Director, Data Platform & Analytics

3 weeks ago
Full-time
Lead
Data Science and Analytics
Newsela

Newsela

Newsela is an Instructional Content Platform that supercharges reading engagement and learning in every subject. They provide engaging, relevant instructional content for teachers that both educates and inspires. With a focus on meaningful classroom le...

Diversified Consumer Services
251-1K
Founded 2013
$172M raised

Description

  • Own and drive the data and analytics strategy, roadmap, and execution across the organization.
  • Scale and mentor a high-performing team spanning data engineering, analytics, and platform.
  • Partner with the executive team and cross-functional leaders to surface insights that inform business strategy and drive user growth and retention.
  • Empower Product, Marketing, and Customer Success teams with tools, frameworks, and self-serve access to make data-informed decisions.
  • Architect and evolve a scalable data platform, including pipelines, warehouse infrastructure, and self-serve capabilities for internal and external users.
  • Own the data catalog and ensure data assets are well-documented, discoverable, and understood across the organization.
  • Define and enforce data quality standards, monitoring, and remediation processes to ensure trustworthy data.
  • Establish and maintain a data governance framework covering ownership, access controls, and data definitions.
  • Own the BI environment in Tableau and self-serve analytics tools such as Heap and Pendo, ensuring accurate reporting and broad data availability.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of data experience, including 2+ years leading teams across data engineering, analytics, warehousing, and business intelligence.
  • Hands-on and strategic leadership approach, with the ability to jump into details to unblock the team.
  • Strong mentorship ability and a track record of developing talent.
  • Ability to translate complex data into clear, actionable insights for technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Experience working with diverse stakeholder groups and facilitating alignment across teams.
  • Proven experience building and owning data governance frameworks, data quality standards, and data catalog practices from the ground up.
  • Direct experience with BigQuery and GCP as core data warehouse and cloud platform.
  • Proficiency in SQL and Python, including the ability to write, review, and improve code.
  • Hands-on experience with dbt for transformation and Dagster for orchestration.
  • Experience with Tableau for enterprise BI and self-serve reporting.
  • Experience with product and web analytics tools such as Heap and/or Pendo.
  • Legally authorized to work in the US.
  • Background check required as part of the pre-employment process.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical benefits with employer contribution to premiums and HSA accounts.
  • Additional wellness benefits including pet insurance and free access to the Calm app.
  • Fully remote work with a monthly tech stipend.
  • Inclusive family benefits including parental leave, fertility support, and adoption support.
  • 401(k) plan with employer match.
  • Flexible PTO, 10 company holidays, and winter break from Dec. 24 to Jan. 1.
  • Annual learning and development allowance for training, classes, workshops, conferences, and educational materials.
  • Total compensation includes incentive stock options.
  • Base salary range of $173,000 to $184,000 USD.

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