Sr. Director, Analytics, Yahoo Home & News

ouryahoo; United States; Hybrid; USD 159,000 - 346,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hybrid work options

Healthcare

401k

Education stipends

Job summary

Yahoo Home & News is seeking a Sr. Director of Analytics to lead a proactive insights engine that shapes product strategy, drives user growth, and informs major business decisions.

You will partner with Engineering to strengthen data infrastructure and expand data science capabilities, while embedding analytics in squad planning and executive conversations. This role focuses on Responsible AI, data storytelling, and a culture of trust, with a cadence for measurable impact and cross-functional

Qualifications

• 10+ years in analytics, data science, with at least 4 years in a senior leadership role.
• Deep product analytics background: personalization, cohort analysis, retention modeling, experimentation.
• Technical credibility across BI and data science; lead across analytics disciplines.
• Ability to move a large organization and build from the ground up.

Responsibilities

• Own the strategic direction for data usage and analytics roadmap.
• Embed analytics in squad planning cycles and executive conversations.
• Lead Responsible AI transformation and embed AI into workflows.
• Raise the bar on data storytelling, visualization, and stakeholder management.
• Establish QA processes and trust around data across the organization.

Skills

SQL

Python

R

ML workflows

Leadership

Product analytics

Stakeholder management

Communication

Data storytelling

Job description

Yahoo serves as a trusted guide for hundreds of millions of people globally, helping them achieve their goals online through our portfolio of iconic products. For advertisers, Yahoo Advertising offers omnichannel solutions and powerful data to engage with our brands and deliver results.

The Opportunity:

Yahoo Home & News is one of the most-visited destinations on the internet, reaching hundreds of millions of people every day. We're investing meaningfully in what comes next: better products, smarter personalization, deeper creator relationships, and a data organization built to help drive all of it.

We have the scale, the data, and the ambition, and we're looking for a leader who can bring all three together into something transformative.

Reporting to the VP, Operations & Strategy for Yahoo Home & News, the Sr. Director of Analytics will lead the evolution of our analytics function into a proactive insight engine that shapes product strategy, drives user growth, and informs every meaningful business decision we make.

This is a rare opportunity to define what world-class analytics looks like for one of the internet's most storied brands.

What You'll Lead:

A transformation in how we operate Own the strategic direction for how Yahoo Home & News uses data, establishing a clear point of view and roadmap that raises the ceiling on what analytics can do for the business. You'll help us find the short-term signals that predict long-term growth, building the models, frameworks, and habits that allow the business to move with both speed and conviction. That includes expanding our data science and product analytics capabilities, and partnering with Engineering to strengthen data infrastructure and ensure the team has the foundation to move fast and with confidence.

A deeper partnership with the business Embed your team in squad planning cycles, quarterly reviews, and executive conversations. Represent the analytics function as a thought partner to leaders across Product, Editorial, Engineering, Revenue, and Business Development.

Responsible AI transformation Identify where AI can fundamentally change how the analytics team plans, creates, and delivers work, and build toward it. This means embedding AI into how the team operates: automating routine reporting, using AI-assisted trend surfacing, and exploring natural language querying tools.

A culture of insight and craft Raise the bar on how insights are packaged and delivered. Coach the team on data storytelling, visualization, and stakeholder management so that great analysis doesn't get lost in translation.

A foundation of trust Accurate, reliable data is non-negotiable. You'll establish the QA processes and infrastructure improvements that make "I trust this number" the default assumption across the organization.

What We're Looking For:

• 10+ years in analytics, data science, with at least 4 years in a senior leadership role

• Deep product analytics background: you've worked on personalization, cohort analysis, retention modeling, and experimentation at a consumer tech or streaming company

• You've operated at scale and know how to move a large, complex organization. You've also built something from the ground up, and can point to what specifically changed because of it

• Technical credibility across BI and data science; the ability to lead across all Analytics disciplines with authority

• Deep curiosity and a bias toward proactive insight generation: you pull threads, you notice what doesn't add up, and you follow it

• SQL fluency; familiarity with Python, R, or ML workflows is a meaningful advantage

• The communication range to move fluidly between a junior analyst, a cross-functional working group, and an executive audience

• Strong convictions, paired with genuine openness

• Experience in consumer tech, or a complex, multi-sided business is a must; as is an operator's mindset

What Success Looks Like:

By the end of year one, the analytics team is no longer defined by the questions it answers, but by the opportunities it uncovers. Stakeholders seek out analysts as thought partners. Data science is embedded in product decisions. Dashboards are trusted, self-service, and freeing analysts to do the work that actually moves the business. And the team has a culture of learning, craft, and shared ownership over outcomes.

The material job duties and responsibilities of this role include those listed above as well as adhering to Yahoo policies; exercising sound judgment; working effectively, safely and inclusively with others; exhibiting trustworthiness and meeting expectations; and safeguarding business operations and brand integrity.

At Yahoo, we offer flexible hybrid work options that our employees love! While most roles don’t require regular office attendance, you may occasionally be asked to attend in-person events or team sessions. You’ll always get notice to make arrangements.

Yahoo is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against based on age, race, gender, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other protected category. Yahoo will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law. Yahoo is dedicated to providing an accessible environment for all candidates during the application process and for employees during their employment. If you need accessibility assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability, please submit a request via the Accommodation Request Form www.yahooinc.com/careers/contact-us.html or call +1.866.772.3182. Requests and calls received for non-disability related issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.

We believe that a diverse and inclusive workplace strengthens Yahoo and deepens our relationships. When you support everyone to be their best selves, they spark discovery, innovation and creativity. Among other efforts, our 11 employee resource groups (ERGs) enhance a culture of belonging with programs, events and fellowship that help educate, support and create a workplace where all feel welcome.

The compensation for this position ranges from $159,140.00 - $346,075.00/yr and will vary depending on factors such as your location, skills and experience. The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of discretionary annual bonus or commissions, in addition to equity incentives. Our comprehensive benefits include healthcare, a great 401k, backup childcare, education stipends and much (much) more.