Senior Business Intelligence Analyst

Details

Sentry is on a mission to help developers write better software faster by building performance and error monitoring tools used by organizations like Disney, Microsoft, and Atlassian. The Business Intelligence team is part of Data & Analytics within Business Operations and empowers teams across the company by ensuring data is consistent, accessible, and actionable.

As a Senior BI Analyst you will take ownership and set direction for scalable BI practices that support company-wide decision-making. Your initial focus will be revamping and streamlining the Looker instance, establishing governance processes, and enabling self-service analytics so stakeholders can reliably access insights. You will also partner with teams on deeper analysis to drive meaningful product and business impact.

Responsibilities

• Develop deep expertise in the analytics tooling ecosystem (Looker, Amplitude, Hex) and ensure these tools complement each other to deliver insights.
• Shape the direction of the analytics tooling landscape by establishing governance and processes for long-term scalability and maintainability.
• Partner with product and engineering teams to execute detailed analysis of product performance; identify trends, patterns, and insights to drive product strategy.
• Collaborate with data engineering on projects that shape the BI layer and scale BI reporting.
• Partner with stakeholders across Sales, Finance, Marketing, and Engineering on ad hoc product and business analytics requests.
• Lead BI adoption and enablement initiatives (trainings, documentation, office hours) to drive cross-functional tool usage.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience as a Business Analyst, Data Analyst, Business Intelligence analyst, or a similar role.
• Experience owning and improving BI platform governance (e.g., Looker), focusing on model ownership, reporting consolidation, and sustainable maintenance practices.
• Proven experience leading BI adoption and enablement across teams.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with product management, engineering, and marketing teams to drive data-informed decisions.
• Strong experience with SQL and relational databases, including queries, database definition, and schema design.
• Expertise in data visualization principles to simplify communication of complex data and drive insights.
• Self-directed, accountable, and able to create structure while working in undefined areas.

Technologies & Skills Mentioned

• Looker
• Amplitude
• Hex
• SQL and relational databases
• BI platform governance and BI adoption/enablement
• Data visualization
• Collaboration with data engineering and cross-functional stakeholders

Benefits & Compensation

• Base salary range: $160,000 to $180,000 (actual salary determined by factors including work location, experience, skills, and education).
• Eligible to participate in Sentry's employee benefit plans/programs, including incentive compensation, equity grants, paid time off, and group health insurance coverage.

Equal Opportunity & Accessibility

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