Senior Insights Analyst

Job Description

This role will be based in Dublin.

At LinkedIn, our approach to flexible work is centered on trust and optimized for culture, connection, clarity, and the evolving needs of our business. The work location of this role is hybrid, meaning it will be performed both from home and from a LinkedIn office on select days, as determined by the business needs of the team.

As a Senior Insights Analyst, you will leverage one of the richest proprietary data sets in the world to uncover insights that help LinkedIn’s Sales and Customer Success organizations create value for customers and accelerate business outcomes.

You will partner closely with Sellers, Customer Success Managers, and business leaders to deliver strategic, data-driven recommendations that inform decisions, influence account strategy, and identify opportunities for growth.

A core component of this role is frequently presenting insights and recommendations to senior leaders, C-suite executives, and other key decision makers. You will be expected to translate complex analyses into concise, compelling narratives, communicate with confidence and credibility, and lead discussions that influence executive decisions.

You will serve as a trusted consultant, building credibility through strong stakeholder management, effective prioritization, clear communication, and a deep understanding of customer and business challenges.

You will become an expert in LinkedIn’s data ecosystem, leveraging SQL, analytics, AI-enabled tools, and business intelligence platforms to identify trends, develop recommendations, and deliver insights at scale.

The ideal candidate combines analytical rigor, business acumen, executive communication skills, and a passion for using data to drive meaningful customer and business impact.

Responsibilities

• Leverage LinkedIn’s unique data assets to develop actionable insights and strategic recommendations that drive customer and business outcomes.
• Partner with Sales and Customer Success stakeholders to identify business challenges, define analytical approaches, and develop recommendations.
• Write SQL and analytical queries to extract and analyze data, utilizing business intelligence and visualization tools to create insightful and scalable outputs.
• Develop clear, compelling, executive-ready narratives that connect data and analysis to consequential business decisions, opportunities, and actions.
• Frequently lead presentations and strategic discussions with senior leaders, C-suite executives, senior customer stakeholders, and other key decision makers. Translate complex analyses into concise, executive-ready narratives, deliver recommendations with confidence and credibility, respond effectively to questions and challenge, and influence decisions that drive customer and business outcomes.
• Serve as a trusted analytical consultant, using business acumen and stakeholder context to move beyond reporting and provide clear, evidence-based recommendations.
• Manage multiple priorities and projects simultaneously, balancing responsiveness, quality, and strategic impact.
• Build deep expertise in industry, talent, workforce, and customer trends to proactively identify opportunities and risks.
• Utilize emerging AI, automation, and analytical capabilities to improve the efficiency, quality, scalability, and impact of insight generation.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of methodologies, tools, and best practices across the broader Insights organization.
• Maintain a growth mindset and actively contribute to team development, knowledge sharing, experimentation, and innovation.

Qualifications

 

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in analytics, consulting, business strategy, or a related data-driven role.
• 3+ years of experience writing and querying SQL.
• Experience translating complex analyses into clear business insights and strategic recommendations.
• Experience presenting analytical findings and recommendations to senior business stakeholders.
• Experience managing multiple projects, priorities, and stakeholder relationships simultaneously.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience using Python, Tableau, Power BI, or similar analytical and visualization tools.
• Experience leveraging AI-enabled productivity, analytics, or insight-generation tools in a business environment.
• Demonstrated experience frequently presenting analytical insights and strategic recommendations to senior leaders, C-suite executives, or senior customer decision makers, with the confidence and credibility to lead high-visibility discussions.
• Proven ability to communicate complex analytical findings through concise, compelling, and executive-ready storytelling.
• Ability to respond credibly to executive questions, challenge, and ambiguity while maintaining command of the underlying analysis.
• Experience influencing business decisions through data storytelling, strategic recommendations, and consultative partnership.
• Experience partnering with Sales, Customer Success, Consulting, Strategy, or Revenue organizations.
• Experience translating ambiguous business questions into structured analytical approaches and actionable recommendations.
• Strong business judgment and the ability to balance short-term execution with longer-term strategic thinking.
• Excellent interpersonal, stakeholder management, communication, and presentation skills.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Analytics, Economics, Statistics, Operations, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Suggested Skills

• Analytics and Problem Solving
• SQL
• Data Storytelling
• Executive Communication
• Executive Presence
• Strategic Consulting
• Stakeholder Management
• Business Acumen
• AI and Automation
• Project Management

 

 

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Company Description

LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network, built to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Our products help people make powerful connections, discover exciting opportunities, build necessary skills, and gain valuable insights every day. We’re also committed to providing transformational opportunities for our own employees by investing in their growth. We aspire to create a culture that’s built on trust, care, inclusion, and fun – where everyone can succeed.

Join us to transform the way the world works.