Business Data Analyst

Remote Role - Pittsburgh, PA Headquarters Office

Salary Range: $70-90K

About Us

BlastPoint is a B2B data analytics startup located in the East Liberty neighborhood of Pittsburgh. We give companies the power to solve business problems through discovering the humans in their data and understanding how they think. Serving diverse industries including energy, retail, finance, and transportation, BlastPoint’s software platform helps companies plan solutions to customer-facing challenges, from encouraging green behavior to managing customers’ financial stress. Founded in 2016 by Carnegie Mellon Alumni, we are a tight-knit, forward-thinking team.

 Why You Should Work for Us

• Solve Challenging Problems: BlastPoint’s platform incorporates cutting-edge approaches to geospatial data, psychographic clustering, data enrichment and a dynamic visualization environment, all at scale. We’re working to break new ground by pulling insights from high-dimensional data. And we’re pushing ourselves to try new and better ways to approach every step of our process.
• Have An Impact: Small but mighty, BlastPoint’s growth is due to big companies increasingly trusting us with supporting key decisions using their most sensitive data.  What we do positively impacts the lives of millions of Americans (and beyond).
• Make Positive Change in the World: Our solutions reduce paper consumption, help struggling families pay their bills, and promote clean energy.  We also offer our platform for free to nonprofits and civic-oriented organizations.
• Employee-Focused Culture: We support the individual needs of our team, offering schedule and work-from-home flexibility, health insurance, 401K, and three weeks of PTO.  We also tailor growth opportunities, from skills training to industry conferences.
• Equal Opportunity Employer: BlastPoint is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace, ensuring equal employment opportunities for individuals regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics.

Job Description

As a Business Data Analyst at BlastPoint, you will play a critical role in bridging the gap between data and business decision-making. This position requires a unique blend of technical aptitude, business acumen, and communication skills. You will be responsible for constructing business-ready data tables, ensuring data integrity, and providing actionable insights to both our internal teams and diverse clientele.

Primary duties for this position include:

• Collaborate with Customer Success and Data teams to develop business-focused data solutions including: leading and participating in customer-facing meetings, gathering client requirements, documenting use cases, etc.
• Identify and address gaps in client data essential for analysis.
• Determine appropriate data types and usage for client-provided attributes.
• Engineer custom attributes tailored to specific client needs.
• Support upstream data science, data engineering, and platform onboarding processes by creating and reviewing attribute metadata
• Conduct rigorous quality control checks on all data prior to client presentations.
• Become a power user of the BlastPoint platform, leveraging proprietary in-house tools for data transformation, preparation, and analysis.
• Collaborate with Customer Success in platform staging and other necessary preparations to ensure smooth client onboarding.
• Assist in the creation of presentations and other customer-facing materials to assist customers in better understanding data.
• Manage multiple client projects simultaneously, ensuring timely and accurate delivery.
• Communicate directly with clients regarding the data and business requirements

Professional Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent experience) in Computer Information Systems, Business Management, Business Analytics, or related fields.
• Intermediate to advanced expertise in spreadsheet software.
• Strong grasp of data analysis from a business perspective.
• Ability to collaborate effectively in cross-disciplinary teams.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills.
• Commitment to daily standup meetings (9:30am - 10:00am ET).
• Authorization to work in the United States without sponsorship.
• Subject to a background check.

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Proficiency in SQL for efficient data querying.
• Comfortable using IDEs, terminal for script maintenance.
• Basic to intermediate proficiency in Python (numpy, pandas).
• Familiarity with Git and task tracking tools like Asana.
• Acute attention to data quality and detail.
• Independent work ethic in a fast-paced, project-driven environment.
• Problem-solving mindset and adaptability to various solutions.
• Willingness to travel to Pittsburgh, PA office and to customer sites periodically.