Data Lead, Bluelabs
$95-105k
Data science & analytics firm
Job no longer available
Data science & analytics firm
21-100 employees
Job no longer available
$95-105k
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
- Experience as a mentor or thought partner to your teammates, and leadership competencies in the following: empathy, active listening, coaching/feedback, integrity, decisiveness, and problem solving
- 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
- Advanced understanding of how to manipulate data using SQL and/or Python
- Significant proficiency in one or more statistical programming languages (i.e. Python) to systematically solve problems, and interest in learning new tools and techniques
- The ability to communicate with partner stakeholders, anticipate their questions, interface with technical and non-technical audiences, and maintain objectivity in how you approach their unique challenges
- 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 reports to the Associate Director and is a hands-on program leader who will lead the functional area as part of a larger contract team
- Serve as a strategic leader on the use of data analytics to create positive feedback loops and drive strong product management for a consumer-facing web application used by Medicare beneficiaries
- Analyze Medicare data and use those analytical findings to drive actionable recommendations that improve the web product
- Analyze data about web product utilization, such as identifying areas for improvement within conversion funnels, identifying and distinguishing user cohorts, etc
- Develop short whitepapers, data visualizations, etc. to guide optimal organizational decision making at key moments
- Define program-wide Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and approaches for continually measuring them
- Identify opportunities for the program to decrease health inequities and effectively communicate with a diverse audience
- Collaborate with stakeholders including engineers, product managers, designers, and healthcare experts to troubleshoot problems and proactively create solutions
- Strive to support team excellence by developing high quality documentation
- Work both independently and as part of a team to deliver accurate products on short deadlines
- Such other reasonable tasks as may be assigned by management
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 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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