Director, Analytics Engineering

A+E Global Media offers a work environment where employees collaborate in office 3 times per week. New hires must be commutable to one of our current office locations in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Stamford, CT. Please refer to the job description for any specific division requirements.

Division Story Do numbers tell you stories? Can you relay complex information in bite-sized nuggets to non-researchers? Do you enjoy influencing business decisions by providing fact-based recommendations infused with intuition? Our Research and Insights Team is comprised of wizards who practice the craft of “art and science.” We spend much of our time looking back at performance - and even more time looking forward making actionable recommendations for growing our business. We specialize in content, audience and revenue insights across all platforms. Come check out our pioneering work in predictive modeling, performance marketing and algorithms. Pocket protectors not required.

Job Description

ROLE: Director, Analytics Engineering The Director, Analytics Engineering leads a team of analytics engineers and contractors who build trusted analytics capabilities for the Research organization, including its Cross-Platform data foundation. This is a leadership-first, technically credible role. The Director will set direction, develop people, review critical designs and code, and step into complex problems selectively. The Director will own hiring, performance management, and engineering standards, work with the SVP on roadmap prioritization and partner with IT Engineering for deployment, monitoring, and production operations.

MORE ABOUT WHAT YOU’LL DO: Director, Analytics Engineering Lead the Team

• Hire, coach, and develop analytics engineers; own performance management, career growth, and capability planning.
• Set and enforce standards for data modeling, trusted metrics, testing, and governance, and keep engineers focused and productive when requirements change mid-project.
• Manage contractors and distributed delivery partners as an extension of the team.

Run the Portfolio

• Translate ambiguous needs from senior stakeholders into scoped, deliverable solutions. Prioritize on value, capacity, and risk, and hold scope steady as requirements evolve.
• Earn trust through delivery and follow-through, and communicate progress, risks, and outcomes to technical and nontechnical audiences.
• Set readiness standards and handoffs with IT Engineering so solutions move cleanly into production operations and the team can step off support.

Direct the Analytics

• Guide forecasting, propensity, segmentation, and attribution work, and build that capability within the team.
• Evaluate emerging analytics, AI, and agent-based capabilities and guide responsible adoption.

BASIC REQUREMENTS: Director, Analytics Engineering

• 10+ years of progressive experience in analytics engineering, analytics, or data engineering, including 5+ years leading technical teams.
• Demonstrated success hiring, coaching, and managing the performance of analytics or data professionals.
• Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative or technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Advanced SQL, strong Python, and experience governing transformation workflows in Snowflake with Git-based development practices.
• Working fluency in applied statistics and predictive modeling, sufficient to scope, review, and direct data science work.

Preferred

• A pragmatic player-coach with strong judgment who earns trust with skeptical or self-sufficient stakeholders through delivery rather than positional authority, and operates well through ambiguity and change.
• Experience in media and entertainment or another data-rich, fast-changing industry.

Compensation

Annual Pay Range: $170,940 - $200,000

Annual Incentive Target: 17.50%

The annual/hourly pay range displayed serves as a good faith estimate of the minimum and maximum base pay range for this role. Compensation for the role will be based on a number of different factors such as a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies, location, and experience. A+E offers a competitive total compensation package, which includes healthcare coverage, 401k matching, and a range of other benefits. Learn more at www.aegm.com/careers.

A+E Global Media proudly provides equal employment opportunity for all employees and job applicants, and makes employment decisions consistent with this principle. The company’s employment actions and decisions – including recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, demotion, compensation, transfer, layoff, and termination – are made without regard to an employee’s race, color, religion, creed, age, national origin, ancestry, sex (which includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, and related medical conditions), gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, alienage or citizenship status, physical and/or mental disability, medical condition, family and medical leave status, genetic information, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. A+E Global Media is a joint venture of the Hearst Corporation and The Walt Disney Company. We are proud to be an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer/Disabled/Veterans.