Analytics Lead

Summary

Join the Democratic National Committee’s Tech Team as an Analytics Lead to head our data analysts team. Lead the development of analytics data products and actionable strategic insights; coach and develop the analytics team; manage strategic analytics projects. Partner with the data Product Manager and Analytics Engineering Lead to produce reports and develop actionable insights to improve DNC programs' efficacy. You will play a key role in improving strategy and operations for the DNC and the broader Democratic ecosystem. The role involves technical leadership in designing, implementing, and improving core analytical outputs. It also includes people management responsibilities for the Data Analysts team, fostering a healthy and inclusive team culture. Finally, contribute to the vision for how data insights can improve the effectiveness of Democratic candidates and state parties.

Requirements

• Manage analytics or equivalent data humans, including technical mentorship, professional coaching and culture building
• Be an expert SQL user, comfortable wrangling big data sets to extract meaning
• Have strong data visualization and data storytelling skills and have experience working with data visualization tools like Looker (Studio and/or Enterprise), Tableau or Periscope to deliver dashboards
• Design and run statistically sound experiments (e.g., A/B tests) to guide strategic decision-making
• Have strong written and verbal communication skills, and experience explaining technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Be impact-oriented and understand the role data can play in strategic program planning; think of analysis through the lens of the decisions it will inform, and be deeply focused on asking the right questions before you dive into the weeds of any particular analysis
• Have worked in modern cloud data environments (GCP, BigQuery, Airflow, dbt, etc.)

Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical lead for the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of the DNC’s core analytical outputs, including reporting tables, dashboards, and presentations
• These products help DNC programs like Grassroots Fundraising and Voter Protection understand their constituents, measure their initiatives, and expand their impact
• Whether it’s running an A/B test to refine our email marketing or measuring volunteer engagement, our analytics products are essential to continually improving our operations and reach
• Be the people manager for the Data Analysts on our team, responsible for their coaching and development
• Where the Product Manager will be responsible for the “what” of our work, you will be responsible for the “how” it’s executed technically
• As a manager on the Tech team, we will look to you to advance a healthy, inclusive, and user-centric team culture
• As an analytics leader for the ecosystem, we’ll look to you to contribute to the vision for how data insights can improve the effectiveness of Democratic candidates and state parties
• You’ll work closely with the Product Manager to ensure the analytics team is delivering against the highest-priority needs and maintaining a high standard of quality and efficiency
• You will also work with Analytics leadership across the ecosystem, from our sister committees to campaigns, to develop shared standards and methods to improve data quality

Preferred Qualifications

• Have a strong understanding or experience with ETL pipelines and data transformation tools like dbt
• Have experience in non-profit fundraising and/or modern marketing stacks and measurement
• Have experience working with political data like state voter files, election results, or data on voter, volunteer, or donor engagement and/or the DNC’s data and analytics tools, including experience doing analysis in our BigQuery-based data warehouse (Phoenix) or exposure to political CRMs (e.g. VoteBuilder, NGP VAN, BSD)
• Code comfortably in Python, R or another programming language, or can quickly learn new languages or tools to drive impact
• Have experience working with vendors including relationship management, technical validation and budgetary oversight
• Have experience working with/for major Democratic hard-side organizations including committees, campaigns, state parties or their soft-side equivalents

Benefits

• Generous paid time off, including federal holidays and open leave
• Health and dental insurance for employee and dependents; 90% paid by the DNC, 10% paid by employee
• Supplementary vision plans available to employees for purchase
• Up to a 5% employer match DNC 401(k) plan
• Pre-tax flexible spending account benefits available to employees and dependents