Senior Manager, Data

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🌐 United States, Canada – Remote

🇺🇸 United States – Remote 🇨🇦 Canada – Remote

💵 $170k - $190k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

📊 Data Scientist

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The Athletic

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2016

📱 Media

⚽ Sports

Media • Sports

The Athletic is a sports media company known for comprehensive sports coverage and in-depth reporting across various sports such as football, tennis, Formula 1, golf, MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL, and college sports. It provides high-quality articles, live updates, and expert analysis covering significant events and players in the sports world. The platform features content on various leagues and tournaments, providing insights from well-known journalists and analysts. The Athletic aims to set the standard in sports reporting and offers subscription-based access to its content.

📋 Description

• Manage, mentor, and grow a team of Data Analysts • Model analytical rigor, evaluate statistical approaches, and contribute hands-on to ambiguous, high-stakes projects • Shift the team from reactive service analytics and dashboard maintenance to proactive strategic inquiry • Explain the reasons behind performance metrics and translate data into concrete business recommendations • Partner with Product, Design, and Growth leaders to influence roadmap strategy and prioritize high-impact initiatives • Establish clear learning objectives before analytical work begins • Oversee product experimentation, including A/B testing, causal inference, and behavioral/cohort modeling across digital destinations and app ecosystems • Define rigorous guardrails and success metrics • Partner with upstream data and engineering teams to understand data pipelines and navigate data complexity • Establish standardized, trusted metric definitions across the organization • Integrate modern data tools and generative AI capabilities into daily workflows • Demonstrate commitment to The Athletic’s values, journalistic independence, and The New York Times Company mission • Report to the Director, Data & Insights

🎯 Requirements

• 7+ years of progressive experience in data analytics, product analytics, or applied quantitative roles delivering reporting, analysis, and strategic insight • 1–3+ years of experience formally managing, leading, or mentoring data scientists or analysts • Expertise in SQL • Experience with large-scale relational databases and modern cloud data warehouses, such as Snowflake or BigQuery • Proficiency in Python or R for statistical modeling, data manipulation, and deeper quantitative analysis • Experience with modern BI/data visualization tools such as Looker, Tableau, or Mode • Strong background in experimentation (A/B testing), causal inference, and cohort/retention modeling within a digital subscription or media environment • Experience in digital media or subscription-based business model highly preferred • Familiarity with version control workflows (Git, Github, code reviews) highly preferred • Experience navigating upstream data complexity and working with high-volume, real-time event data highly preferred • Passion for sports media and digital publishing highly preferred • Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in a quantitative field highly preferred

🏖️ Benefits

• Variable pay, such as an annual bonus and restricted stock, may be available for U.S. roles depending on the role • Medical, dental and vision benefits • Flexible Spending Accounts (F.S.A.s) • Company-matching 401(k) plan • Paid vacation • Paid sick days • Paid parental leave • Tuition reimbursement • Professional development programs