Analytics & Data Products Lead — Hybrid, PM/TPM

Quantum Search Partners; Landover (MD); Hybrid; USD 165,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Quantum Search Partners client seeks an Associate Director, Analytics & Data Products to own how the business consumes data—from intake and prioritization of analytics requests, through delivery of reporting and dashboards, to deeper business questions a dashboard alone can't answer.

This hybrid manager/individual-contributor role partners with business stakeholders, defines metrics, and leads the BI team while staying hands-on with high-value analyses. Based in DC/NY area with hybrid work.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in analytics, BI, or related data discipline.
• Experience owning intake, prioritization frameworks, SLAs, and a delivery backlog for analytics/backlogs (PM/TPM background a plus).
• Experience defining and governing shared metric/entity definitions (semantic layer) across a business.
• Strong track record translating ambiguous business questions into scoped technical requirements.
• Comfortable partnering with data engineering without owning infrastructure.
• Persuasive communication and stakeholder management; escalation point between technical and business teams.
• Strong analytical and storytelling skills; ability to present complex data to executives.
• Experience with modern BI platforms, cloud data warehouses, Jira or similar PM tools, and Agile delivery.
• Publishing or media industry experience is highly desired but not required.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end intake process for analytics and reporting requests, including prioritization framework, backlog, and delivery SLAs.
• Own the relationship between the data team and business stakeholders, translating questions into scoped analytics work and escalating between data, stakeholders, and IT.
• Manage the reporting and dashboard delivery pipeline from requirements through delivery.
• Own definitions of core metrics and entities used across reporting and arbitrate conflicting definitions.
• Lead higher-complexity analyses requiring judgment, context, and business domain knowledge.
• Manage and grow the BI analyst function, setting goals, coaching, and building a pipeline of talent.
• Partner with Data Engineering to ensure semantic layer and outputs meet governance standards.
• Apply PM/TPM discipline (roadmaps, dependencies, risk) to analytics delivery.

Skills

Analytics leadership

Backlog management

Semantic layer definitions

Stakeholder management

PM/TPM discipline

Storytelling with data

Modern BI platforms

Agile delivery

Tools

Jira

Job description

Quantum Search Partners client seeks an Associate Director, Analytics & Data Products to own how the business consumes data—from intake and prioritization of analytics requests, through delivery of reporting and dashboards, to deeper business questions a dashboard alone can't answer.

This hybrid manager/individual-contributor role partners with business stakeholders, defines metrics, and leads the BI team while staying hands-on with high-value analyses. Based in DC/NY area with hybrid work.