Director, Data Science & Analytics

Description Join a company that truly impacts others!

Hope Media Group is a multi-brand ministry. Every story we share, every event we host, and every song we play is done to engage people to love Jesus, serve others, and spread Hope. Hope Media Group the home of KSBJ, WayFM, Worship 24/7, Vida Unida, NGEN radio. Way Loud, Way New, Way Back, Gospel 24/7, God Listens Prayer App and Hope Events. We invite you to apply and become a part of our growing ministry to Love Jesus, Serve Others, and Spread Hope. Our team describes our environment as fun, encouraging, collaborative, engaging, caring, family-oriented, and friendly. We would love for you to join us and be part of what God is doing in our ministry!

Job Summary:

Director, Data Science & Analytics proactively leverages internal and acquired data to increase revenue, improve audience engagement, expand current platforms and streamline business processes. He/she will collaborate with functional leaders, software development teams and data providers to position HMG as a data-informed and insights-driven organization. The role will also define, develop and support HMGs ability to use and apply data as a strategic asset and provide analytical insights that enhance strategic and operational planning. This role will advocate for using data to create personalized experiences for viewers, listeners, donors, and consumers throughout the ministry. The Director, Data Science & Analytics also will create, implement, and oversee artificial intelligence systems to inform organization decisions.

Essential Functions Strategy

• Champion data-informed decision-making in HMG
• Lead, manage and accountability for Data Science team and its’ productivity
• Promote data-personalized experiences in all applications throughout the ministry
• Engage with senior leadership on organizational challenges and present frameworks, insights and findings that support decision-making
• Consider and analyze strategic questions that are core to HMG mission and objectives
• Identify priorities which lead to improved constituent experience, donor growth and increased engagement of HMG listeners.
• Develop and maintain consultative and collaborative relationships with key stakeholders, proactively identifying and addressing data reporting and analytics needs, as well as potential initiatives that align to and support HMGs strategy.
• Collaborate specifications and requirements with HMG Technology on data engineering roadmap to acquire, store and retrieve data that addresses HMG missional, operating and revenue interests
• Review existing systems in relation to future needs and benefits and recommend improvements to meet HMGs data needs and eliminate duplicative tools or other costs

Solution Management & Analytics

• Identify, develop and support KPIs for audience expansion, market development, platform expansion, risk mitigation, donor development and other strategic metrics
• Drive innovation in dashboard offerings, partnering with the Technology team
• Develop and design presentations, data visualizations, reports, and other deliverables and summarize findings to key stakeholders and executive leadership, communicating with both technical and non-technical team members.

Demonstrated Faith:

• Committed to a personal relationship with Jesus Christ
• Grounded spiritually and biblically literate
• Comfortable praying for co-workers in team meetings, leading spoken prayer, and participating in ministry prayer meetings and Bible studies
• Live Christian principles defined by the Ministry Statement of Faith
• Participate in on-air fundraisers and prays for donors as needed
• Passion for leveraging the platform of radio for evangelism and discipleship
• Exhibit a strong moral character
• Active member of a Bible believing local church

Other

• Other duties as needed

Requirements

Requirements and Qualifications:

Education:

Bachelor’s Degree statistics, quantitative field, economics, finance, business mathematics or a related field - Graduate degree preferred

Experience:

• Minimum 7 - 10 years working with business stakeholders and senior leaders in advising on and delivering data analytics, information and technology solutions to meet their needs.
• Minimum 7 - 10 years leading enterprise insights, analytics and/or business intelligence teams.
• Minimum 7 - 10 years leading and implementing analytical solutions using variety commercial technologies and platforms.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Leadership of team members
• Attention to detail
• Strong solution design capabilities with special focus on BI/Analytics applications. Experience consuming large data sets from multiple sources and implementing visualization capabilities leveraging mainstream, commercial software platforms.
• Experience with Big Data, artificial intelligence and infrastructure platforms.
• Strong project management skills.
• Resourceful and quick learner; able to efficiently seek out, learn, & apply new areas of expertise as needed.
• Experience exploring, implementing, and deploying advanced capabilities, including cognitive technology, ML/AI, automation, and digital user engagement techniques.
• Experience with technologies such as: Python, R, Java, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Power BI, Tableau, and SQL. Microsoft Dynamics preferred.
• Heart for Christian ministry
• Strong moral character
• Has a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Spiritually grounded and working knowledge of scripture
• Must be an active member of a Bible believing local church

Supervisory Responsibilities Immediate supervision over a unit, section or department. Recommends candidates for hiring, termination; prepares and conducts performance appraisals and salary reviews, and applies company policies.

Working Conditions and Environment

Travel:

Occasional travel

Nights/Weekends/Holidays:

Occasional for conferences or retreats.

Physical Requirements The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical Activity may include Talking. Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly. Hearing. Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discriminations in sound. Repetitive motion. Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.

Light work. Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. If the use of arm and/or leg controls requires exertion of forces greater than that for sedentary work and the worker sits most of the time, the job is rated for light work.

The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading

Full-Time Benefits Offerings:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Health Savings Account w/employer contribution
• Flexible Savings Accounts
• Company Paid Short Term Disability/Long Term Disability
• EAP (Employee Assistance Program)
• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Three (3) Paid Mission Days
• Twelve (12) Company-Paid Holidays
• 403B Retirement with Company Match
• Group Life Insurance
• Legal Shield/Identity Theft Protection
• Access to Marketplace Ministry Chaplains

Third-Party Recruiter Policy: We are grateful for the interest of those who wish to support our hiring efforts. However, Hope Media Group does not accept unsolicited resumes or candidate referrals from external staffing agencies or search firms. Submissions from third parties will not be considered and may be retained without obligation or payment or fees.