Senior Data Scientist, Newsroom Analytics & Strategy

dowjones; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

The Wall Street Journal is seeking a Lead Data Scientist, Newsroom Analytics to drive our newsroom's audience-data strategy. Based in New York, you will partner with editorial and product teams to shape analytics and modeling work that guides coverage, audience growth, and reader engagement.

You will own models end-to-end, mentor colleagues, and translate quantitative findings into clear recommendations for senior stakeholders, measuring impact on how readers discover, engage with, and return to

Qualifications

• 5+ years in data science, analytics, or applied ML in media, publishing, or subscriptions.
• Own end-to-end models in a lean team, including scheduling and iterations using orchestration tools like Airflow.
• Strong Python proficiency for feature engineering, training, validation, and production-quality code in Git.
• Advanced SQL and experience with large-scale data warehouses (Snowflake/BigQuery) and dbt workflows.
• Experience applying causal inference and statistics to real-world outcomes from observational data.
• Clear communication to translate quantitative findings into business/editorial recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Partner with digital strategy and product teams to identify high-impact analytical opportunities and shape the data science roadmap around newsroom outcomes.
• Design and build predictive and explanatory models end-to-end, balancing complexity and interpretability.
• Translate quantitative findings into actionable recommendations for senior stakeholders and drive adoption.
• Own core newsroom metrics and measurement systems, ensuring accuracy and documentation.
• Apply rigorous statistical thinking, including causal inference and observational methods, to isolate drivers of outcomes.
• Mentor junior data team members and raise the team's production-ready capabilities over time.

Skills

Python

SQL

Airflow

Git

Causal inference

Data visualization

Communication

NLP

Tools

Airflow

Snowflake

BigQuery

dbt

Job description

The Wall Street Journal is seeking a Lead Data Scientist, Newsroom Analytics to drive our newsroom's audience-data strategy. Based in New York, you will partner with editorial and product teams to shape analytics and modeling work that guides coverage, audience growth, and reader engagement.

You will own models end-to-end, mentor colleagues, and translate quantitative findings into clear recommendations for senior stakeholders, measuring impact on how readers discover, engage with, and return to