Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. The Knot Worldwide is a global celebration-focused company that provides wedding marketplaces, planning tools, websites, invitations, and registry services. The Planning & Analytics Strategist leads forecasting models, performance analytics, scenario modeling, and market intelligence to support strategic decision-making, resource allocation, and revenue optimization across eCommerce businesses.
Responsibilities
- Develop and manage demand forecasting models to support annual planning and ongoing re-forecasting cycles for eCommerce businesses
- Initiate planning and forecasting for both strategic partners and core business performance, providing a unified view across channels
- Prepare weekly business review and MBR preparation, presenting performance analysis, scenarios, and recommendations directly to leadership
- Analyze key business performance drivers and variances against forecast, providing detailed root-cause analysis to stakeholders
- Spearhead recurring performance reporting and ad hoc analyses to support ongoing business needs
- Lead scenario modeling and performance measurement for promotional strategy, including depth, timing, and targeting decisions, with clear read-outs on lift, cannibalization, and margin impact, and build a reusable framework for evaluating future promotional scenarios
- Own ongoing competitive and market intelligence (e.g. Zola, Minted, Shutterfly), feeding insights directly into promotional and product strategy rather than one-off research
- Serve as the source of truth for key business definitions and metrics across Registry, WWS, and Paper, ensuring consistency across stakeholder reporting
- Partner on cross-functional analytics initiatives, including the development and enhancement of predictive models to support revenue optimization
- Support strategic projects, including market sizing, competitive analysis, and investment ROI modeling
Skills
- 4-6 years of experience in Business Analytics, Strategic Planning, or Quantitative Finance
- Expertise in forecasting methodologies and statistical analysis (e.g., time-series, regression, causal modeling)
- Proficiency in "Retail Math" and a strong understanding of business performance drivers
- Advanced Excel skills and high degree of comfort navigating ambiguous datasets and building scalable analytical frameworks
- Strong track record of influencing business strategy through data-driven insights
- Ability to balance strategic thinking with detailed execution, communicate and influence effectively and clearly discuss performance to guide action
- A proactive, collaborative mindset with a focus on impact and execution
- Ability to use AI to build dashboards and connective story-telling models to present business results quickly and consistently
Benefits
- Medical benefits for eligible employees
- Dental benefits for eligible employees
- Retirement benefits for eligible employees
- Generous leave policies for eligible employees
- This role is fully remote and not tied to any specific office location.
- Physical and mental wellness programs
- Flexible time off
Company Overview
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