Data Director

Purpose of the Position: 

Data-driven transformation through the democratization and access of data via multiple platforms empowers our teams to make smarter decisions. Measuring the impact of those choices gives us the agility to adapt quickly when necessary. With the advent of these initiatives around data storage, centralization and automation, we've seen massive gains in efficiency, growth in our core metrics (traffic, revenue). We continue to build and integrate cutting-edge technology in data infrastructure, cloud services, artificial intelligence, augmented/virtual reality, and machine learning.

Job Responsibilities:

• Develop strategy, goals, and execution of data engineering, data science, and data analytics disciplines to align with company objectives and inter department goals and targets.
• Responsible for developing and executing on company-wide data strategy and partnering with other department heads.
• Evolve and iterate on company KPIs and metrics for weekly and monthly reporting in tandem with oversight and coordination into key cross-functional targets and goals.
• Perform ad-hoc analysis on multiple reporting metrics: CPA / CAC, LTV, ROI etc.
• Own and manage multiple initiatives to develop and automate tracking mechanisms to measure multi-channel performance both regularly and on an ad-hoc basis.
• Present insights and recommendations from analyses to senior management to influence behavioral change in decisions and direction across the company.
• Drive actionable change and execution through data democratization, story-telling, narrative, and education across all levels of the company.
• Develop, maintain and improve internal relationships with other business leaders and externally with vendors and partners.
• Proactively initiate, scope, and execute projects across multiple business units with minimal guidance. Work closely across multiple teams to understand business requirements and ensure strategy and developed solutions, dashboards and analyses fit evolving needs.
• Collaborate with engineering to shape and drive tactical and strategic development of data infrastructure, reporting and analytical applications.
• Provide thought leadership at internal and external events, conferences, to increase the influence and reach of SCMP as a brand and data leader in the news media industry.

Job Requirements:

• A bachelor’s degree in Business, Economics, Finance, Math or Statistics. Computer Science or another technical field of study is also acceptable.
• At least 10 years of hands-on analytical experience with high data volume environments, preferably in software, startup, internet, media or telecom industry. Consulting experience is a plus.
• Strong database experience including proficiency in SQL, Python, and superior knowledge of Excel. Knowledge of Hive, NoSQL, Hadoop, Graph or other data applications and related languages a plus.
• Demonstrated experience and strong track record in developing and delivering reporting and analysis to senior management in a demanding business environment.
• Demonstrated superior performance in prior roles with increasing levels of responsibility and independence; demonstrated ability to handle multiple projects and drive complex operational and strategic initiatives.