Senior Analyst, Business Strategy and Analytics

About Designer Brands

At Designer Brands, we are the proud parent company of DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse, The Shoe Company, and Rubino, operating nearly 675 stores across North America and a billion-dollar digital commerce business. We lead the footwear industry with a diverse portfolio of iconic brands, including Topo Athletic, Keds, Vince Camuto, Kelly & Katie, Jessica Simpson, Lucky Brand, Mix No. 6, Crown Vintage, and others.

With expertise in design, production, and sourcing, we create on-trend footwear and accessories, delivered through a robust omni-channel infrastructure and national wholesale distribution. At Designer Brands, we are committed to fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and inclusivity, where each employee’s unique perspective contributes to our success.

Anchored by our core values of “We Love What We Do,” “We Own What We Do,” “We Do What’s Right,” and “We Belong,” we continuously drive forward together, building a future where everyone can put their best foot forward.

The Opportunity

As a Senior Analyst, Business Strategy & Analytics, you’ll play a central role in helping teams across Designer Brands make smarter, faster decisions through data. This isn’t just about reporting numbers—it’s about turning information into meaningful insights that shape how we serve our customers and run our business.

In this role, you’ll partner closely with leaders across Customer, Marketing, and Digital to uncover trends, solve complex problems, and identify opportunities to drive growth and efficiency. You’ll also act as a key connector between business partners and technical teams, ensuring data solutions are practical, scalable, and impactful.

If you enjoy combining analytical thinking with real business impact—and want your work to influence both day-to-day decisions and long-term strategy—this role offers a highly visible platform to do just that.

What You'll Be Doing

Turn data into actionable insights

• Analyze customer trends and behaviors to uncover opportunities for growth and improved performance
• Translate complex data into clear, accessible insights tailored to a range of audiences, including senior leadership
• Deliver timely, accurate reporting to support both immediate needs and long-term strategic planning

Build and enhance analytics solutions

• Develop, maintain, and improve reporting tools, dashboards, and analytical systems
• Ensure data integrity and governance across multiple data sources
• Identify opportunities to streamline and improve analytics processes, tools, and methodologies

Partner across the business

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand business needs and design both ad hoc and scalable solutions
• Act as a liaison between business teams and shared services to ensure alignment and usability of data solutions
• Participate in business meetings and category reviews to stay connected to priorities and evolving opportunities

Lead and influence through expertise

• Serve as a subject matter resource across Customer, Marketing, and Digital analytics
• Provide guidance and mentorship to junior analysts
• Lead cross-functional analytics initiatives and influence decision-making through data-driven recommendations

Support adoption and understanding

• Help teams confidently use data tools and insights in their day-to-day work
• Train and support users to drive effective adoption of analytics resources
• Ensure insights are not only delivered, but understood and actionable

Experience

What You'll Need

• 5+ years of experience in a corporate retail analyst, planning, or financial role
• 5+ years of experience with Microsoft Office, including MS Access
• Proven track record of independently leading analytics initiatives and delivering measurable business impact
• Experience working with Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) application

Technical Skills

• Strong proficiency in SQL (BigQuery experience is a plus)
• Experience with data mining and reporting tools
• Experience using data science programming languages such as R and Python
• Experience working with multiple data sources and validating data accuracy

Analytical & Business Skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including application of retail mathematics and statistics
• Exceptional attention to detail with the ability to connect data insights to broader business strategies
• Strong business acumen and the ability to translate insights into actionable recommendations

Communication & collaboration

• Effective communication and presentation skills, with the ability to tailor messaging to different audiences, including leadership
• Experience working cross-functionally and influencing decision-making
• Comfortable leading projects and collaborating across multiple teams

Ways of working

• Ability to manage multiple priorities with strong organizational skills
• Comfortable in a fast-paced, evolving environment
• Open to continuous improvement and feedback
• Experience training others and supporting adoption of tools and processes

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree in Analytics or a STEM field (Data Analytics, Data Science, Computer Science, Data Engineering, Applied Mathematics) with 5+ years of experience

Preferred

• Master’s Degree in Analytics or related STEM field
• Retail experience

Perks and Benefits You’ll Enjoy!

• Your Sole Well-Being: Our benefits package is crafted with our associates in mind! We support you with benefits like free virtual health care, robust family/fertility benefits, 401(k) w/ match, and more. Explore our offerings at https://mymobilewalletcard.com/dbi.
• Stride with Flexibility: We offer hybrid and remote work opportunities, giving you the freedom to stay connected, productive, and inspired—wherever you do your best work.
• Stepping Up Your Career: Take advantage of training programs, professional development, and education assistance to advance your career with a company that celebrates bold ideas and fresh perspectives.
• We are Shoe-Obsessed: Because we know a great pair of shoes can change your day, you’ll enjoy 30% off at DSW & DSW.com, plus discounts across our family of brands.