Director of Strategic Analytics

Key Skills

Effective communication skills, Leadership, Management, Python Programming, Risk Analytics, Science, SQL

Job Description

About BlueLabs:

BlueLabs is a leading provider of analytics services and technology dedicated to helping our partners do the most good with their data. Our team of analysts, scientists, engineers, and strategists hail from diverse backgrounds yet share a passion for using data to solve the world’s greatest social and analytical challenges. Since our inception we’ve worked with more than 400 organizations ranging from government agencies, advocacy groups, unions, political campaigns, and international groups. In addition, we service an ever-expanding portfolio of commercial clients in the automotive, travel, CPG, entertainment, healthcare, media, and telecom industries. Along the way, we’ve developed some of the most innovative tools available in analytics, media optimization, reporting, and influencer outreach.

About The Team:

The Strategic Analytics Team at BlueLabs drives high quality, innovative research and analysis across BlueLabs’ client sectors, including commercial, political, media, and non-profit clients, to inform data-driven decisions and strategy. Team members analyze and interpret data, provide strategic program insight, drive innovation across sectors, and collaborate closely with both our client and technical teams. 

About The Role:

The Director of Strategic Analytics will manage all aspects of BlueLabs’ client analysis needs, from guiding hard analysis, providing quality control oversight, and reviewing the client-facing materials that summarize our findings. The Director will work with client and internal teams to translate data and modeling results into tactical and strategic insights that are complete, accurate, and actionable for client needs. This leadership position will directly manage a team of analysts, providing mentorship, problem solving challenges, and promoting cross-team collaboration.

This position requires a mix of internal and external leadership, data and analytics expertise, and strong communication skills.

In this position you will:

• Guide hard analysis, provide quality control oversight, and review client-facing materials before they are shared externally
• Establish and maintain team-wide data analytics best practices for the execution of our projects
• Work on research and development priorities with BlueLabs leadership
• Manage a team of 8+ analysts, providing analytical leadership, support, and resources to team members
• Partner with our client leads to develop our general products, services, and approaches
• Provide guidance to individual team members’ priorities and staffing assignments as well as tracking team productivity and utilization
• Develop and grow our analysts and managers as leaders and strategic communicators
• Support client leads to help develop analysts’ skills and work product and help set expectations around deliverables
• Recommend and present opportunities for team growth and professional development

What We Are Seeking:

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or relevant professional experience in a quantitative field
• 4+ years of team leadership experience, with competencies in the following areas: empathy, active listening, coaching/feedback, integrity, decisiveness, and problem solving
• 5+ years of professional experience conducting data analytics and being a lead analyst for one or more major projects
• Experience with programming languages such as SQL or Python
• Comfort with many of the products and solutions in analytics and data science: analyzing survey data; interpreting and producing release notes on a statistical model; and designing novel data-based calculators and tools for ad-hoc analysis
• A keen eye for how to visualize, present, and communicate data-driven solutions and tell stories from the data
• Proven success conducting data analysis on tight deadlines where the problem is unstructured, or the guidance is open ended
• Expertise in various spreadsheet and presentation softwares including, but not limited to, Excel, Google Sheets, PowerPoint, and Keynote
• Passion about harnessing data-driven solutions to improve social outcomes
• Strong and broad technical communication skills
• Good attention to detail and are meticulously organized

While we are looking for someone to work within a hybrid environment in the Washington DC area, we are also open to considering remote candidates who are the right fit for this role.

What We Offer:

BlueLabs offers a friendly work environment and competitive benefits package including:

• Salary: $130,000-$160,000
• Premier health, dental, and vision insurance plans
• 401K matching
• Unlimited paid time off
• Paid personal and volunteer leave
• 13 paid holidays
• 15 weeks paid parental leave
• Professional development stipend & tuition reimbursement
• Macbook Pro laptop & tech accessories
• Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) stipend for mobile device
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Supportive & collaborative culture 
• Flexible working hours
• Remote friendly (within the U.S.)
• Pre-tax transportation options for commuting to our office in Washington, DC
• Lunches and snacks
• And more! 

The salary range for candidates who meet the minimum posted qualifications reflects the Company’s good faith understanding and belief as to the wage range, and is accurate as of the date of this job posting.

To protect the health and safety of our workforce, as a company policy, BlueLabs strongly encourages all employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 prior to beginning employment. BlueLabs adheres to all federal, state and local COVID-19 vaccination regulations. Except where prohibited by law, applicants who receive a conditional offer of employment will be required to produce proof of vaccination status prior to their first day of employment; if not the offer may be rescinded or employment terminated. BlueLabs will evaluate requests for reasonable accommodations for applicants unable to be vaccinated due to a religious belief, disability, pregnancy, or on an individualized basis in accordance with applicable laws.

At BlueLabs, we celebrate, support and thrive on differences. Not only do they benefit our services, products, and community, but most importantly, they are to the benefit of our team. Qualified people of all races, ethnicities, ages, sex, genders, sexual orientations, national origins, gender identities, marital status, religions, veterans statuses, disabilities and any other protected classes are strongly encouraged to apply. As an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer, BlueLabs is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. BlueLabs endeavors to make reasonable accommodations to the known physical or mental limitations of qualified applicants with a disability unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. If an applicant believes they require such assistance to complete the application or to participate in an interview, or has any questions or concerns, they should contact the Director, People Operations. BlueLabs participates in E-verify. EEO is the Law.