Newsroom Data Lead: Insights that Drive Coverage

Storyful; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Retirement plan

Wellbeing programs

Job summary

The Wall Street Journal is seeking a Senior Data Analyst to join the newsroom analytics team in New York. You will own analyses, dashboards, and measurement frameworks, partnering with editorial, audience, and product teams to drive data-informed decisions.

Mentor junior analysts, set standards for outputs, and push the technical bar by developing new metrics and scalable reporting. This is a high-autonomy, on-site role based in NYC.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in data analytics, data science, or related field, preferably in media, publishing, or content.
• Track record of owning recurring reporting end-to-end and delivering analyses that shaped business decisions.
• Strong SQL skills, with experience in large-scale data warehouses like BigQuery or Snowflake, and analytics-engineering frameworks like dbt.
• Experience designing and running A/B tests, and applying statistical methods to interpret results.
• Proficiency in Python for analysis, data wrangling, and automating analytical workflows, with experience maintaining code in Git.
• Strong communication skills, with a track record of driving alignment across cross-functional groups.

Responsibilities

• Serve as trusted analytics partner to newsroom editorial and strategy leaders, driving audience growth, engagement and retention.
• Frame the right questions, answer them with rigorous analysis, and translate findings for non-technical stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain centralized dashboards and automated reports to expand self-serve access to newsroom data.
• Run deep-dive analyses on opportunities, major events, and performance shifts; inform decisions.

Skills

SQL skills

Python for analysis

A/B testing

Data warehouses (BigQuery/Snowflake)

Strong communication

Tools

dbt

Git

Job description

The Wall Street Journal is seeking a Senior Data Analyst to join the newsroom analytics team in New York. You will own analyses, dashboards, and measurement frameworks, partnering with editorial, audience, and product teams to drive data-informed decisions.

Mentor junior analysts, set standards for outputs, and push the technical bar by developing new metrics and scalable reporting. This is a high-autonomy, on-site role based in NYC.