Associate Director, Analytics & Data Products

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

A Quantum Search Partners client, a leading digital media and publishing company, is seeking an Associate Director, Analytics & Data Products. This is a hybrid manager/individual-contributor role that owns how the business consumes data, from intake and prioritization of analytics requests, through delivery of reporting and dashboards, to the deeper business questions a dashboard alone can't answer. You'll manage the BI analyst function while staying hands‑on with the highest-value analysis, serve as the primary point of contact between the data team and the business, and own the definitions of the metrics everyone reports against. The ideal candidate blends product‑management instincts with genuine analytical depth and is comfortable being both the person who runs the backlog and the person who still writes the query.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end intake process for analytics and reporting requests, including the prioritization framework, backlog, and delivery SLAs
• Own the relationship between the data team and business stakeholders, translating ambiguous questions into scoped analytics work and acting as the escalation point between data, stakeholders, and IT
• Manage the reporting and dashboard delivery pipeline from requirements through delivery
• Own the definitions of core metrics and entities used across reporting, and arbitrate when definitions conflict across teams
• Personally lead higher‑complexity analysis that requires 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 the semantic layer and reporting outputs meet governance standards
• Apply PM/TPM discipline (roadmaps, dependency tracking, risk management, stakeholder status updates) to the analytics delivery pipeline

Required Qualifications

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

Compensation

$165,000 to $190,000 annually, plus bonus and benefits. Hybrid, two days a week in office, based in the Washington, DC or New York City area.