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National Audubon Society · 3 days ago
Senior Director, Data Strategy and Measurement
New York, NY
Full-time
Onsite
Director
$160K/yr - $210K/yr
10+ years exp
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Responsibilities
Serve as a leader within Audubon Technology with primary responsibility for designing and implementing business and programmatic data strategies, developing and managing strategic data products, and establishing and maintaining best practices related to data governance, cataloging, and documentation.
Lead in developing and implementing flexible and scalable approaches and frameworks to enable rapid development of data products, systems, processes and tools to address current and emerging cross-functional priorities and needs, with a keen focus on user experience, adoption and change management.
Act as the product owner of key strategic data products, working in collaboration with colleagues from across the Audubon data teams to ensure selection of appropriate technological approaches and tools and overseeing the product lifecycle in order to deliver high quality and efficient solutions to user-driven requirements and strategic priorities.
Recruit and directly manage contractors and future Data Strategy and Measurement team staff members to implement the activities above.
Partner with programmatic and operational leaders to define and implement data strategies, tools and methods for impact measurement, reporting, insights and data storytelling about our work in alignment with Flight Plan, Audubon’s strategic plan for hemispheric bird conservation.
Proactively manage and facilitate strong, collaborative partnerships among technical teams and non-technical stakeholders across the Audubon network, as well as external partners, vendors and professional networks in the conservation and social impact space.
Prepare written and oral reports, memos, visualizations, and presentations representing Audubon’s data strategy and data products to executives, leadership teams, technical and non-technical staff, and the public.
Manage contractors and vendors including software and professional services providers; participate in budget planning and tracking. Collaborate with administrative staff and IT department to administer strategic data tools and applications.
Other job-related duties as assigned
Qualification
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Required
Master’s degree in Data Analytics/Data Science, Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or similar discipline
10+ years of directly relevant work experience developing and managing data strategies, data products, workflows, tools and processes and 3+ years of leadership experience. An equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered
Proven success as a data strategy and data product leader. Strong detail-oriented execution skills, including direct experience as an individual contributor and experience leading teams to move projects from conception to completion as leader or individual contributor
Demonstrated ability to manage, mentor, and develop teams of technical practitioners in a workplace environment is required
Success in leading/sponsoring large data strategy, data product and data governance initiatives in matrixed organizations
Experience in impact strategy, measurement, reporting, decision support and data storytelling in conservation or other environmental or social issue spaces is required
Excellent collaboration skills, with the ability to understand and apply product needs and requirements from a diverse set of organizational stakeholders, and to communicate technical information to non-technical audiences
The ability to manage and maintain healthy vendor relationships, and the ability to seek and evaluate new high-quality vendors to supplement internal staff on a project-by-project basis
Clear track record of success taking product ideas from concept to design to execution and linking objectives and outcomes to strategic goals
Demonstrated experience applying technical coordination and project management best practices using tools such as Asana and Jira required. PMP or other relevant certification preferred
Demonstrated experience preparing effective written materials, presentations, and other documentation and communication materials for internal and external audiences; direct experience building and maintaining information and knowledge management tools preferred
Experience utilizing modern data infrastructure tools such as cloud data warehouses (Snowflake, BigQuery, etc), data integration tools (Fivetran, Airflow, etc), business intelligence tools (PowerBI, Sigma, etc), CRM systems (Salesforce, Everyaction, etc), and other enterprise data tools (such as Airtable) required
Familiarity with SQL, Python, R, and/or other coding languages for data analytics, data science and/or data engineering required
Curiosity to stay on the cusp of software and product trends in non-profits and the greater tech industry
Proven success in business development and/or fundraising, preferably around data strategy and data products
Genuine passion for conservation and the mission of the National Audubon Society and its equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging (EDIB) aims
Preferred
Experience transforming how data delivers business value in a large, federated organization is preferred
Demonstrated experience building and maintaining information and knowledge management tools preferred
Experience in impact strategy, measurement, reporting, decision support and data storytelling in conservation or other environmental or social issue spaces is preferred
PMP or other relevant certification preferred
Company
National Audubon Society
The National Audubon Society protects birds and the places they need, today and tomorrow, throughout the Americas using science, advocacy, education, and on-the-ground conservation.
501-1,000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$0.18MKey Investors
NFWF
2022-04-12Grant· $0.18M
Leadership Team
David Yarnold
President & CEO
Mary Beth Henson
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
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