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 cross-functional partners across Product, Marketing, and Customer Success with the tools, frameworks, and self-serve access to make data-informed decisions confidently.
Architect and evolve a scalable data platform — encompassing pipelines, warehouse infrastructure, and self-serve capabilities — for both internal and external users.
Own the data catalog, ensuring 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 at every layer.
Establish and maintain a data governance framework covering ownership, access controls, and data definitions across the organization.
Own the BI environment in Tableau and self-serve analytics tool with Heap and Pendo, ensuring accurate reporting and broad data availability.

Have 10+ years of data experience, including 2+ years leading teams spanning data engineering, analytics, warehousing, and business intelligence.
Are hands-on as well as strategic — comfortable jumping into the details to unblock your team and drive projects forward.
Are an exceptional mentor who thrives on developing talent and elevating the people around you.
Have a strong ability to translate complex data into clear, actionable insights for both technical and non-technical audiences.
Are experienced working with diverse stakeholder groups and can facilitate productive conversations that drive alignment and shared goals.
Have a proven track record of building and owning data governance frameworks, data quality standards, and data catalog practices from the ground up — and can drive adoption across an organization.
Have direct experience with BigQuery and GCP as your core data warehouse and cloud platform.
Are proficient in SQL and Python, and can write, review, and uplift others' code.
Have hands-on experience with modern data stack tools including dbt for transformation and Dagster for orchestration.
Are experienced with Tableau for enterprise BI and self-serve reporting.
Have experience with product and web analytics platforms such as Heap and/or Pendo.
Legally authorized to work in the US.

Comprehensive medical benefits with employer contribution to premiums and to HSA accounts.
Additional benefits such as pet insurance, free access to the Calm app, and more to help you stay healthy: mind, body, and soul.
We are a fully remote company. We provide a monthly tech stipend to support your WFH needs!
Inclusive benefits to support you and your family, including parental leave, fertility support, adoption, and more!
Invest in your future with our 401(k) plan, which includes a employer match to help you build long-term financial security.
Flexible PTO plus 10 company holidays plus winter break (Dec 24th
Jan 1st).
Newsela offers an annual learning and development allowance to employees to attend external training sessions, classes, workshops, conferences, and educational materials to foster professional growth within their current role and career aspirations at Newsela.
No matter your role or department, the work you do each day helps share the future of education and improves the lives of students and teachers.

Director, Data Platform & Analytics

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