Business Analyst

Los Angeles (Santa Monica) or Remote (US time zones)

Maximus is a mission-driven consumer health company that provides men with content, community, and clinical support to optimize them in mind and body. Maximus has raised $15M from top Silicon Valley VCs such as Founders Fund and 8VC as well as leading angel investors/operators from companies like Bulletproof, Tinder, Coinbase, Daily Stoic, & Shopify.

Maximus is looking for a Business Analyst to manage cross-functional collaboration, optimize processes, build out detailed business requirements, conduct detailed analyses, and build out on-demand dashboards to drive business efficiency in operations, supply chain management, project prioritization/velocity. As a rapidly growing Series A startup, our business is constantly evolving – you will be at the center of harvesting insights, diagnosing trends, proactively detecting inefficiencies, and developing solutions to raise awareness and address business needs.

Please note: Culture is key at Maximus, so we get to know candidates holistically through this questionnaire. Please fill it out as honestly and intuitively as possible since it is designed to detect exaggeration, which will cause your application to be automatically rejected. The questionnaire is optional to submit now with your application, but candidates that do so will get strongly prioritized. Note, we do not have access to individual questions’ answers/choices.

Responsibilities:

• Data Analysis and Reporting: Identify outstanding analytic and reporting needs of stakeholders. Address these needs by conducting ad hoc analysis and developing subject matter expertise. Where appropriate develop self-service dashboards to support ongoing monitoring by yourself and stakeholders

• Stakeholder Collaboration: Partner with stakeholders across departments, including operations, finance, marketing, and product to develop requirements and documentation for processes, reporting/analytics, and business models

• Business Requirement Development: Develop business requirement documentation including: goals/objectives, list of stakeholders, current state, scope, methodologies, estimated impact, vendor analysis (where appropriate), and detailed requirements. Documentation should include quantitative estimates of project impact/value to elucidate cost-benefit. You will serve as the primary author of this documentation and will be responsible for its ongoing maintenance

• Data Collaboration: As a primary user of our data, you will collaborate with data engineering to understand data availability and to make requests for data based on reporting and model needs. You will participate in data QA to ensure data completeness and accuracy prior to use

• Performance Monitoring: Continually monitor business and operational metrics. Report out trends to pertinent stakeholders on a regular cadence. Proactively detect trends and patterns warrating deeper investigation and execute on necessary troubleshooting so that solutions can be offered to stakeholders

The ideal candidate will have the following:

Experience:

• BA/BS in Economics, Finance, Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, or a related quantitative discipline

• 2-5 years of experience in an analytics-related role: Business Analyst, Business Intelligence Analyst, Data Analyst, Operations Analyst, Consultant, etc.

• Strong understanding of key business metrics including LTV, CAC, payback period, conversion rates, A/B testing. Demonstrated ability to update metrics and models based on changes in business

• Experience inclusive of interfacing directly with stakeholders across operations, finance, marketing, product, and engineering

• High level of proficiency with SQL or other relational database query languages

• Mastery of Microsoft Excel / Google Sheets

• Proficient in LookerStudio, Tableau, Power BI, or other BI/dashboarding software

Qualities:

• High Conscientiousness: Highly effective, organized, dutiful, self-disciplined, and careful. You are the type of person who used multiple colors of highlighters, and everyone wanted to borrow notes from. You never forget a task, execute it flawlessly, and are as reliable as clockwork.

• High Horsepower & Humility: High intellectual and physical energy. You eagerly solve big, complex, and ambiguous company problems, while having the humility to “roll your sleeves up” and do the dirty work without complaint.

• Relentlessly Resourceful: highly proactive, does not quit, and finds innovative solutions with little guidance. Bias for action and ability to thrive in an ambiguous environment with a high degree of autonomy.

• Passion for Men’s Health & Development: interest in helping men develop a healthy masculinity. Demonstrates personal dedication and interest in health optimization (e.g. diet, exercise, sleep, focus, and relationships).

World-Class Benefits:

• Premium Blue Shield Platinum PPO & HMO Plans (up to 100% coverage)

• Full Suite: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance

• Best-in-class 401K options

• Flexible vacation/time-off policies

• Liquidity of options whenever available

• Extended options exercise window for loyal employees (3 months for every year of service; e.g. 1 year for 4+ year employees)

Maximus is an equal opportunity employer, which not only includes standard protected categories, but the additional freedom from discrimination against your free speech and beliefs, as long as they are aligned with company values. We celebrate intellectual diversity.

Compensation Range: $70K - $100K