The RoleWe're looking for a
Growth Operations & Analytics Lead to partner closely with our
BD and Marketing leaders. These are people who excel at building relationships, storytelling, and executing deals-and you'll be their operational and analytical counterpart, ensuring decisions and performance are backed by data, systems, and insights.
This is not a back-office reporting role. You'll build the muscle that lets our business teams see around corners-owning the data, the processes, and the experiments that keep the business performing. You'll connect metrics to action: where we grow, how we acquire users, how our partnerships perform, and how we optimize ROI across campaigns and deals.
What You'll Do- Act as the data and operations lead for BD and Marketing-owning insights, automation, and performance visibility.
- Design and automate reporting systems and dashboards for revenue, partnerships, and marketing campaigns across Snowflake and third-party tools (Google Ads, Meta, etc.).
- Build and monitor A/B tests and experimentation frameworks with Product and Data teams, applying statistical rigor to separate causation from correlation.
- Identify and communicate actionable insights that drive user growth, partner success, and marketing ROI.
- Streamline BD and Marketing workflows through process automation and tool integration.
- Financial modeling and potential deal analysis predicting efficacy and ROI based on inputs and historical performance. Make informed recommendations and predictions on CPI and CAC for new opportunities
- Partner with cross-functional leaders to ensure tracking integrity, forecast accuracy, and visibility into key growth levers.
- Foster a culture of clarity, experimentation, and accountability-helping teams move fast and learn fast.
Who You Are- Bachelor's degree in a quantitative or analytical field required (e.g. Economics, Statistics, Engineering); advanced degree is a plus (MBA or M.S.).
- 5+ years of professional experience in analytics, biz ops, growth ops, or similar roles at a high-growth tech or media company.
- Data native-fluent in SQL, comfortable in Snowflake (or similar), and experienced in building analytics from 01, including automated dashboards (Looker, Mode, Tableau, or equivalent).
- Experimentation-minded-you design and interpret controlled tests, know how to evaluate statistical significance, and connect results to actionable outcomes.
- Business fluent-you think in terms of unit economics, growth levers, and ROI, not just metrics.
- Experience with marketing and revenue data (campaigns, attribution, CAC/LTV, partnerships).
- Proactive and hands-on-you like to implement, not just analyze.
- Bonus: experience in streaming, media, or ad-supported business models.
Why Haystack- Join a mission-driven team empowering independent thinkers with access to quality news.
- Be part of the #1 news streaming app on connected TVs, with 1+ billion minutes streamed every month.
- Operate in a high-ownership, low-ego, no-politics environment where results matter more than hierarchy.
- Collaborate directly with founders and senior leaders-no bureaucracy, just impact.
- Work on challenges that combine media, technology, and public trust-what you do genuinely matters.
- Grow as part of a team that values initiative and invests in developing future leaders.
- Competitive compensation and benefits.
