Democratic National Committee

Democratic National Committee

Fundraising Analyst

Remote (United States) · Full-time

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 7 days ago
Data StructuresSQLBigQueryDatabricksAWSGCPCloud PlatformsAirflowdbtData ScienceA/B TestingExperimental Design

About the role

  • In addition, they will work in close partnership with teams across the DNC, including Mobilization (grassroots fundraising), Finance (major donor), and Compliance.
  • We value diversity in perspective, lived experience, and the many paths one may take into working in political technology.

Responsibilities

  • About Democratic National Committee Tech Team The Democratic National Committee's Tech team is hiring a Fundraising Analyst to support our fundraising efforts to help Democrats win elections and to empower progressives across the country.
  • The Fundraising Analyst will report into the Analytics Lead and work with other Analysts on the Data team.
  • They will conduct strategic analysis to maximize fundraising, partner with program leads to improve operations, and serve as a fundraising technology subject matter expert for the organization.
  • Manage finance data synced from multiple platforms, create data structures that aggregate and standardize fundraising data for analysis and reporting.
  • Run and validate fundraising models produced by
  • Recommend and design experiments to optimize fundraising efforts including, but not limited to, A/B testing on digital campaigns and to direct mail audiences.
  • Build and maintain automated reporting to empower our team with key insights into program performance.

Requirements

  • You have experience working with political data like state voter files, election results, or data on voter, volunteer, or donor engagement.
  • You have direct experience with voter databases and outreach software such as VAN/ Votebuilder, Scale to Win, or Reach.
  • Whether you have a for-profit background in Analytics Engineering with an analytical mindset or you've worked in political or non-profit fundraising before, we'd love to talk to you.

Nice to have

  • Preferred Skills and Qualifications You write clean, well-organized SQL and know how to structure reusable data pipelines.
  • You've worked with large, complex datasets-especially those that weren't tidy to begin with.
  • These could include tools like Dagster, Databricks, AWS Glue, or Dataform.
  • You're comfortable with the Google Cloud Platform, especially BigQuery and GCS.
  • You can explain technical tradeoffs clearly to both engineers and non-technical collaborators.
  • You've worked in fast-paced environments where priorities shift quickly.
  • You've spent time on a campaign or you've worked with political data before.

Compensation

  • The salary for the Data Analyst position is $84,000 on an annualized basis, commensurate with experience and qualifications.

Benefits

  • DNC offers a generous benefit package, including:

Company info

  • We are a fully remote, distributed team living in 19 states and from a variety of backgrounds.
  • Some of us have worked in political campaigns, others in public sector tech, and others in industry.
  • We believe deeply in the promise of breaking the boom-bust cycle of political tech work and building technology infrastructure that will support campaigns from cycle to cycle and will improve with every iteration.
  • Who you are: We're focused on equipping our fundraising teams with the data-backed strategy and insights they need to operate intelligently and efficiently, and are looking for a Fundraising Analyst with a diverse range of backgrounds and skill sets to help us tackle numerous projects.
  • Good candidates are extremely detail-oriented while able to move quickly to respond to events or stakeholder needs without sacrificing quality.
  • On a day-to-day basis, our team cares about things like designing tools and reports to enable smarter decision-making, and optimizing messaging and targeting across channels and audiences, to name a few.
  • Among other things, core responsibilities of this role include: Strategic Analysis: Perform analysis to understand trends in engagement, areas of program strength, and opportunities for improvement; turn this analysis into actionable insights to optimize where we are focused over time.
  • Orchestrate Pipelines: Manage finance data synced from multiple platforms, create data structures that aggregate and standardize fundraising data for analysis and reporting.
  • Maintain Models: Run and validate fundraising models produced by Data Science team In addition, this role may also include: Lead Experimental Design: Recommend and design experiments to optimize fundraising efforts including, but not limited to, A/B testing on digital campaigns and to direct mail audiences.
  • Reporting: Build and maintain automated reporting to empower our team with key insights into program performance.
  • Work with engineering teams to consult on data products that can be used to streamline reporting code.
  • Automation: Work with Tech Team stakeholders to develop products that streamline repetitive processes, such as targeting, universe development, and list movement between tools; consult on data products that can be used to streamline reporting code and other system automation.
  • Ad Hoc Work: Manage ad hoc data requests from stakeholders, ensuring quick turnaround while maintaining data accuracy and quality.
  • You enjoy building things with others, not just for them, and believe the best products come from thoughtful partnerships.
  • You've used tools like dbt or Airflow to build and maintain production workflows.
  • Additional useful skills and
  • Perform analysis to understand trends in engagement, areas of program strength, and opportunities for improvement; turn this analysis into actionable insights to optimize where we are focused over time.

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