Director of Data Analytics and Strategy

Best Version Media

$120K — $150K *
Media
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years in data analytics, business intelligence, or strategy, with 2+ years in leadership roles overseeing teams
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
  • Strong understanding of how revenue drivers and customer retention impact business
  • Experience in developing KPIs, dashboards, and forecasting models using modern BI tools
  • Proven ability to influence C-suite and senior leadership in shaping enterprise strategy
  • Knowledge of various tools including BI platforms, CRMs, and project management applications

Responsibilities

  • Develop and oversee a comprehensive data strategy and governance for the organization
  • Translate complex data insights into actionable growth strategies and executive reports
  • Create predictive models to identify market opportunities and customer trends
  • Work cross-functionally to establish metrics and enhance revenue generation
  • Implement and manage attribution models and rigorous performance evaluations
  • Lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing analytics team, fostering a data-driven culture

Benefits

  • Opportunity to influence high-level strategic decisions
  • Work in a fast-paced, growth-oriented environment
  • Chance to develop and lead a skilled analytics team
  • Access to modern data tools and innovations
  • Engage directly with C-suite and senior leadership on key initiatives
Full Job Description
Job Summary:

Are you a strategic leader who sees beyond dashboards and reports to the real business growth hidden within data?

We are seeking a Director of Data Analytics and Strategy to own our enterprise analytics ecosystem, performance insights, forecasting models, and data-driven decision systems. In this high-impact leadership role, your success won't be measured by the number of charts you produce, but by the clarity of the decisions you enable, the speed of action you catalyze, and the measurable improvement you bring to revenue, retention, and publication health across North America.

If you thrive at the intersection of deep analytical rigor, commercial judgment, and operational leadership, we want to hear from you.

Responsibilities:
  • Build and lead BVM's overarching data strategy, governance, and tech ecosystem-ensuring data platforms, reporting tools, and integrations are trusted, accurate, scalable, and consistently defined.
  • Uncover core drivers of revenue, growth, retention, and publication health, translating complex data into actionable strategies, executive scorecards, and real-time decision support.
  • Build predictive models to evaluate market density, customer behavior, and expansion opportunities across thousands of local communities, optimizing long-term business planning.
  • Collaborate directly with Sales, Marketing, Operations, Finance, and Product leadership to define key metrics, eliminate performance gaps, and drive revenue growth.
  • Establish attribution models, consistent KPIs, and a disciplined test-and-learn program to rigorously evaluate strategic initiatives, sales campaigns, and operational changes.
  • Build, mentor, and direct a high-performing analytics team while cultivating an organizational culture that uses data to clarify priorities, challenge assumptions, and sharpen execution.


Requirements

Skills & Requirements:
  • Experience & Leadership: 10+ years of progressive experience in data analytics, business intelligence, strategy, or technical leadership, including 2+ years directly managing analytics, BI, or data science teams.
  • Education: Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • Strategic & Commercial Acumen: Deep understanding of revenue drivers, customer acquisition, retention, sales productivity, and unit economics, with a proven ability to turn complex datasets into executive-level recommendations.
  • Technical & Analytical Depth: Hands-on experience constructing enterprise KPI frameworks, executive dashboards, forecasting models, and performance management workflows using modern data infrastructure and BI platforms.
  • Tool & System Expertise: Proficiency in modern data environments, BI platforms, CRMs, ATS platforms, marketing automation tools, and project management applications (such as Monday.com).
  • Cross-Functional & Executive Influence: Demonstrated ability to partner with C-suite and senior leadership to shape enterprise strategy, guide decision-making, and instill operational discipline.


What Will Make You Stand Out:
  • Advanced Education: Master's degree in Statistics, Economics, Finance, Data Science, or a related quantitative field.
  • Targeted Industry Background: Prior experience in media, publishing, advertising, local-market operations, multi-location enterprise models, franchise platforms, or marketplace business models.
  • Print & Digital Product Depth: Direct experience managing analytics environments that span both print and digital products, including ad revenue metrics, campaign performance, audience engagement, and local market economics.
  • Advanced Analytics Expertise: Practical mastery in predictive modeling, customer segmentation, attribution modeling, experimental testing frameworks, and market opportunity mapping.
  • Infrastructure Modernization: Track record of scaling analytics operating models, modernizing data pipelines/infrastructure, and launching self-service reporting in fast-paced, growth-oriented companies.

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