Data Analytics Team Lead

Quick Facts

• Role: Team Lead, Data Analytics
• Team size: 5 analysts
• Focus: Production analytics for real-time and batch intelligence

Description

Lead a people-first Data Analytics team of 5 analysts developing production analytics in collaboration with client subject-matter experts. You’ll guide technical direction with hands-on credibility in a modern Python data stack (Python, Polars, marimo, Databricks) while owning coaching, performance/compensation, retention, staffing, and delivery quality. Your goal in the first year is to grow individual contributors into future lead engineers and specialized roles.

Responsibilities

• Line management: run regular 1:1s, coaching, shadowing, and career development for analysts
• Performance & fairness: conduct performance and compensation reviews based on impact
• Retention & culture: maintain and evolve a motivating, sustainable environment aligned with team values
• Staffing: hire, onboard, and integrate new team members technically and culturally
• Capacity & delivery standards: keep the team optimally staffed against client demand and ensure high-quality delivery
• Translating strategy: convert department goals into execution clarity and represent team reality upward

Requirements

• Proven experience leading a technical team in a B2B environment, covering hiring, coaching, performance, and retention for a team of similar size
• Strong hands-on background in modern data/analytics engineering (Python, SQL), ideally with Polars and/or Databricks (or similar tools)
• Demonstrated track record of growing individual contributors into more senior or specialized roles (top priority in year one)
• Excellent coaching, communication, and negotiation skills
• Comfort with operational leadership tasks (performance & compensation reviews, capacity planning, reporting, compliance)
• Business proficiency in Czech and English

Benefits

• Supportive culture with no useless meetings and flexible working hours
• Direct mentorship from the VP of Data Analytics and real ownership over how the practice grows
• Life-work balance: 6 weeks vacation and 5 sick days
• Regular team-building events, office parties, and perks including snacks, fine coffee/tea, a curated library, Czech/English lessons, yoga lessons, bicycle parking, showers/towels, BBQ terrace, and a relax room