate on a hybrid working model, which we define as three days a week or 12 days a month in-office. Please expect this policy for all roles that are tied to an office.

Equal Opportunity

Navan is an equal opportunity employer. We make all employment decisions based solely on merit. We provide equal employment opportunity to all applicants and employees without discrimination on the bases of race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We prohibit any such discrimination or harassment. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including hiring.

Accommodations

Navan complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), as amended by the ADA Amendments Act, and all applicable state or local law. Navan will reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with a disability in connection with applications for employment as required by law.

If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, you are welcome to email us at talent-accommodations@navan.com.