Director of Data Platform & Analytics, Newsela
$173-184k
+ Stock Options
Online platform for education content
Job no longer available
Online platform for education content
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
$173-184k
+ Stock Options
201-500 employees
Company mission
To provide meaningful classroom learning for every student.
Role
Who you are
- Have 10+ years of data experience, including 2+ years leading teams spanning data engineering, analytics, warehousing, and business intelligence
- Are hands-on as well as strategic — comfortable jumping into the details to unblock your team and drive projects forward
- Are an exceptional mentor who thrives on developing talent and elevating the people around you
- Have a strong ability to translate complex data into clear, actionable insights for both technical and non-technical audiences
- Are experienced working with diverse stakeholder groups and can facilitate productive conversations that drive alignment and shared goals
- Have a proven track record of building and owning data governance frameworks, data quality standards, and data catalog practices from the ground up — and can drive adoption across an organization
- Have direct experience with BigQuery and GCP as your core data warehouse and cloud platform
- Are proficient in SQL and Python, and can write, review, and uplift others' code
- Have hands-on experience with modern data stack tools including dbt for transformation and Dagster for orchestration
- Are experienced with Tableau for enterprise BI and self-serve reporting
- Have experience with product and web analytics platforms such as Heap and/or Pendo
- Legally authorized to work in the US
What the job involves
- As a strategic leader within the Technology team, you will define and drive the architecture of our data platform — encompassing data engineering, warehousing, analytics, and self-serve capabilities for internal and external stakeholders
- You will be the connective tissue between technical complexity and meaningful decisions, setting the standards for data quality, governance, and access while empowering cross-functional partners across Product, Marketing, and Customer Success with the tools and insights to act decisively
- By building the infrastructure and the culture that turns data into a genuine competitive advantage, you will directly shape how our educational platform evolves and how students and teachers engage with it
- Own and drive the data and analytics strategy, roadmap, and execution across the organization
- Scale and mentor a high-performing team spanning data engineering, analytics, and platform
- Partner with the executive team and cross-functional leaders to surface insights that inform business strategy and drive user growth and retention
- Empower cross-functional partners across Product, Marketing, and Customer Success with the tools, frameworks, and self-serve access to make data-informed decisions confidently
- Architect and evolve a scalable data platform — encompassing pipelines, warehouse infrastructure, and self-serve capabilities — for both internal and external users
- Own the data catalog, ensuring data assets are well-documented, discoverable, and understood across the organization
- Define and enforce data quality standards, monitoring, and remediation processes to ensure trustworthy data at every layer
- Establish and maintain a data governance framework covering ownership, access controls, and data definitions across the organization
- Own the BI environment in Tableau and self-serve analytics tool with Heap and Pendo, ensuring accurate reporting and broad data availability
Our take
While textbooks have been standard issue in classrooms for centuries, digital instructional materials are now more prevalent. Newsela offers a learning platform that curates and rewrites news articles, historical speeches, and scientific papers to help accelerate learning.
The platform is available in both English and Spanish and includes quizzes, exercises, and writing prompts to help engage students at any level. Millions of teachers and K-12 students use the platform, which has proved extremely popular so far.
In 2021, the company reached unicorn status. Since then, research has shown that Newsela is 70% more effective at promoting reading skills compared to an average summer reading program. This demonstrates the value it brings to the space, and places it well for continued expansion and innovation.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
16% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Feb 2021
$100m
SERIES D
Mar 2019
$50m
SERIES C
Total funding: $172.2m
Company benefits
- Healthcare (pets included)
- Continue your learning - on us!
- Discounts and resources to stay healthy
- Commuter savings (trains/bikes)
- Generous time off for your most important job — maternity, paternity, and adoption
- Unlimited time Off
Company HQ
Theater District, New York, NY
Leadership
Dan Cogan-Drew
(Co-Founder & Chief Academic Officer)A qualified teacher with extensive and varied experience. Recent roles include Director of Programs at EDUCATION CONNECTION and Director of Digital Learning at Achievement First Public Charter Schools.
Matthew Gross
(Co-Founder & Director)Former CEO of the company. Co-founded and was CEO at Grouper Education. Was also a Board Member at New Classrooms, Executive Director at Regents Research Fund and VP at PENCIL.
Pep Carrera
(CEO)Board Member at Follett Higher Education. Was CEO at Nearpod, President at ProQuest, and President and COO at VitalSource Technologies.
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