Analytics Lead, Bluelabs
$95k
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Data science & analytics firm
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Data science & analytics firm
21-100 employees
Job no longer available
$95k
More information about location
21-100 employees
Company mission
BlueLabs' mission is to help organizations improve the efficacy of their communications with individuals, fine-tune their strategy, identify opportunities, and measure outcomes.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate will be comfortable working with complex, interconnected data sources and eager to drive analysis that leads to impactful presentations
- 3-4+ years of work experience working with data-driven decision-making
- An undergraduate degree in a quantitative field or equivalent technical training
- Someone who wants to lead and do; ability to think about what the team needs and how to help them grow and be effective, and effectively balance delegation and individual contribution
- Significant proficiency in one or more general or statistical programming languages (i.e. Python and SQL) to systematically solve problems, and interest in learning new tools and techniques
- The ability to apply a variety of skills - whether thinking strategically about how to develop an enduring process, digging deep into a complex data analysis, or putting yourself in the shoes of an end-user to answer a question they didn’t know they had - you’re comfortable thinking from a number of different perspectives
- Experience going from insight to impact: using the results of your analysis to tell a story through visualization, presentation, and writing
- The ability to anticipate questions from your stakeholders while remaining objective in how you approach their unique challenges
- Experienced deriving value from imperfect data, but also knowing when to push the emergency stop button
- Leadership competencies in the following: empathy, active listening, coaching/feedback, integrity, decisiveness, and problem solving and/or experience as a people manager, mentor, or thought partner to your teammates
- Passion in applying your skills to our social mission to problem-solve and collaborate within a cross-functional, client-facing team environment
- The ability to successfully attain and maintain a Federal Public Trust background investigation that our government clients require; this includes a requirement that the individual has U.S. Citizenship or U.S. residency for three of the past five years (36 of the past 60 months). Resumes must indicate dates and locations for the past 5 years of experience
What the job involves
- This position is a hands-on leader who will provide intellectual leadership and mentorship to a motivated analytics team
- We’re not building a team for a day—this is a project for the long haul. More than anything else, we’re looking for people who are excited by our mission, love to create, are honest about what they know, fascinated by what they don’t, and relish the opportunity to work with people who value the same
- Work with the Program Manager to set short-term goals and drive long-term initiatives for the data analysis team on the project
- Provide day-to-day supervision, guidance, coaching, and intellectual leadership to team members
- Conduct and supervise analysis on data from disparate data sources to distill overall insights about trends – and exceptions to those trends
- Synthesize administrative data analysis (i.e. overall Medicare claims and enrollment) with medicare.gov usage info to help stakeholders gain an overall perspective on opportunities to improve digital services utilization
- Bridge the gap between data collection and analysis; you know how the data is collected so you can ultimately help individuals access healthcare
- Develop knowledge about the program so you can effectively put data in context – and help your team to do the same
- Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders and team members to troubleshoot problems and proactively create solutions
- Strive to support team excellence by developing high quality documentation and task management
- Help analysts take their work from 80% to done - quality checking results, adding context, or helping to organize raw analysis into stories and recommendations - and delivering products on sometimes short deadlines
Otta's take
Theo Margolius
COO of Otta
BlueLabs leverages big data to gain an understanding of and engagement with audiences, allowing its customers to launch more effective communications campaigns. The majority of its work initially came through political campaigns and social impact drives, though the company has expanded its activities into more commercial fields like brand perception and sales in the last few years.
BlueLabs has an interesting origin story, with the founding quartet all working in senior analytics roles for the Democratic Party during the 2012 presidential campaign, where Barrack Obama won a second term against Mitt Romney.
Though the jury is still out on the ethics of big data methods for political motivation - for instance, the Cambridge Analytica scandal regarding its use of social media data in influencing elections - this approach has proven to be extremely effective in persuading and activating audiences. There’s also little doubt that it can be used for great causes too, as shown by BlueLabs’ work with the likes of the UN Refugee Agency, and environmental organization The Sierra Club.
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Company
Company benefits
- Premier health insurance plan
- 401K matching
- Unlimited vacation
- Telecommuting options
- Pre-tax transportation options
- 14+ weeks paid parental leave
- Professional development & learning stipend
- Flexible working hours
- Employee Assistance Program
- Remote friendly (within the U.S.)
Company HQ
Northwest Washington, Washington, DC
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Founders
Elan Kriegel
(Co-founder)Previous Battleground States Analytics Director for the 'Obama for America' campaign in 2011-2012, and Chief Analytics Officer for the 'Hillary for America' campaign in 2015-2016.
Chris Wegrzyn
(Co-founder & Senior Advisor)Previous Director of Data Architecture for the Democratic National Committee. Current Fellow at Schmidt Futures.
Dan Porter
(Co-founder & Head of Data Science)Experience as Director of Modeling for the 'Obama for America' campaign in 2011-2012.
Erek Dyskant
(Co-founder & Civic Tech Partner)Previous Analytics Technical Lead for the 'Obama for America' campaign, and experience in consulting for Me! and International Medical Corps.
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