Analytics Lead

Summary

Join the Democratic National Committee’s Tech team as a Data Analyst to support analytics across various DNC programs. Focus will be on developing sustainable systems to optimize efforts throughout the 2026 election cycle and beyond. You will leverage data to run targeted outreach programs, build and maintain reporting, and analyze program outcomes. Responsibilities include managing targeting and outreach, building automated reporting, performing strategic analysis, working with stakeholders to develop data standards, automating processes, and managing ad hoc data requests. The ideal candidate is proficient in SQL, comfortable with large datasets, and skilled in communicating analysis results. This is a fully remote, full-time position.

Requirements

• Be proficient in SQL and comfortable reasoning about very large datasets
• Have experience tackling new, messy datasets, and structuring them for quick analysis and insights; understand the importance of establishing data standards and unifying multiple sources of data to track program progress and optimize work over time
• Be comfortable communicating the results of analysis to a wide range of stakeholders, including through routine reporting and leveraging data visualization tools like Looker Studio, Looker, Tableau, or Periscope
• Turn independent analysis projects into sustainable, documented workflows, and have experience building systems that can be used across teams and are designed with longevity in mind
• Be curious, collaborative, and humble – ready to work with a diverse, distributed team to solve interesting problems together

Responsibilities

• Support analytics across various DNC departments, such as the Fundraising and Distributed Organizing teams
• Use analytics to support program work – including leveraging data to run targeted outreach programs, building and maintaining reporting to track program health, and analyzing program outcomes to optimize program over time
• Manage targeting and outreach list management
• Build and maintain automated reporting to empower our team with key insights into program performance
• Work with engineering teams to consult on data products that can be used to streamline reporting code
• Perform analysis to understand trends in engagement, areas of program strength, and opportunities for improvement; turn this analysis into actionable insights to optimize where we are focused over time
• Work with DNC stakeholders to develop and implement data standards to support consistent data entry and storage across data tools
• Work with Tech Team stakeholders to develop products that streamline repetitive processes, such as targeting, universe development, and list movement between tools; consult on data products that can be used to streamline reporting code and other system automation
• Manage ad hoc data requests from stakeholders, ensuring quick turnaround while maintaining data accuracy and quality

Preferred Qualifications

• Have experience using dbt
• Have experience working with political data like state voter files, election results, or data on voter, volunteer, or donor engagement
• Have direct experience with voter databases and outreach software such as VAN/ Votebuilder, Scale to Win, or Reach
• Have an understanding of how to (and how not to) use predictive modeling, such as Turnout and Support scores
• Have experience doing voter outreach or community organizing, either professionally or as a volunteer – bonus points if you’ve knocked doors, made phone calls, sent text messages, or organized your own friends and family to vote

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