At PredictHQ, we’re redefining how businesses forecast demand by eliminating blind spots caused by unforeseen, event-driven disruptions.

As the leader in predictive demand intelligence, our AI-powered platform helps companies master predictability - empowering them to optimise inventory, staffing, pricing, and marketing by understanding not just what events are happening, but why they matter.

From concerts and sports games to unexpected weather events and airport disruptions, we track and forecast the impact of millions of real-world events across the world. Our platform leverages cutting-edge machine learning to create high-quality, forecast-grade data to deliver actionable insights via powerful APIs and an intuitive web app.

The result? Businesses can anticipate demand spikes and dips with unmatched accuracy and agility.

Our dynamic models adapt to changing conditions in real time, allowing customers to make smarter, faster decisions. That’s why industry giants like Domino’s, Uber, Expedia, and IHG rely on PredictHQ to stay ahead of demand and turn unpredictability into opportunity.

Founded in 2016 and backed by Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sutter Hill Ventures, and Aspect Ventures, PredictHQ has offices in Auckland and San Francisco.

Job Purpose

We’re looking for a Senior Data Analyst to join our high-performing Data Enablement team - a curious and impact-driven cross-functional team that thrives on solving problems, ensuring data quality and governance across our customer and events data, and turning smart ideas into reality.

From working on projects to improve our product, ensuring a high level of quality over our events and internal datasets, this role keeps the engine running while actively levelling it up.

You’ll be at the core of it all: working across the latest tech, collaborating with software engineers, data engineers, and data scientists to ensure reliability, accuracy, and continuous improvement of our core data.

You’ll use your Python expertise and SQL skills to untangle tricky data issues, automate manual processes, and help us scale with confidence and speed.

This is a rare opportunity to join a forward-thinking, AI-centric, globally impactful company as we step into our next era. You’ll be surrounded by technical talent, encouraged to prototype bold ideas, and empowered to drive change from day one.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with leadership to design, implement, and monitor robust data governance frameworks that ensure data quality, compliance, and security.
• Execute on-demand data comparisons and deep-dive analyses to surface actionable insights from both prospective and existing customer usage patterns.
• Work closely with Product, Engineering, and Project teams to translate customer data and usage trends into recommendations that enhance product features and user experience.
• Advise the Sales team at each stage, from initial outreach through to deal close, by delivering data-driven insights and stories.
• Lead initiatives to embed analytics and data-driven decision-making more deeply into PredictHQ’s product roadmap and feature set.
• Lead cross-functional initiatives to champion modern, AI-centred solutions that optimise, automate, strengthen and improve our data quality and coverage.

Skills, Knowledge and Competencies

• Love getting stuck into complex problems and coming out the other side with something faster, smarter, and more scalable
• Experience with data analysis tools such as SQL, Python, R, or similar.
• Proven ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams 
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, prioritising tasks effectively.
• Understanding of Data Quality and Data Governance frameworks.
• Ability to present complex data insights in a clear and actionable manner to various stakeholders.

Nice to have 

• Familiarity or experience with applied AI in the Data Analytics and Automation space.

General

• Applicants for this position must have New Zealand residency or a valid New Zealand work visa.
• Ensure that all activities are conducted in accordance with internal policies and procedures, applicable legislation, rules and standards, including relevant Acts, Advertising Standards Authority rules and regulations, and industry body requirements.
• Based in Auckland, this role follows our hybrid approach - combining the flexibility of working from home with one to two days a week in the office to foster team connection and collaboration.

Benefits

• Health Insurance
• Paid Birthday Leave and Paid Family and Friends Day Leave
• Strong focus on your training and development
• 10 weeks of fully paid parental leave
• Flexible work arrangements
• A hybrid work environment centred on collaboration, agility and fun
• Options in a fast-growing company in its early stages
• $500 annual stipend to support your work from home setup

Our Values

PredictHQ is about teamwork to achieve huge things. We are building innovative and complex products, so our empathetic, hard-working culture is key to our success.

We are proactive in helping our teammates grow and thrive in their careers, as well as making sure everyone can put their family and friends first.