The mission of The New York Times is to seek the truth and help people understand the world. That means independent journalism is at the heart of all we do as a company. It’s why we have a world-renowned newsroom that sends journalists to report on the ground from nearly 160 countries. It’s why we focus deeply on how our readers will experience our journalism, from print to audio to a world-class digital and app destination. And it’s why our business strategy centers on making journalism so good that it’s worth paying for.

The New York Times is looking for a Business Data Analyst who has an interest in advertising analytics and optimization challenges in our digital advertising business.

You will support the Advertising and Sales teams by analyzing our products and their supporting data sources, using insights to help improve and increase our sales efforts. You will partner with Ad Product, Sales, Revenue Operations, Sales Operations, and Finance to provide sales performance and trend insights. You will report to the Director of Business Analytics.

Responsibilities

• Analyze advertising and sales datasets to optimize overall performance. Develop and analyze performance through dashboards and provide strategic optimization alerts and recommendations.
• Manage daily ad performance and sales requests from Ad Product, Sales, and Finance teams, providing product recommendations, inventory trends, or alternative options.
• Help establish requirements for analytics tools and reporting dashboards.
• Provide important business insights to senior sales and advertising leadership based on sales performance trends.
• Develop quantitative analysis, ad hoc reports, models, and A/B tests to support advertising decisions.
• Conduct ad hoc analysis to provide guidance to engineering around bugs and issues.
• Monitor NYT properties to ensure ads are delivering as expected.
• Demonstrate support and understanding of our value of journalistic independence and a strong commitment to our mission to seek the truth and help people understand the world.

Basic Qualifications

• BA/BS in Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, or related field
• Experience with the following tools preferred: Tableau, Salesforce, Einstein, BigQuery, BusinessObjects, or Google Ad Manager
• 2-4 years post-collegiate work experience in a quantitative field or equivalent educational experience
• Experienced working with both business and technical (IT) teams
• Experience synthesizing large dataset into important insights
• Motivated self- starter possessing experience establishing communication and engagement with prospects

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous analytics experience in digital advertising.
• You can operate both autonomously and collaboratively.
• You have an enthusiasm for spotting and implementing new opportunities to lead business and cultural impact.