Lead Data Strategist

Title: Lead Data Strategist (BI & Analytics) (m/f/d)

Location: Berlin BE DE

Type: Full-time

Workplace: Hybrid remote

HybridDataFull time

Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Job Description:

About getolo:

Founded in 2015, getolo GmbH is an innovative and award-winning InsurTech company that offers comprehensive supplementary insurance plans in the areas of dental, pet health and liability, as well as health add-on coverage. Under the brands dentolo, petolo, and vitolo, we serve over 200,000 customers in Germany and France, providing digital and hassle-free protection that seamlessly integrates into their daily lives.

We believe that prevention is always better than cure—which is why we focus on preventive care, customer-centric service, and financial security to protect our customers and their loved ones from unexpected costs. Thanks to the close collaboration of our team of market specialists and insurance experts, we continuously monitor industry developments to offer practical solutions for current challenges.

getolo's company culture is built on collaboration, innovation, and agility—always with a strong focus on the needs of our customers. With a team of around 200 employees, getolo is led by Daniel Gadea (CEO) and Laura Wulff (CGO). getolo is a partner of DA Direkt and part of the Zurich Group Germany.

We are seeking a strategic and results-driven Strategic Data Analytics Lead (m/f/d) to define and drive a company-wide reporting and dashboarding strategy that focuses on actionable insights. Are you ready for a new challenge in a rapidly developing insurtech? Look no further

Your role in a team:

BI & Reporting Strategy

• Define and drive a company-wide reporting and dashboarding strategy that focuses on actionable insights
• Support in maintaining and developing our self-service landscape and improve data literacy across our company
• Identify and eliminate redundant or low-impact reports; streamline and standardize KPI definitions across teams.

Business Prioritization & Data Strategy

• Act as a sparring partner to the Data Platform Lead to prioritize data sources and models based on business needs and strategic goals.
• Translate business requirements into clear data needs and help shape the data roadmap.
• Ensure alignment between data infrastructure and use cases across departments.

Analytics Enablement & Coaching

• Mentor and upskill Business Analysts in Sales, Marketing, and Ops, helping them grow their analytical capabilities and storytelling with data.
• Create best practices for dashboard creation, metric consistency, and interpretation of results.
• Facilitate a knowledge-sharing culture across analysts and ensure alignment in tooling and methodology.

Strategic Data Projects

• Enabling leadership with data-driven insights (e.g. customer segmentation, growth modeling, churn analysis)
• Serve as a strategic advisor to the Management and leadership team on critical business questions, using data to guide high-impact decisions.
• Lead cross-functional, strategic initiatives like integrating new markets into our reporting landscape or supporting pricing and product analytics for new insurance products

What you need to be successful:

• 5–8 years of experience in analytics, business intelligence, or data strategy roles — ideally in high-growth tech, SaaS, or digital business environments.
• Proven track record of owning company-wide reporting or BI initiatives, including defining KPI frameworks and improving dashboard ecosystems.
• Experience working closely with leadership or C-level on strategic, data-driven decisions (e.g., pricing, market expansion, customer segmentation).
• Strong ability to translate business questions into data needs, and partner with data engineering or platform teams on model requirements.
• Hands-on experience with modern BI tools (e.g., Looker, Metabase, Tableau, Power BI) and SQL proficiency for self-service analytics.
• Prior mentoring or informal leadership of analysts or cross-functional stakeholders; ideally experience establishing analytics standards or processes.
• Familiarity with data governance, definitions, and source documentation, even if not responsible for pipelines or ETL.
• Bonus: exposure to insurance, healthtech, or regulated environments, or experience supporting pricing and underwriting teams.
• dbt knowledge would be a plus
• Native or C2 English, knowledge if German would be a plus
• Berlin-based

Why getolo?

Salary & Vacation

• Attractive fixed salary
• Start with 28 vacation days, with an increase every two years (capped at 30 days). Holidays on December 24th and 31st. 2 community days to support a charity organisation of your choice.

Mobility & Flexibility

• Choose between a free Swapfiets bike, a BVG ticket (“Umweltticket”) or a “Deutschlandticket” subsidized by us
• Work hybrid - from your home office or in our office in Berlin-Mitte
• Work abroad in the EU for up to 60 days

Health

• Benefit from free coaching sessions with nilo.health, our mental health tool
• Test our products yourself! Choose between dentolo, petolo or vitolo

 Development

• Training budget starting from 750 € per year
• Regular (360 degree) feedback

And much more…

• Legendary summer and winter parties 
• Regular team events
• Many discounts on the corporate Benefits Platform
• Pet friendly office

Sounds like the perfect job for you? We look forward to receiving your application and getting to know you!

getolo is an equal opportunity and diversity employer. We strive to create a friendly, safe, and welcoming environment for all our team members, regardless of ethnicity, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, limitations and talents of any kind, physical appearance, social background, marital status, age, or religion (or lack thereof).

When you apply, we focus solely on your experience and motivation. You decide what additional information you want to disclose (photo, marital status, religion, gender, nationality, etc.). We value and treat all applications equally.