Sr Data Analyst

Mom's Meals
Ankeny, IA
Remote

Who this role is best for

Best suited to candidates with strong cross-functional collaboration skills and experience in scalable analytics working in healthcare or nutrition-focused business environments.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with experience in healthcare or senior nutrition services and a history of leading analytics projects with stakeholders
    — “partner with executive stakeholders on challenging data problems”
  • Individuals who can translate complex data into business narratives and have a product mindset for analytics delivery
    — “translate complex analyses into clear narratives, recommended actions, and solutions that support decision-making”
  • Professionals with a technical stack that includes Databricks, SQL, R, and Power BI, and a track record of delivering measurable outcomes
    — “develop analytics products and solutions using Databricks, dbt, custom scripting, and BI tools”

Things to consider

  • No visa sponsorship available — candidates must be legally authorized to work in the U.S.
    — “we are NOT considering applicants that require immigration sponsorship”
  • The role involves a sedentary work arrangement with repetitive motions and visual focus requirements
    — “Sedentary work that primarily involves sitting, remaining in a stationary position for prolonged periods”

How to stand out

  • Demonstrate experience in designing analytics solutions that directly tie to business objectives and KPIs
    — “Define and monitor KPIs tying operational reporting directly to business objectives”
  • Highlight your ability to build scalable data workflows and automate recurring analyses
    — “Build performant Databricks workflows to wrangle large datasets, engineer features, and automate recurring analyses”
  • Emphasize your background in statistical and financial analytics, including business case development
    — “Statistical and financial analytics expertise, including analysis design, interpretation of results, and business case development”
  • Showcase your ability to use Git-based versioning and disciplined documentation in your work history
    — “Versioning and Reproducibility: Git-based workflows; disciplined documentation, and peer review”
  • Include examples of how you've influenced cross-functional teams and maintained stakeholder trust
    — “Stakeholder partnership: influence cross-functional partners, set expectations, drive alignment, and maintain trust through clear communication”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · MediumAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • supporting high-impact analytics initiatives
  • developing analytics products and solutions
Typical background
4-8 years in analytics roles

Skills & requirements

Required

SQLRPower BIDatabricksBI InfrastructureData ValidationExperiment And Study Design

Preferred

LLM Tools

Stack & domain

DatabricksSQLRPower BIMicrosoft FabricData EngineeringBI InfrastructureData AssetsExploratory AnalysisAutomationData ValidationExperiment DesignSensitivity ChecksReproducibilityVersioningDocumentationKpisOperational ReportingBI Development StandardsAnalytics MethodologiesTechnologiesCapstoneData WarehousingQuery OptimizationData ModelingAnalysisData WranglingFeature EngineeringCollaborationProblem SolvingCommunicationTrainingDataAnalyticsBusiness Intelligence

About the role

Original posting from Mom's Meals via Lever

The Senior Data Analyst turns complex data into clear, actionable insights that drive business outcomes. In this role, you will develop scalable analytics assets, and promote the advancement of analytics across our organization. You will independently partner with executive stakeholders on challenging data problems, support BI infrastructure, develop scalable data assets, and conduct exploratory analyses that create new value. 

Do you enjoy building systems you can take pride in, discovering insights that create measurable value, and working in a role that is both business-facing and technical? If you want to grow your data career with mentorship, resources, and meaningful ownership, this could be a great role for you. 

The primary tools used in this role are Databricks, SQL, R, Power BI, and related Microsoft Fabric capabilities. 

At this time, we are NOT considering applicants that require immigration sponsorship (additional work authorization or permanent work authorization) now or in the future to work in the United States. This includes, but IS NOT LIMITED TO: F1-OPT, F1-CPT, H-1B, TN, L-1, J-1, etc.

Salary range: $101,700-113,000 plus 10% bonus

Benefits

Our employees enjoy a generous package of benefits that we are thrilled to provide, and feel is part of what makes us different as an employer. We value our team members, and this is one way we can show it.

Benefits include:

-PTO, holiday pay and holiday of choice

-401(k) match

-Life insurance

-Short-term disability

-Health, dental and vision insurance

-Maternity/paternity leave

-Health savings account (HSA)

-Flex spending accounts (FSA) – health and dependent

Position Responsibilities may include, but not limited to:

  • Support high-impact analytics initiatives from problem framing through delivery; quantify value, design robust analyses, and communicate recommendations to business partners and executives
  • Develop analytics products and solutions using Databricks, dbt, custom scripting, and BI tools
  • Implement advanced analytics where applicable, using scalable scripts and Databricks workflows to support modeling, automation, and repeatable analysis
  • Build performant Databricks workflows (notebooks, jobs, SQL Warehouses) to wrangle large datasets, engineer features, and automate recurring analyses
  • Partner with Data Engineering to design scalable data solutions, clarify upstream data requirements, and ensure analytics assets are built on reliable data foundations
  • Own analysis quality through data validation, experiment and study design, sensitivity checks, reproducibility, versioning, and documentation
  • Define and monitor KPIs tying operational reporting directly to business objectives
  • Adopt and champion BI development standards across the organization, including naming conventions, documentation expectations, quality checks, and release practices
  • Stay current with emerging analytics methodologies, technologies, and capabilities

Required Skills and Experience:

4-8 years in analytics roles, including 2+ years leading projects with cross-functional business stakeholders

2+ years writing data directly to a data warehouse 

Proven impact delivering analytics in complex environments (messy data, ambiguous scope) with measurable business outcomes

Statistical and financial analytics expertise, including analysis design, interpretation of results, and business case development

Expert proficiency in writing production-level SQL with query optimization over large, partitioned tables

Knowledge of AI-assisted analytics development, and AI-assisted analytics tools

Versioning and Reproducibility: Git‑based workflows; disciplined documentation, and peer review

Comfort in at least one BI platform like Power BI, Hex, Tableau, etc.

Proficiency in R to create reproducible workflows, conduct statistical testing, and develop basic models

Executive storytelling: translate complex analyses into clear narratives, recommended actions, and solutions that support decision-making

Stakeholder partnership: influence cross-functional partners, set expectations, drive alignment, and maintain trust through clear communication

Product mindset: understand and define problem statements, success metrics, and iterate with feedback – drives adoption of analytics products and solutions

Preferred Skills and Experience:

  • Certifications in Databricks, dbt, Power BI, or cloud platforms (Azure preferred)
  • Familiarity with data governance tools and compliance standards
  • Product management training or analytics product delivery experience 

Physical Requirements:

  • Repetitive motions that include the wrists, hands and/or fingers
  • Sedentary work that primarily involves sitting, remaining in a stationary position for prolonged periods
  • Visual perception to perform job including peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus

Company Overview

Mom’s Meals is a home-delivered meal service providing fully prepared, refrigerated meal solutions direct to homes nationwide since 1999. We provide seniors, patients recovering post-discharge and those managing a chronic condition with tailored nutrition solutions to manage their specific needs. If you are passionate about the well-being of others and have a strong sense of community, Mom’s Meals could be the place for you! We are a family operated business looking for fun, compassionate, and friendly people who want to make a difference in the lives of others.

EEO

Mom’s Meals complies with all applicable federal and state non-discrimination laws. All qualified applicants shall receive consideration for employment without regards to race, religion, national origin, ancestry, color, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation or military status.

Source: Mom's Meals careers (Lever)

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