Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. The Democratic National Committee’s Tech team supports fundraising efforts to help Democrats win elections and empower progressives across the country. The Fundraising Analyst will conduct strategic analysis, manage fundraising data pipelines and models, develop reporting and automation, and partner with teams across the organization to optimize fundraising operations and decision-making.
Responsibilities
- Perform analysis to understand trends in engagement, areas of program strength, and opportunities for improvement; turn this analysis into actionable insights to optimize where we are focused over time
- Manage finance data synced from multiple platforms, create data structures that aggregate and standardize fundraising data for analysis and reporting using dbt
- Run and validate fundraising models produced by Data Science team
- Recommend and design experiments to optimize fundraising efforts including, but not limited to, A/B testing on digital campaigns and to direct mail audiences
- Build and maintain automated reporting to empower our team with key insights into program performance. Work with engineering teams to consult on data products that can be used to streamline reporting code
- Work with Tech Team stakeholders to develop products that streamline repetitive processes, such as targeting, universe development, and list movement between tools; consult on data products that can be used to streamline reporting code and other system automation
- Manage ad hoc data requests from stakeholders, ensuring quick turnaround while maintaining data accuracy and quality
Skills
- Perform analysis to understand trends in engagement, areas of program strength, and opportunities for improvement; turn this analysis into actionable insights to optimize where we are focused over time
- Manage finance data synced from multiple platforms, create data structures that aggregate and standardize fundraising data for analysis and reporting using dbt
- Run and validate fundraising models produced by Data Science team
- Recommend and design experiments to optimize fundraising efforts including, but not limited to, A/B testing on digital campaigns and to direct mail audiences
- Build and maintain automated reporting to empower our team with key insights into program performance
- Work with engineering teams to consult on data products that can be used to streamline reporting code
- Work with Tech Team stakeholders to develop products that streamline repetitive processes, such as targeting, universe development, and list movement between tools
- Consult on data products that can be used to streamline reporting code and other system automation
- Manage ad hoc data requests from stakeholders, ensuring quick turnaround while maintaining data accuracy and quality
- You write clean, well-organized SQL and know how to structure reusable data pipelines using dbt
- You've worked with large, complex datasets—especially those that weren't tidy to begin with
- You enjoy building things with others, not just for them, and believe the best products come from thoughtful partnerships
- You've used tools like dbt or Airflow to build and maintain production workflows. These could include tools like Dagster, Databricks, AWS Glue, or Dataform
- You're comfortable with the Google Cloud Platform, especially BigQuery and GCS
- You can explain technical tradeoffs clearly to both engineers and non-technical collaborators
- You've worked in fast-paced environments where priorities shift quickly
- You've spent time on a campaign or you've worked with political data before
- You have experience working with political data like state voter files, election results, or data on voter, volunteer, or donor engagement
- You have direct experience with voter databases and outreach software such as VAN/ Votebuilder, Scale to Win, or Reach
- You have an understanding of how to (and how not to) use predictive modeling, such as Turnout and Support scores
Benefits
- Fully remote position
- Generous paid time off, including federal holidays and open leave
- Health and dental insurance for employee and dependents; 90% paid by the DNC, 10% paid by employee
- Supplementary vision plans available to employees for purchase
- Up to a 5% employer match DNC 401(k) plan
- Pre-tax flexible spending account benefits available to employees and dependents
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