Director, Data Insights

Job Title: Director, Data Insights

Team: Product

Location: In-Person in Atlanta (GA), Chicago (IL), Newark (NJ), or New York City (NYC)

Employment Type: Full-time

FLSA Classification: Exempt

Start Date: ASAP

About Braven

We believe that the next generation of leaders will emerge from everywhere. We empower promising college students with the skills, confidence, experiences, and networks necessary to transition from college to strong first jobs, which lead to meaningful careers and lives of impact.

Learn more about Braven’s impact:

https://impactreport.bebraven.org/

https://jobsreport.bebraven.org/

About the Role

In order to achieve its ambition of serving 80,000-100,000 Fellows over the next decade, Braven is hiring a Director, Data Insights who will deliver data insights to support Braven’s central functions of External Affairs, People & Operations, Finance, Strategy, and the Office of the CEO. As a member of the Data Insights team within the broader Product team at Braven, you will be a highly skilled individual contributor who will help the rest of the organization quantify and describe our impact for internal and external audiences and inform organizational strategy.

This role is on the Product team and reports directly to the VP, Insights.

What You’ll Do

• Lead Data Insights’ support for Braven’s central teams (External Affairs, People & Operations, Finance, and Strategy) (60%)
  • Provide cyclical and ad hoc data insights and thought partnership to organizational efforts such as Braven’s annual Impact and Job Reports, philanthropic applications and reporting, internal culture and learning & development projects, etc.
  • Create and pilot new analytical processes, reports, and dashboards in service of other central teams’ strategic priorities
• Capacity building (20%)
  • Support training efforts across the organization to increase data literacy, help others better communicate insights from data, and reinforce Braven’s data-driven culture
• Cross-functional project contribution (20%)
  • Be a member of Braven’s cross-functional project teams, as needed. Project teams centrally plan and execute Braven programming and execute other strategic projects.
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements

Minimum Requirements

• BA/BS in quantitative field or work experience that demonstrates expertise in quantitative analysis
• 5+ years of experience in a non-profit data role, strategy consulting, or other analytical function
• Advanced spreadsheet-based analysis and at least one of the following: Python, SQL, R
• Frequent experience in a prior role writing and presenting compelling data-driven stories, arguments, and narratives for large internal and external audiences

Preferred Qualifications

• You enjoy telling stories with data and pair that with excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• You have deep experience conducting complex data analysis with different tools and statistical packages while working with others to make use of findings, preferably in the non-profit field.
• You have a strong design sense, creating models and analysis that follow elegant logic, are easily interpretable by other data specialists, are easy to repeat, and are clearly documented.
• You love collaboration and are good at it. You understand why data is important to your organization and how it is in service of a shared mission.
• You excel at daily operations, paying close attention to detail and communicating well with stakeholders.
• You have the following technical skills and knowledge:
  • Proficiency in Google Suite, Slack, Asana
  • Proficiency in Tableau, PowerBI, or other data visualization software
  • Proficiency in Salesforce
• You demonstrate a commitment to equity and inclusion.
• You exemplify Braven’s core values.
• You have experience that has informed your belief in Braven’s mission and prepared you to work with, or for, Braven’s student Fellow population.

Please know that no one ever meets 100% of the preferred qualifications. If much of this describes you, we encourage you to apply.

Work Demands

• Ability to work in-person in Atlanta (GA), Chicago (IL), Newark (NJ), or New York C