Lead Analyst- Data Operations

What you would be expected to do:

• Own the incoming request queue and serve as the first point of triage for all L1/L2 tickets raised to the Data Desk. 
• Accurately categorize every request across the four tracks (Logic, Exports, Ops, and Finance) and route to the appropriate pod lead or analyst without delay. 
• Monitor SLA performance across the queue in real time; proactively surface blockers to the Head of Data Ops before SLAs are breached. 
• Maintain and continuously refine the triage playbook, updating categorization rules as request patterns evolve and new ticket types emerge.

• Systematically identify “repeat” requests and flag them for automation. 
• Work closely with Pod Leads to scope, design, and ship self-service dashboards and automated data pipelines that retire those recurring requests. 
• Coordinate with the Analytics Engineering pod to ensure all automated outputs conform to Sun King data quality and governance standards.

• Perform 100% of code reviews for entry-level analysts before any output is delivered to a business stakeholder. 
• Review SQL, LookML, and dashboard logic for correctness, performance, and alignment with the Sun King Data Standard.

• Run daily stand-ups for the Data Desk team, keeping the team aligned on priorities and unblocked on active tickets. 
• Conduct regular 1-on-1s with direct reports, tracking progress against individual growth plans agreed with the Head of Data Ops. 
• Onboard new Freshers into the Data Desk’s processes, tooling, and quality standards as part of the Data Academy rotation curriculum. 
• Represent the Data Desk in cross-functional ceremonies — sprint reviews, stakeholder check-ins — when the Head of Data Ops is unavailable.

You would be a strong candidate if you:

• Hold a bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a technical field such as Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics, or a related discipline.
• Possess 4–9 years of experience in a data, analytics, or data operations function with at least 1–2 years in a role with direct responsibility for reviewing, mentoring, or managing junior data analysts. A track record of translating recurring manual work into automated or self-service solutions.
• Demonstrate strong hands-on SQL skills, working knowledge of LookML or equivalent BI layer logic (Looker, Tableau, Power BI, Metabase), and familiarity with AWS-based data environments.

What Sun King Offers (in addition to compensation and statutory benefits):

• Professional growth in a dynamic, rapidly expanding, high-social-impact industry
• An open-minded, collaborative culture made up of enthusiastic colleagues who are driven by the challenge of innovation towards profound impact on people and the planet.
• A truly multicultural experience: you will have the chance to work with and learn from people from different geographies, nationalities, and backgrounds.
• Structured, tailored learning and development programs that help you become a better leader, manager, and professional through the Sun Centre for Leadership.

About
Sun King is the world’s leading off-grid solar energy company, combining cutting-edge product design, fintech, and field operations to deliver energy access for the 1.8 billion people who live without an affordable and reliable electric-grid connection.Sun King has built a new kind of energy utility: distributed, green, customer-centric, and affordable. We bring clean, reliable, decentralized energy directly into people’s lives — from solar kits that provide first-time energy access to multi-kilowatt systems that serve both off-grid users and grid-connected customers powering larger homes, schools, hospitals, farms, offices, and light manufacturing.Already, 25 million homes and businesses rely on Sun King for electricity supply and the appliances and services it enables: lighting, televisions, fans, refrigeration, and smartphones. Sun King combines energy generation, energy-efficient appliances, installation, and financing into one seamless offering. Think of it as a distributed utility, designed for wherever energy is needed and designed to scale with its users as incomes and energy needs grow.Sun King makes solar products affordable to low-income households and businesses via ‘pay-as-you-go’ (PAYG) purchase financing. Sun King installs solar after customers pay a small deposit. Customers then make small, manageable payments of as little as US $0.14 a day via mobile money or cash.Instead of paying for expensive, polluting, and health-damaging kerosene for lighting or diesel for power, customers unlock savings through accessing solar power and after one to two years of payments, customers own their solar equipment outright.Sun King collects payments digitally through mobile money systems and its 35,000 field agents — over 1 million payments each day. To date, Sun King has extended more than $1.4 billion in PAYG loans to customers.Sun King began by powering homes and businesses with solar systems delivered through PAYG financing. Now, we’re using the same model to make smartphones and clean cooking equipment affordable: helping households connect to the digital economy and transition from wood-based fuels to modern, sustainable alternatives.Sun King employs 3,500 full-time staff in 14 countries, with specialties spanning product design, data science, logistics, customer service, sales, software, operations, and more — all with a passion to serve off-grid families. Sun King is committed to gender diversity in the workplace. Women represent 42% of Sun King’s workforce.