Arena · 12 hours ago
Director of Data Strategy
Austin, TX
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
$85K/yr - $85K/yr
5+ years expArena is the Texas Democratic Party, a movement of millions of Texans dedicated to fighting for Texas values. The Director of Data Strategy is responsible for designing, building, and validating advanced statistical and machine-learning models to support campaigns, partnering with internal teams and external clients to create custom analytics solutions and translating complex findings into actionable insights.
Higher Education
Responsibilities
Develop and lead in-depth analyses of voter file data, survey responses, program implementation data, and other relevant datasets to extract actionable insights and inform strategic decisions
Lead on the development and maintenance of data infrastructure, analysis, reporting dashboards, and other data-related projects
Build and maintain automated and ad-hoc reports to evaluate organizing, volunteer recruitment, and voter contact programs
Work closely with campaign departments to collect, analyze, and present actionable insights that inform strategic decisions
Create targeted volunteer and voter contact universes tailored to specific contact modes and program objectives
Analyze program results and present findings and recommendations to campaign leadership
Design creative analytical approaches to answer novel research questions, translating ambiguous problems into rigorous, data-driven solutions
Perform meta-analyses of dozens of randomized controlled trials conducted across multiple election cycles to inform future program design
Evaluate the effectiveness of alternative targeting approaches using existing data, proposing data-driven recommendations for continuous improvement
Engage directly with clients to understand project requirements and provide data-driven recommendations
Build and validate predictive models to enhance the targeting of voter contact programs, optimizing resource allocation and maximizing outreach effectiveness
Visualize and present results of analyses to technical and lay audiences
Entrepreneurial instincts to grow and develop the department with novel projects and strategies
Qualification
Required
At least five years of experience with the responsibilities described
Exceptional project management skills, with a proven ability to manage complex analytical projects from inception to completion, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality results
Experience aligning analyses with strategic objectives, using data-driven insights to inform and influence programmatic decisions and long-term planning
Experience with a variety of non-randomized methods for causal inference, such as matching and regression discontinuity designs
Adept at figuring out what data will be needed and organizing data for analysis
Proficiency in building predictive models, including data preprocessing, feature engineering, model selection, and evaluation
Experience designing, executing, and analyzing randomized controlled trials
Required programming experience: SQL and either R or Python
Preferred
Expertise and experience in elections, voter contact programs, or voter file data
Experience with advanced causal inference methods, including heterogeneous treatment effect modeling and machine learning-based approaches
Company
Arena
Arena brings together, trains, and supports the next generation of candidates and campaign workers.
2-10 employees
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