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Director, Analytics, Strategic Insights

Affirm
Remote Canada
Apr 30, 2026
Salary not listed

Job Description

Affirm is reinventing credit to make it more honest and friendly, giving consumers the flexibility to buy now and pay later without any hidden fees or compounding interest.

The Revenue team drives Affirm’s top-line growth through strategic partnerships, pricing, and go-to-market execution. We acquire, retain, and expand merchant relationships across eCommerce, in-store, telesales, and the Affirm app. The team leads onboarding, relationship management, and performance optimization to help partners succeed. We deliver value-added solutions, drive adoption, and support long-term business growth by connecting merchants and consumers through Affirm’s products. We solve high-impact business problems across Affirm's revenue engine through data-driven strategy, operational rigor, and analytical excellence.

What You’ll Do:

  • Serve as a strategic partner to a Revenue segment leaders across our Independent Software Vendors (ISV) and Strategic Partnership business lines, shaping the segment's long-term strategy, setting goals, and driving accountability against key outcomes

  • Lead the team in delivering high-quality insights and analytics to Revenue leadership, fielding and managing data requests across market sizing, business performance, competitive landscape, and growth opportunity assessments using internal data and third-party sources

  • Proactively monitor business trends, KPIs, and leading indicators to identify risks and growth opportunities, translating data signals into clear, actionable recommendations for business leaders

  • Own the strategic narrative for the segment, synthesizing complex, ambiguous problems into structured frameworks, clear points of view, and concrete recommendations on how to grow and protect the business

  • Partner with segment leaders to design and run the operating rhythm, including business reviews, executive escalations, planning cycles, and progress reporting

  • Identify opportunities to leverage AI, automation, and tooling to improve team workflows, scale analytical capabilities, and eliminate manual, repetitive processes across the revenue organization

  • Build, mentor, and develop a high-caliber team, fostering a culture of intellectual rigor, ownership, and continuous improvement

What We Look For:

  • 12+ years of experience in strategy, operations, or analytics roles — ideally with a background in management consulting, investment banking, private equity, or high-growth technology companies

  • Dedicated leadership experience with a proven ability to build, coach, and scale high-performing teams.

  • Proven track record of operating as a strategic advisor to senior or executive leadership, with the ability to influence decisions and drive organizatio