Senior Data Analyst, Newsroom Analytics & Insights

Dow Jones & Co.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 95,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Dow Jones & Co. in New York invites a Senior Data Analyst to join the WSJ Newsroom data team.

You will own analyses, dashboards and measurement frameworks, collaborating with editorial, audience and product teams to shape coverage, engagement and distribution decisions. You will mentor junior analysts, design experiments, and elevate the data team's technical bar while ensuring reliable daily reporting and scalable insights.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in data analytics, data science, or a related field, preferably in media, publishing, or content.
• Track record of owning recurring reporting end-to-end and delivering analyses whose findings have shaped business decisions.
• Strong SQL skills, with experience working 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 and consensus across cross-functional groups.

Responsibilities

• Serve as trusted analytics partner to newsroom editorial and strategy leaders, driving audience growth, engagement and retention.
• Develop and maintain centralized dashboards and automated reports that expand self-serve access to newsroom data.
• Run deep-dive analyses on areas of opportunity, major news events, high-priority moments, and unexplained shifts in performance.
• Push measurement forward by developing novel metrics and analytical frameworks that inform newsroom strategy, and drive adoption across editorial, product, and business teams.
• Own and maintain the reporting stack, partnering with data engineering and product to keep our data accurate, fresh, and high-quality.
• Design and run A/B tests and experiments in partnership with strategy, product, and tech teams.
• Mentor junior analysts, set shared standards for technical and non-technical outputs, and contribute to a shared library of methods.

Skills

SQL

Python

BigQuery

Data visualization

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in a data-related field

Tools

dbt

Git

Job description

Dow Jones & Co. in New York invites a Senior Data Analyst to join the WSJ Newsroom data team.

You will own analyses, dashboards and measurement frameworks, collaborating with editorial, audience and product teams to shape coverage, engagement and distribution decisions. You will mentor junior analysts, design experiments, and elevate the data team's technical bar while ensuring reliable daily reporting and scalable insights.