Data Analyst (H/F)

About the Role

As a VIE Data Analyst (H/F) in New York, you will be a key stakeholder in the expansion of Hermès' cloud Data Platform and the transformation of its data assets in the United States. You will join at a crucial time when analytical foundations are being built. Your primary mission is to ensure data is reliable, documented, and actionable. You will serve as a key liaison between US business teams and the Analytics & AI team at HDTI, contributing to data reliability and its valorization through Power BI. You will also work in operational tandem with the VIE Data Engineer on the same program. This role demands a strong functional understanding of data, including the ability to analyze datasets, comprehend their business meaning, identify anomalies, and meticulously document findings. Technical proficiency is a leverage, but the capacity to assimilate functional processes is essential.

Key Responsibilities

• Standards & Best Practices Relay: Act as a local relay for defined standards, methodologies, and best practices in data analysis and BI development, ensuring their adoption and adherence within the US team.
• Exploration & Retro-documentation of Existing Data:
• Establish a data diagnosis of the existing US data landscape.
• Produce data profiles and document anomalies and risk areas, creating a reference map of data assets before migration.
• Identify implicit business rules within existing data to inform target modeling.
• Build the analytical memory of the project.
• Quality Analysis & Gap Detection:
• Compare source data (local platform) against new Snowflake data models, scope, and definitions, producing actionable gap analysis for engineering teams.
• Formalize identified gaps and propose reconciliation or transformation rules.
• Monitor data quality indicators throughout the migration process, ensuring continuous visibility on data reliability.
• Dashboard & Reporting Development:
• Deliver initial operational reporting to US business teams post-migration, demonstrating visible impact within the first few weeks.
• Develop Power BI dashboards on the new Data Platform's semantic layer, adhering to Hermès certification standards.
• Contribute to the adoption of the new platform by business teams by making data accessible, readable, and reliable.
• Collaboration & Documentation:
• Work closely with the VIE Data Engineer and Paris-based Analytics & AI teams to ensure deliverable consistency.
• Systematically document analyses, hypotheses, and conclusions in the team's reference tools.
• Participate in business qualification workshops to validate management rules and data definitions.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• SQL (advanced)
• Power BI
• Ability to perform data profiling and interpret data quality indicators
• Professional English proficiency (written and oral) is essential.
• French is a plus.

Qualifications

• Bac+4/5 degree in data, statistics, econometrics, applied mathematics, or a business school with a data specialization, or equivalent.
• First experience (internship, work-study, or junior position) in data analysis or BI within a structured environment.
• Knowledge of Snowflake or a cloud data warehouse is a plus.
• Proficiency in Python or R for exploratory analysis is appreciated.
• Autonomy, rigor, analytical sense, curiosity.

What You'll Find

• A high-stakes mission within a strategic data transformation program.
• A bridging role between US IT & Business teams and central data teams, offering strong visibility from the outset.
• Based in the United States, you will operate within a strong entrepreneurial culture, with real autonomy and direct exposure to local business teams from the first month.
• Successful VIE participants in this mission are considered for roles within HDTI's Analytics & AI teams upon completion of their contract, either in France or internationally. This position is a stepping stone, not a parenthesis.