[Remote] Data Analyst - Research

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Blue Rose Research develops cutting-edge products for progressive organizations and is seeking a Data Analyst to join their team. The role involves coordinating with data scientists and engineers to deliver timely research insights that support political strategies and client relationships.

Responsibilities

• Designing and launching surveys that will be taken by hundreds of thousands of Americans
• Managing the fielding of multiple surveys simultaneously to ensure sufficient data collection on time and on budget
• Tracking timelines and priorities and liaising between data scientists, engineers, and client-facing stakeholders
• Supporting external outreach efforts, including presentations to clients, political partners, and other vendors and consultants
• Analyzing data to answer questions from political strategists and clients
• Building subject matter context and thinking critically about our data in order to discern real trends versus potential bugs to flag for our machine learning data scientists
• Contributing new ideas to the ways we analyze, interpret, and communicate our data – we strive to deliver the best strategic guidance and believe that everyone on the team is part of that goal
• Providing product feedback to engineers to improve our tools for internal and external usage

Skills

• Have at least 1-2 years professional experience, including internships
• Are comfortable with SQL and relational databases. Can quickly orient themselves to a new dataset, perform exploratory analysis, spot data quality issues, and justify decisions about how to handle imperfect data
• Have some background in R or python programming
• Can comfortably explain basic modeling and regression techniques for a non-technical audience
• Have strong oral and written communication skills, especially in a remote environment
• Enjoy spending as much of their time interacting with other people as they do writing code
• Have a desire to work in multi-disciplinary teams with engineers, machine learning data scientists, statisticians and political experts. Are excited about working with less-technical stakeholders and seeing how their work impacts real-world decision making
• Enjoy and have experience working in fast-paced environments turning around a high volume of relatively small projects
• Are interested in and passionate about progressive politics; willing to engage with the wider progressive political ecosystem and develop domain knowledge in addition to technical insight
• Are solutions-oriented, have strong attention to detail, and are a creative thinker who isn't daunted by open-ended research questions
• Are a kind person and a team player who contributes to a warm working environment
• Candidates must be authorized to work lawfully in the United States

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and health benefits
• The ability for you to be your full self at work
• Remote allowed

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