Director, Strategic Analytics

Summary

Join BlueLabs' Strategic Analytics team as the Director of Strategic Analytics! Lead a team of 10 analysts, guiding quantitative research projects, ensuring quality control, and reviewing client-facing materials. Translate data and modeling results into actionable insights for clients. This leadership role requires expertise in data analytics, strong communication skills, and the ability to mentor and develop your team. You will work closely with both client and internal teams to drive innovation and strategic decision-making. BlueLabs offers a competitive compensation and benefits package, including a friendly work environment and flexible working hours.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or relevant professional experience in a quantitative field
• 6+ years of relevant experience, including advanced analytics leadership
• 5+ years of team leadership experience, with competencies in the following areas: empathy, active listening, coaching/feedback, integrity, decisiveness, and problem solving
• Proven success conducting data analysis on tight deadlines where the problem is unstructured, or the guidance is open ended
• Strong and broad technical communication skills
• Good attention to detail and are meticulously organized

Responsibilities

• Lead analysts on quantitative research projects (including analyzing experimental designs, RCTs, tracking digital marketing programs, interpreting statistical modeling, and survey development and analysis)
• Provide thought leadership and innovation on existing analysis and inform new methodology
• Provide quality control oversight
• Review client-facing materials before they are shared externally
• Manage a team of 10 analysts, providing leadership, support, and resources to team members
• Establish and maintain team-wide data analytics best practices for the execution of our projects
• Work on research and development priorities with BlueLabs leadership
• Partner with our client leads to develop our general products, services, and approaches
• Provide guidance to individual team members’ priorities and staffing assignments as well as tracking team productivity and utilization
• Develop and grow our analysts and managers as leaders and strategic communicators
• Support client leads to help develop analysts’ skills and work product and help set expectations around deliverables
• Recommend and present opportunities for team growth and professional development
• Other duties as assigned

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong familiarity in individual-level statistical modeling, polling, managing experimental designs, randomized control trials (RCTs), or tracking a marketing program
• Strong experience with programming languages such as Python, SQL, or R
• A keen eye for how to visualize, present, and communicate data-driven solutions and tell stories from the data

Benefits

• Salary: $140,000 - $160,000
• Premier health, dental, and vision insurance plans
• 401K matching
• Unlimited paid time off
• Paid personal and volunteer leave
• 13 paid holidays
• 15 weeks paid parental leave
• Professional development stipend & tuition reimbursement
• Macbook Pro laptop & tech accessories
• Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) stipend for mobile device
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Supportive & collaborative culture
• Flexible working hours
• Remote friendly (within the U.S.)
• Pre-tax transportation options for commuting to our office in Washington, DC
• Lunches and snacks