Fast Facts

Common Sense Media is seeking a Senior Director of Data & Analytics to lead data strategy and analytics efforts in San Francisco. This role combines hands-on execution, team leadership, and strategic oversight to drive data-driven decision-making across the organization.

Responsibilities: Define and evolve the data strategy, oversee data architecture, champion data governance, build and lead analytics teams, and conduct hands-on analysis to drive insights and business decisions.

Skills: 10+ years of experience in data roles, strong SQL and BI skills, familiarity with subscription management and CRM systems, excellent communication skills.

Qualifications: 5+ years in a leadership role, experience with data strategies, and understanding of data governance and privacy issues are preferred.

Location: This position is located in San Francisco, CA, USA.

Compensation: $140000 - $166250 / Annually

Job Details

Job Location:   San Francisco - SAN FRANCISCO, CA

Position Type:   Full Time

Salary Range:   $140000.00 - $166250.00 Salary/year

Description

Senior Director, Data & Analytics

Common Sense Media is dedicated to improving the lives of kids and families by providing the trustworthy information, education, and independent voice they need to thrive. Our ratings, research, and resources reach more than 150 million users worldwide and 1.4 million educators every year. Learn more at commonsense.org. 

Job Overview

We are seeking a hands-on, strategic leader to own the data strategy for Common Sense. This role will guide how we collect, structure, and analyze data to deliver actionable insights that drive business decisions across Product, Marketing, and the broader organization.

The ideal candidate is a player coach: comfortable rolling up their sleeves to query data, design dashboards, and build models, while also setting a clear vision for how data supports growth, engagement, and mission impact.

Location: San Francisco, California

Reports To: Chief Product & Technology Officer

Level: 5

Salary: $140,000–$166,250 per year

Type: Full-time, exempt

What You'll Do

Data Strategy & Leadership

• Define and evolve the organizational data strategy and architecture, ensuring that data pipelines and models effectively serve the needs of the Product, Marketing, and Membership systems.
• Design and oversee business data architecture—including data flow designs, system integration, and schema management—to support robust lifecycle marketing and audience segmentation.
• Establish data governance standards in collaboration with the Legal and Privacy teams.
• Champion a culture of data-driven decision-making across the organization, and act as the main data evangelist and educator, leading workshops on leveraging data to drive actionable insights.

Analytics & Insights

• Build and lead a team of analysts, architects, and visualization specialists to deliver high-quality dashboards, reports, and insights.
• Translate complex data into clear narratives that influence strategy and operational priorities.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, and Marketing to design and evaluate experiments, track user engagement, and guide product evolution.
• Build predictive churn and subscription models, forecast member growth, and define and track OKRs that guide product evolution and marketing performance.
• Partner with Marketing to measure campaign performance, audience growth, and brand impact.

Hands-On Execution

• Conduct hands-on analysis (SQL, BI tools, Python/R, etc.) where needed to prototype solutions or guide the team.
• Build and maintain key dashboards to track KPIs for executives and teams.
• Ensure smooth integration of data across systems (Braze, Salesforce, Amplitude, GA, etc.).

Team Leadership

• Manage and mentor a small team of data analysts, architects, and visualization specialists.
• Set clear priorities and ensure timely delivery of high-impact data projects.
• Foster collaboration and professional development within the team.

What We're Looking For

• 10+ years of experience in data and analytics roles, with at least 5 years in a leadership capacity.
• Strong hands-on technical skills in SQL and modern BI/analytics platforms (e.g., Looker, Tableau, Power BI, AWS QuickSight, Amplitude, Google Analytics).
• Experience with subscription management systems, including designing subscription data infrastructure, analyzing churn and retention metrics, and integrating subscription platforms with marketing and CRM systems.
• Proven experience developing data strategies that inform product and marketing decisions.
• Experience managing data teams (analysts, architects, visualization experts).
• Familiarity with CRM and marketing automation platforms (Salesforce, Braze) and their data integrations.
• Excellent communication skills—able to translate data into actionable insights for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Strong understanding of data governance, compliance, and privacy issues.

What We Offer:

• The chance to work with talented, passionate professionals.
• A great health and welfare benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, and a matching 401(k).
• An organization that offers work/life balance.
• The opportunity to really make a difference in the lives of kids and families!

Common Sense Media provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected classification or characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

Common Sense Media will also consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. However, job offers are made on the condition that the applicant subsequently passes a criminal background check. If the background check indicates a prior criminal conviction, we will conduct an individualized assessment to determine whether the conviction should result in denial of employment. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider employment for qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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