Senior Manager, Analytics, Audience CNN Digital Products & Services

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Your New Role… 

We are CNN. THE WORLD'S MOST ESSENTIAL AND ENGAGING SOURCE OF DIGITAL NEWS. We are in the midst of rapid transformation and need our next generation of innovators, makers, and dreamers who will lead and drive our growth. We aim to make the world a better, more connected place.   

CNN is seeking a Senior Manager of Audience Analytics who will be instrumental in overseeing audience reporting and analysis across CNN digital. This individual should be self-motivated, work well independently and as part of a team, and be passionate about what they do. They will be responsible for creating actionable insights and for leading a team to do the same, including analyzing  content & user trends both on and off-platform, creating and maintain key dashboards, and benchmarking/forecasting performance on a regular basis. The Senior Manager will be a core member of the data analytics team and report to the Vice President of Audience and Engagement Analytics. 

Your Role Accountabilities... 

The Senior Manager of Audience Analytics will 

• Produce best-in-class actionable insights around the CNN user across platforms, uncovering and presenting new analyses and findings for the business to act on.  

• Manage a small team of analysts who partner with cross-functional leaders in the editorial, product, and research space.  

• Refine existing audience performance reporting mechanisms, utilizing first and third-party data sources to track performance trends.  

• Manage long-range traffic forecasting efforts, partnering with multiple stakeholder teams to ensure alignment.  

• Partner with other analytics teams to provide a holistic view of CNN for leadership. 

Qualifications & Experience... 

• 5+ years in audience, growth, or product analytics working as a lead or senior contributor. 

• Strong working knowledge of digital and social analytics: creating comprehensive reports around onsite and off-platform performance and using analytics and data storytelling skills to turn these into actionable recommendations for technical and non-technical stakeholders. 

• Experience in forecasting (e.g. linear regression models). 

• Demonstrated experience partnering directly with cross-functional leaders, particularly in audience and editorial contexts. 

• Strong interpersonal written and verbal communication skills with the ability to deliver complex messages to diverse audiences. 

• Expertise in using SQL to explore and analyze large data sets. 

• Experience with BI tools (e.g. Looker, Domo, Tableau, etc.). 

Key Contributors to Success 

• Ability to attract, retain, and develop data talent through caring leadership and an inclusive mindset 

• Collaborative approach to partnership 

• Comfortable communicating with a diverse set of backgrounds, seniority levels, and knowledge sets, particularly in translating complex data concepts to strategic recommendations 

• Logical mindset capable of making appropriate trade-offs between speed and analytical depth without sacrificing quality 

• A self-starter who is passionate about getting data, using data, making sense of data, and helping others benefit from making analytics driven decisions 

Nice-to-Haves 

• BA/BS degree or higher in Math, Statistics, Economics, Finance, Operations Research, Computer Science, Engineering, or other related quantitative field 

• Experience with social analytics tools (e.g. Rival IQ, Tubular, etc…) or other third-party audience insights tools (e.g. comScore, Similarweb) strongly preferred. 

• Experience building and leading a small team of analysts preferred. 

• Experience with digital news or relevant digital analytics experience plus strong interest in news. 

• Experience with data science programming languages like Python and R. 

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