Associate Director, Analytics & Data Products

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end intake process for analytics and reporting requests, including the prioritization framework, backlog, and delivery SLAs
• Own the relationship between the data team and business stakeholders, translating ambiguous questions into scoped analytics work and acting as the escalation point between data, stakeholders, and IT
• Own the reporting and dashboard delivery pipeline from requirements through delivery
• Own the definitions of core metrics and entities used across reporting, and arbitrate when definitions conflict across teams
• Personally lead higher-complexity analysis that requires judgment, context, and business domain knowledge
• Manage and grow the BI analyst function, setting goals, coaching, and building a pipeline of talent
• Partner with Data Engineering to ensure the semantic layer and reporting outputs meet governance standards
• Apply PM/TPM discipline (roadmaps, dependency tracking, risk management, stakeholder status updates) to the analytics delivery pipeline

Requirements

• 7+ years in analytics, business intelligence, or a related data discipline
• Demonstrated experience owning intake, prioritization frameworks, SLAs, and a delivery backlog for a data or analytics function (formal PM or TPM background is a strong plus)
• Experience defining and governing shared metric and entity definitions (a semantic layer) across a business
• Strong track record translating ambiguous business questions into scoped technical requirements
• Comfortable partnering with a data engineering or platform team without owning the infrastructure directly
• Persuasive communication and stakeholder management skills, including acting as an escalation point between technical and business teams
• Strong analytical and storytelling skills, able to present complex data clearly to executives
• Experience with modern BI platforms, cloud-based data warehouses, Jira or similar PM tools, and Agile delivery

Qualifications

Publishing or media industry experience is highly desired but not required.

Benefits

Hybrid, two days a week in office, based in the Washington, DC or New York City area.

Pay

$165,000 to $190,000 annually, plus bonus and benefits.