Blue Rose Research is a project with OpenLabs to develop a wide range of cutting-edge products used by the most important progressive organizations in the country. Our research undergirds short-term and long-term strategy for advancing progressive causes and has a trusted track record among key decision makers. Our team members have a storied history, and have worked with central players to develop strategy and direct hundreds of millions of dollars of resources over the past several electoral cycles. The work produced by the team is widely regarded as among the most technically sophisticated in the space. If you join us, you’ll be plugging into a diverse team of decorated engineers, PhD data scientists and political insiders who are closely connected to some of the most important decision makers in the progressive ecosystem. Our work ranges from high-dimensional Bayesian modeling to make accurate inferences from polling data to building utility-scale data and analytics infrastructure for the progressive left. Come join us!

Analytics Manager – Research Team

Data AnalystData AnalystFull TimeRemoteTeam 11-50H1B No SponsorCompany Site LinkedIn

Location

Washington

Posted

15 days ago

Salary

$90K - $130K / year

Bachelor Degree3 yrs expEnglishPythonSQL

Job Description

• Serving as the point of contact for a portfolio of clients, building trusted relationships and ensuring research findings are delivered clearly, on time, and with strategic context • 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

Job Requirements

Have at least 3-4 years professional experience, including internships
Have at least 1 year experience in a client or external-facing role
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