Lead Data Analyst – Personalization & AI Insights

ESPN; New York (NY); On-site; USD 149,000 - 199,000; Full time

Job summary

ESPN Product & Technology Analytics is seeking a Lead Data Analyst who will drive personalization strategy across Disney+ and Hulu, leveraging deep data insight to influence product decisions and growth. You’ll be a skilled coder and storyteller, translating complex data into clear actions for cross-functional teams.

As a senior contributor, you’ll lead large-scale analyses, design experiments, and partner with product and engineering to build reliable datasets and dashboards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Economics, Mathematics, CS, or related technical field.
• 7+ years of data analytics experience, with 3+ years in a senior or lead role.
• Advanced SQL and Python for large dataset analyses and scheduled analytical jobs.
• Expertise in experimentation, hypothesis testing, power analysis, and causal inference.
• Experience building analyses, dashboards, and visualizations in Looker or Tableau.
• Strong strategic communication translating findings to business and executive audiences.
• Experience building or applying AI-assisted analytics tools and workflows.

Responsibilities

• Lead large-scale analyses of product performance and user behavior using statistics and experiments.
• Design and analyze personalization experiments, including power analysis and stakeholder recommendations.
• Partner with product and data engineering to improve data quality and instrument features for reliable analysis.
• Use AI-assisted tools to speed and scale analysis.
• Investigate product issues and answer complex questions from large datasets.

Skills

Advanced SQL

Python

Experimentation

Statistical analysis

Product analytics

Looker

Tableau

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Economics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Data Analytics, or another technical field

Master’s degree in Statistics, Economics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Data Analytics, or another technical field

Tools

Looker

Tableau

Job description

ESPN Product & Technology Analytics is seeking a Lead Data Analyst who will drive personalization strategy across Disney+ and Hulu, leveraging deep data insight to influence product decisions and growth. You’ll be a skilled coder and storyteller, translating complex data into clear actions for cross-functional teams.

As a senior contributor, you’ll lead large-scale analyses, design experiments, and partner with product and engineering to build reliable datasets and dashboards.