Senior Analyst, Strategic Analytics

Overview

Senior Analyst on Motive's Strategic Analytics team, owning complex COGS and gross margin analysis across hardware and software product lines and advising the CPO, CTO and senior leadership on profitability levers.

What you'll do

• Own end-to-end COGS and gross margin analysis for Motive's hardware and software product lines, including vehicle gateways, dashcams, and a growing suite of software products
• Model cost-saving opportunities, build scenario analyses, and deliver recommendations on profitability levers directly to the CPO, CTO, and finance leadership
• Take ambiguous, high-stakes business questions from senior stakeholders, structure them, build the analysis, and walk into executive conversations with a clear point of view
• Partner closely with data engineering, finance, and product teams to understand cost drivers, surface insights, and influence roadmap and investment decisions
• Navigate messy, complex data environments, establish ground truth, build reliable datasets, and create durable analytical frameworks the broader team can build on
• Contribute to the operational rigor of the SA team: documentation, version control practices, and analytical best practices
• Operate with minimal supervision, owning your domain, managing your own priorities, and pushing work forward without waiting to be told what to do next

What you'll need

• 7+ years of experience in analytics, strategic finance, or a closely related field, with demonstrated depth in financial/operational modeling
• Expert-level SQL, writing complex queries independently and fluently
• Deep understanding of unit economics: gross margin, contribution margin, COGS structures, cost drivers, and scenario modeling
• Proven ability to independently frame and decompose ambiguous business problems, structuring the question before answering it
• Strong executive communication skills, with experience presenting analytical findings and a clear POV directly to VP or C-suite stakeholders
• High autonomy and self-sufficiency, thriving in fast-moving environments where context is incomplete and priorities shift
• Experience working in messy data environments, establishing definitions, validating data quality, and building from the ground up

Nice to have

• Experience with hardware + software combination products (IoT, fleet technology, consumer electronics, or similar) and how COGS behaves differently from pure SaaS
• Python for analysis and automation
• Hands-on experience with a modern analytics stack, such as dbt, Airflow, or equivalent, and opinions about how analytics teams should operate
• Background in strategic finance, FP&A, or management consulting with a strong technical layer

Details

• Location: United States, remote (fully remote)
• Compensation range for United States: $129,000 to $177,000 USD
• Non-compete covenant may be required, subject to role, location and applicable law
• Applicant must be authorized to receive and access commodities and technologies controlled under U.S. Export Administration Regulations
• Some interviews or new-hire training sessions may be held in person at one of Motive's global offices