Thoughts On Building a Data & Analytics Practice
Note: This article was originally posted on https://torch.io/blog/on-building-a-data-analytics-practice/
In 2020, the Data and Analytics team at Torch started with one of our founding engineer’s interest in supporting the company to make more data-driven decisions. The company supported and invested in this program after some early wins proved valuable. The concept of dedicated data teams was (and still is) relatively new; however, more companies are rapidly starting to adopt the narrative that organizations need data teams.
At a fast-growing startup like Torch, priorities can change unexpectedly. Altering business and product strategy is an ongoing effort. Reorganizing and expanding teams is part of the game. This ever-evolving environment brought to light how much our company could benefit from having a dedicated data team to ground our strategies, goals and decisions in data-backed analyses and findings.
At Torch, we took an engineering approach to building our Data and Analytics Team. As our headcount and customer base grew, we saw a need to grow the team as well. In early 2021, we added an Engineer from our Product Engineering team to help support the growing demands of data within the organization. The team of two partnered with internal stakeholders to provide data and insights to support their…
