Senior Growth Analytics Lead

Remote; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 170,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

The Athletic seeks a Senior Manager, Analytics to lead a Growth Product Insights team in a remote-capable role across the U.S. and Canada. You will drive KPI definition, mentor analysts, and guide data strategy at a premier sports media company.

Reporting to the Director, Data & Insights, you will apply advanced analytics to subscriber and product data, partnering with product and growth to shape decisions and outcomes.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of data analytics or related roles delivering insights.
• 1–3+ years of people management of data scientists or analysts.
• Expertise in SQL and cloud data warehouses (e.g., Snowflake, BigQuery).
• Proficiency in Python or R for modeling and analysis.
• Experience with Looker, Tableau, or Mode for visualization.
• Strong background in experimentation, causal inference, and retention modeling.
• Experience in digital media or subscription-based business models preferred.
• Familiarity with version control workflows (Git) preferred.
• Experience handling high-volume real-time data preferred.
• Passion for sports media and digital publishing preferred.
• Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in a quantitative field preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead and scale the Growth Product Insights practice as a Player‑Coach.
• Define KPIs and translate data into actionable business recommendations.
• Partner with Product, Design, and Growth to influence roadmap strategy.
• Oversee experimentation, A/B testing, and causal inference.
• Ensure standardized, trusted metric definitions across teams.
• Leverage modern data tools and AI to accelerate analysis.

Skills

Data analytics

Leadership

SQL

Python

Looker

Tableau

Mode

Experimentation

Digital media

Git

Real-time data

Sports passion

Quantitative degree

Education

Bachelor’s / Master’s / PhD in quantitative field

Tools

Snowflake

BigQuery

Job description

The Athletic seeks a Senior Manager, Analytics to lead a Growth Product Insights team in a remote-capable role across the U.S. and Canada. You will drive KPI definition, mentor analysts, and guide data strategy at a premier sports media company.

Reporting to the Director, Data & Insights, you will apply advanced analytics to subscriber and product data, partnering with product and growth to shape decisions and outcomes.