Team Lead Business Intelligence (BI) & Controlling

We're seeking a Team Lead in Business Intelligence (BI) who will provide high-impact insights on performance, issues, and opportunities to Ecosia’s Executive, Product, and Marketing teams. These insights will be based on both technical and financial data from multiple sources.

The role demands a forward-thinking leader capable of aligning data resources and financial stewardship.

What you'll be doing:

• Own and improve information infrastructure delivering trusted and high-impact data

  • Regularly scan operational systems for significant deviations and ensure the delivery of accurate, timely, and high-value data to senior management.

  • Continuously improve processes for data collection, analysis, and reporting to enhance efficiency and reliability while respecting Ecosia’s strong privacy value proposition to users.

  • Build and maintain effective relationships with Product and Marketing to ensure their data needs are met in a reliable, timely, and efficient way.

• Lead data analysis and synthesize insights into actionable business recommendations 

  • Lead thorough analysis of relevant KPI changes and ensure that the right statistical tools are used.

  • Conduct regular audits of BI infrastructure, tools, and processes, ensuring they meet current and future business requirements.

  • Synthesize insights into lean, clear, and actionable recommendations.

• Control the financial impact of key company initiatives

  • Evaluate the financial performance of key initiatives and alert management on deviations 

  • Evaluate financial and technical progress on company targets and provide actionable insights that improve business performance

  • Regularly evaluate revenue streams, market expansion opportunities, and other areas of growth or improvement, presenting these insights to the executive team

• Foster a collaborative and high-performance team culture that supports trust, innovation, and growth. Contribute to Ecosia being a uniquely attractive workplace.

What you bring:

• 5-7+ years of experience in Business Intelligence, Data Analytics, or a related field, with at least 3 years in a leadership role.

• Effective communication and presentation skills to translate complex data into actionable insights and business impact for executive and non-technical stakeholders.

• Hands-on expertise in analytics and data visualization tools (i.e. Looker, Google Analytics, Tableau, Power BI, SQL), and statistical analysis.

• Documented history of using data to facilitate growth in areas such as marketing performance, revenue optimization, and user acquisition, including the design or transformation of the underlying information infrastructures.

• Understanding of modern data architecture and a strong understanding of data ingestion (AWS Kinesis, Kafka), scalable storage (AWS Redshift, S3), transformation of raw data into insight-ready formats (Spark), reliable infrastructure (Terraform), and data workflows and automation (Airflow, dbt) to ensure data quality and accessibility across the organization.

• Respect for privacy and awareness of relevant legislation in the EU and the US.

• Enthusiasm for the preservation of Earth’s life support systems.

Nice to have:

• Experience with AI and/or Machine Learning, logged-in user data, and very large data sets.

• Experience in a B2C tech company, ideally in search and/or digital advertising, with a focus on frontend tracking analytics.

• Experience in controlling function.

Process:

• Intro call with our Talent Acquisition Partner (30m)

• Second call with a C-level (30min)

• Technical Interview with the team (45-60min)

• Case study (1-hour prep + 1-hour presentation and discussion)

  An office visit/interview is possible and welcome for Berlin or nearby-based candidates.

Why Ecosia?

• What if your job made a real difference in the climate crisis? Join Ecosia and help plant millions of trees where people and ecosystems need them most.

• We are a diverse team, committed to equality, equity, and inclusion, with members of various backgrounds: sexual orientations, genders, ages, races, ethnicities, nationalities, physical and mental disabilities, family structures, and religions.

• We offer you the opportunity to balance work with other parts of your life. (Flexible working hours, 30 vacation days/year on a five-day week, designated Focus Times, remote work options) (not applicable to freelance contracts + different labor laws apply in other countries).

• Moving to Berlin for the first time? We welcome everyone and offer relocation support and visa/work permit assistance to new employees and their loved ones coming from abroad and within Germany (applicable for unlimited contracts).

• Our green benefits program, including subsidized public transport cards and bike inspection services, supports your sustainable living choices, varying by location (not applicable to freelance contracts).

• We support your professional growth through monthly learning days, hack days, online and physical libraries, a 2000€ development allowance per year, continuous feedback, etc. (not applicable to freelance contracts).

Q&A

How many people work at Ecosia?

116 (November 2024) - our departments include Engineering (incl. Platform), Product (incl. Design & BI), Marketing, Trees, Operations, and People and Culture.

Where is Ecosia based and what kind of a work set-up do we have?

We are a remote-friendly company with one office in Berlin-Wedding. People come to the office or work from home per their wishes and/or circumstances. Some roles require presence in the office at least from time to time. The Talent Partner will tell you more.