Director, Data and Insights, Growth

The Times is seeking an innovative analytics director who is passionate about data and eager for the opportunity to support the Times journalistic mission.

As part of the Data and Insights Group (DIG), you will join a large community of talented data leaders who partner with Product, Engineering, Design, and PMO teams across the business. In this role, you’ll be responsible for bringing insight and visibility to the performance of our subscription funnel. You will lead the roadmap and strategic direction for Growth Conversion analytics. You will provide leadership and guidance to teams, establish key performance indicators, and leverage data-driven insights to drive results and uncover opportunity. This is a people leader role requiring a player-coach mentality. You will report to the VP, Growth Analytics.

Responsibilities:

You will define your team’s data strategy and own the creation and execution of solutions across the team

You will manage multiple, and at times simultaneous, projects from start to finish, balancing impact, scope and speed, to get the data and insight in a timely manner.

You will create novel insights, advocate for them, and lead them into action

You will oversee team deliverables and represent the team’s work and impact at the executive level

You will democratize data and insights through skillful data structuring and use of visualization tools

You will navigate through ambiguity and organizational structures to advise stakeholders on how to best evaluate and implement initiatives from a data perspective

You will proactively lead data projects by fostering collaboration, building consensus and driving initiatives to successful completion

You will demonstrate support and understanding of our value of journalistic independence and a strong commitment to our mission to seek the truth and help people understand the world.

Basic Qualifications:

8+ years of experience working with data analytics or data science teams to deliver reporting, analysis and insight or a quantitative degree

Proficiency in SQL and experience working with relational databases

Proficiency in Python/R

3+ years of people management experience

Experience with data visualization tools such as Mode, Tableau, or Looker

Preferred Qualifications:

Familiarity with Google BigQuery, AWS,  or other big data environments

Comfort with version control (Github, code review)

Experience leading product or subscription analytics strategy

5+ years of experience communicating key insights to cross functional stakeholders

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Compensation and Benefits For This Role:

In addition to base salary, this role is also eligible for variable pay, such as an annual bonus and restricted stock. Benefits include medical, dental and vision benefits, Flexible Spending Accounts (F.S.A.s), a company-matching 401(k) plan, employee stock purchase plan, paid vacation, paid sick days, paid parental leave, tuition reimbursement and professional development programs.

The annual base pay range for this role is between:

$156,000—$185,000 USD