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About the role

  • Senior Manager leading Growth Product Insights for The Athletic, a sports media company. Guiding analysts and using experimentation to drive subscription and product decisions.

Responsibilities

  • Manage, mentor, and grow a team of Data Analysts
  • Model analytical rigor, evaluate statistical approaches, and contribute hands-on to ambiguous, high-stakes projects
  • Shift the team from reactive service analytics and dashboard maintenance to proactive strategic inquiry
  • Explain the reasons behind performance metrics and translate data into concrete business recommendations
  • Partner with Product, Design, and Growth leaders to influence roadmap strategy and prioritize high-impact initiatives
  • Establish clear learning objectives before analytical work begins
  • Oversee product experimentation, including A/B testing, causal inference, and behavioral/cohort modeling across digital destinations and app ecosystems
  • Define rigorous guardrails and success metrics
  • Partner with upstream data and engineering teams to understand data pipelines and navigate data complexity
  • Establish standardized, trusted metric definitions across the organization
  • Integrate modern data tools and generative AI capabilities into daily workflows
  • Demonstrate commitment to The Athletic’s values, journalistic independence, and The New York Times Company mission
  • Report to the Director, Data & Insights

Requirements

  • 7+ years of progressive experience in data analytics, product analytics, or applied quantitative roles delivering reporting, analysis, and strategic insight
  • 1–3+ years of experience formally managing, leading, or mentoring data scientists or analysts
  • Expertise in SQL
  • Experience with large-scale relational databases and modern cloud data warehouses, such as Snowflake or BigQuery
  • Proficiency in Python or R for statistical modeling, data manipulation, and deeper quantitative analysis
  • Experience with modern BI/data visualization tools such as Looker, Tableau, or Mode
  • Strong background in experimentation (A/B testing), causal inference, and cohort/retention modeling within a digital subscription or media environment
  • Experience in digital media or subscription-based business model highly preferred
  • Familiarity with version control workflows (Git, Github, code reviews) highly preferred
  • Experience navigating upstream data complexity and working with high-volume, real-time event data highly preferred
  • Passion for sports media and digital publishing highly preferred
  • Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in a quantitative field highly preferred

Benefits

  • Variable pay, such as an annual bonus and restricted stock, may be available for U.S. roles depending on the role
  • Medical, dental and vision benefits
  • Flexible Spending Accounts (F.S.A.s)
  • Company-matching 401(k) plan
  • Paid vacation
  • Paid sick days
  • Paid parental leave
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Professional development programs

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Senior

Salary

$170,000 - $190,000 per year

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

Tech skills

BigQueryCloudPythonSQLTableau

Location requirements

RemoteUnited States

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