Director, Data and Insights, Growth

The mission of The New York Times is to seek the truth and help people understand the world. That means independent journalism is at the heart of all we do as a company. It’s why we have a world-renowned newsroom that sends journalists to report on the ground from nearly 160 countries. It’s why we focus deeply on how our readers will experience our journalism, from print to audio to a world-class digital and app destination. And it’s why our business strategy centers on making journalism so good that it’s worth paying for. 

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 ourvalue 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
• 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

Candidate Use of GenAI Tools:

We’re excited to learn more about you and your experience. To keep our hiring process as fair and authentic as possible, we ask that you submit your own work and not use GenAI tools to generate substantive content during the application and interview process.

If you’re an Engineering candidate, we’ll let you know what specific GenAI tools you are permitted to use for your technical assessment.

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