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NPRSenior Data Insights Analyst, Mobile App
NPR is seeking a Senior Data Insights Analyst to support a new, leaner, audience-focused mobile app that will serve NPR and partner stations in several formats.…
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NPR is seeking a Senior Data Insights Analyst to support a new, leaner, audience-focused mobile app that will serve NPR and partner stations in several formats. NPR creates news, information and music programming and works alongside hundreds of member stations across the country. The analyst leads experiments and advanced product analytics for the app and supplies the data work that guides product and audience decisions. Advanced SQL sits at the…
Job Description
NPR is seeking a Senior Data Insights Analyst to support a new, leaner, audience-focused mobile app that will serve NPR and partner stations in several formats. NPR creates news, information and music programming and works alongside hundreds of member stations across the country. The analyst leads experiments and advanced product analytics for the app and supplies the data work that guides product and audience decisions.
Advanced SQL sits at the heart of the job. The analyst writes and reviews complex queries against unaggregated event exports, including GA4 and Firebase data in BigQuery, and builds cohort, behavior and retention analyses. The role sets quality standards for SQL across the team, trains colleagues on query tuning, and designs A/B tests from start to finish aimed at growing weekly reach and deepening listening. Experiments run on tools such as Optimizely, and results are turned into recommendations for product leads, newsroom leaders and partner stations.
The posting asks for at least five years of advanced SQL work and five years in mobile and web analytics, plus two years designing experiments with enterprise platforms. Looker or Tableau reporting skill, spreadsheet modeling and the ability to brief non-technical audiences are required, as is experience coaching others. R or Python for statistical modeling is a plus. The job is classified as full-time and exempt, and it is union-represented, with NABET-CWA DMU as the bargaining unit. The anticipated U.S. salary range runs from $105,435 to $116,381 (rounded to the dollar), plus benefits. Applications close at 5:00 p.m. Eastern on October 23, 2026.
The role is remote-permitted and based out of NPR's Washington, D.C. office. The person may work from an approved U.S. location, come into a NPR facility when desks are available, or split time between both, and occasional travel may be required.
Responsibilities
- Write, tune and check intricate BigQuery SQL, including unnesting arrays and building behavioral datasets from event-level records.
- Lead the experimentation cycle on NPR's owned platforms using Optimizely or similar tools.
- Produce trend reports and deep-dive app analytics for product, newsroom and station stakeholders.
- Coach teammates in advanced SQL and build self-service tools so partners can answer their own questions.
- Maintain scheduled queries, summary tables and automated pipelines, and work with Data Products on tracking problems.
- Rank incoming analysis requests by business impact.
- Write guidelines, data dictionaries and reference docs covering app, video and web metrics.
Requirements
- Five or more years of advanced SQL against raw, unaggregated event logs.
- Five or more years of mobile and web analytics with tools such as Firebase and GA4.
- Two or more years designing and assessing A/B and multivariate tests.
- Expert-level dashboards in Looker or Tableau, plus spreadsheet models in Excel or Google Sheets.
- Track record of training partners and coaching teammates on SQL and data habits.
- Solid command of significance testing and post-test behavioral analysis.
Qualifications
- Experience in digital news, public broadcasting or streaming media.
- Statistical modeling in R or Python.
- Record of building cross-functional partnerships on complicated, multi-department problems.
Core Skills
Benefits
- Health, dental and eye coverage.
- Life and AD&D coverage plus short- and long-term disability.
- Voluntary retirement savings.
- Paid time off plus health, wellness and financial well-being programs.
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Is this remote?
It is remote-permitted. The role is based at NPR's Washington, D.C. office, but staff may work from an approved U.S. location, on site or a mix of both.
What is the salary range?
The anticipated U.S. range runs from $105,435 to $116,381 (rounded to the dollar), plus benefits.
When is the deadline?
Applications close at 5:00 p.m. Eastern on October 23, 2026.
What experience is needed?
Five years of advanced SQL and five years of mobile and web analytics, plus two years of experiment design.
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