About Audubon

The National Audubon Society is a leading nonprofit conservation organization with 120 years of science-based, community-driven impact, dedicated to protecting birds and the places they need, today and tomorrow. Birds are powerful indicators of our planets health, acting as sentinels that warn us of environmental change and inspire action. Audubon works across the Western Hemisphere, driven by the understanding that what is good for birds is good for the planet. Through a collaborative, bipartisan approach across habitats, borders, and the political spectrum, Audubon drives meaningful and lasting conservation outcomes. With 800 staff and over 1.9 million supporters, Audubon is a dynamic and ever-growing force committed to ensuring a better planet for both birds and people for generations to come. Learn more at www.audubon.org and on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @audubonsociety.

Position Summary :

In pursuit of Audubon’s conservation mission, the Data & Technology team partners with programmatic and business teams across the organization to develop and deploy enterprise data systems and data-driven practices at the scale needed to achieve our ambitious goals. The Senior Director, Data Analytics, Measurement and Reporting will play a key role in designing, managing and implementing enterprise data analysis and reporting products and approaches, workflows, and technology solutions to align data analytics needs, opportunities, sources, and uses across Audubon. This role will partner with and support conservation and functional business teams across Audubon to identify and address analytics needs and opportunities through the development of data products, tools and processes that enable robust, data-driven approaches to delivering, evaluating, and communicating progress toward our mission for hemispheric level bird conservation. A successful candidate will have comfort and familiarity with a broad range of data analytics, analytics engineering, data science, impact measurement, and reporting tools and methods, as well as strengths in project management, change management, and communication among technical and non-technical stakeholders. The role requires excellence in relationship and people management, technical leadership to drive the implementation of robust and maintainable data products, and vision for how to advance data maturity at Audubon across operational and programmatic needs including leveraging emerging data sources and technologies to bring efficiencies and drive greater impact toward Audubons mission and goals.

This position reports to the Vice President of Data and Technology within the Audubon Technology team.

This position is classified as hybrid, remote within the US considered, in accordance with Audubons Where We Work Policy. Hybrid employees are expected to work in an Audubon office every Monday and Tuesday and an additional two days each month of the employees choosing. Candidates should be located within commuting distance of Audubon’s offices in Washington, DC or New York, NY.

Only applications submitted with a cover letter will be considered.

Examples of initiatives that the position will support are:

Track and report the scale and depth of Audubons hemispheric conservation efforts; share results and insights to support internal program management and external storytelling about our work and impact.

Develop and deploy operational and reporting solutions to help Audubon grow and deepen engagement with millions of supporters, bird lovers and activists across the hemisphere, online and offline.

Collaborate with functional business teams such as Marketing, Development and Finance to build data capacity and maturity with business data analysts and executive leaders; act as a key strategic partner to identify and act on opportunities to deploy data analysis and reporting products that leverage our programmatic and operational data in innovative and robust ways to achieve our ambitious goals.

Compensation:

Salary range based on geo-differentials:

$165,000 – $186,000 / year = Albuquerque, NM; Charleston, SC; Columbia, SC; Fargo, ND; Fort Collins, CO; Lincoln, NE; Miami, FL; New Orleans, LA; Salt Lake City, UT; Tallahassee, FL; Tampa, FL

$186,000 – $209,000 / year = Albany, NY; Anchorage, AK; Baltimore, MD; Chicago, IL; Palm Desert, CA ; Roseville, MN; Sacramento, CA; Washington, DC

$207,000 – $233,000 / year = New York, NY; Oakland, CA

Additional Job Description

Essential Functions

Define and lead Audubons analytics, measurement and reporting strategy in alignment with the five-year Strategic Plan and organizational priorities. Develop and maintain analytics roadmap, ensuring alignment with organizational and user needs and technology best practices.

Design and implement data analysis, analytics engineering and reporting solutions, leveraging Audubons enterprise data architecture, business intelligence tools, business systems, marketing technology stack, impact measurement tracking system, and other organizational technology tools and resources.

Act as the product owner of key analytics and reporting data assets and tools, working in collaboration with colleagues from across the Audubon data teams to ensure selection of appropriate technologies and methodologies and overseeing the product lifecycle in order to deliver high quality and efficient solutions to user-driven requirements and strategic priorities. Administer and evolve Audubons analytics, measurement and reporting tools and infrastructure, ensuring scalability, security, and accessibility.

Provide and manage ongoing data analytics and analytics engineering support for operational and programmatic teams across Audubon; Support and collaborate with business data analysts and users across stakeholder teams toward broader adoption of data analytics tools and products to advance team level and organizational data maturity

Collaborate with leaders from Strategy Integration, Conservation, and other stakeholders to develop and manage Audubons impact measurement and reporting methodologies and data products; partner with and support Audubons Science team in executing Conservation impact evaluation, modeling, and other related efforts.

Supervise and support analytics team staff, providing mentorship, performance management, and professional development opportunities.

Proactively manage and facilitate strong, collaborative partnerships among technical teams and non-technical stakeholders across the Audubon network, as well as external partners, vendors and professional networks in the conservation and social impact space.

Manage contractors and vendors including software and professional services providers; participate in budget planning and tracking; collaborate with administrative staff and IT department to administer data analysis, analytics engineering, business intelligence and reporting tools and applications.

Ensure that data analytics, measurement and reporting practices adhere to security, privacy, and compliance standards, including data governance policies, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices; Implement and maintain safeguards to protect sensitive information, mitigate risks, and support a culture of data security awareness across the organization.

Prepare and deliver written and oral reports, visualizations, and presentations to executives, technical and non-technical staff, and external audiences.

Represent Audubon in professional forums, conferences, and external engagements to elevate the organizations profile and thought leadership.

Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and inclusion within the data team and across the organization.

Maintain and foster culture of safety.

Other job-related duties as assigned.

Qualifications and Experience:

Masters degree in Data Analytics/Data Science, Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or similar discipline and 10+ years of directly relevant work experience and 3+years of leadership experience developing and managing data analytics, data…