About Audubon

The National Audubon Society is a leading nonprofit conservation organization with 120 years of science-based, community-driven impact, dedicated to protecting birds and the places they need, today and tomorrow. Birds are powerful indicators of our planet’s health, acting as sentinels that warn us of environmental change and inspire action. Audubon works across the Western Hemisphere, driven by the understanding that what is good for birds is good for the planet. Through a collaborative, bipartisan approach across habitats, borders, and the political spectrum, Audubon drives meaningful and lasting conservation outcomes. With 800 staff and over 1.9 million supporters, Audubon is a dynamic and ever-growing force committed to ensuring a better planet for both birds and people for generations to come. Learn more at www.audubon.org and on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @audubonsociety.

Position Summary:

In pursuit of Audubon's conservation mission, the Data & Technology team partners with programmatic and business teams across the organization to develop and deploy enterprise data systems and data-driven practices at the scale needed to achieve our ambitious goals. The Senior Manager, Impact Measurement & Reporting will play a key role in developing and managing programmatic and operational impact measurement and reporting approaches and products that utilize a range of data sources to track and communicate progress toward our ambitious goals. This role will contribute toward complex, multi-year digital transformation efforts and enterprise-level data analysis and reporting products to deliver impactful technical solutions that meaningfully contribute toward Audubon’s mission for hemispheric bird conservation. A successful candidate will have significant strengths in impact design, impact measurement, and data product development, as well as comfort and familiarity with a broad range of data analytics, data science, and data engineering tools, methods, and frameworks. This position reports to the Senior Director of Data Analytics, Measurement & Reporting within the Audubon Data & Technology team.

This is a hybrid position based in Audubon’s New York City or Washington, DC offices. We will also consider remote candidates within the United States.

Interested candidates must attach a cover letter to be considered for this opportunity.

Examples of initiatives that the position will support are:

• Managing and supporting development of enterprise data products and methodologies to track and report the scale and depth of Audubon’s hemispheric conservation efforts; sharing results and insights to support internal program management and external storytelling about our work and impact.

• Collaborating with functional business teams such as Marketing, Development and Finance, working hand in hand to identify and act on opportunities to deploy data analysis and reporting products that leverage our programmatic and operational data in innovative and robust ways to track and measure impact toward our ambitious goals.

• Developing stable, robust, and cohesive enterprise reporting products to support strategic integration and alignment across conservation and workplace excellence milestone goals as articulated in Audubon’s strategic plan, building transparency and accountability to impact across programmatic and functional business teams and leaders.

Compensation:

Salary range based on geo-differentials:

• $106,000 - $132,000 / year = National

• $119,000 - $149,000 / year = Alaska, CA (not San Francisco), Connecticut, D.C., Chicago, Oyster Bay, NY

• $132,000 - $165,000 / year = NYC (not Oyster Bay), San Francisco, Seattle

Essential Functions

• Serve as an individual contributor within Audubon Technology with primary responsibility for developing and managing data methodologies and products to advance mature and robust impact measurement, reporting, insights and data storytelling about our work in alignment with Flight Plan, Audubon’s strategic plan for hemispheric bird conservation.

• Design and implement data analysis and reporting solutions leveraging Audubon’s enterprise data architecture, business intelligence tools, impact measurement tracking system, and other organizational technology tools and resources as applicable.

• Contribute to Audubon’s impact design and impact data strategy implementation; Support design and implementation of improvements to Audubon’s impact data collection tools, user guidance, and stakeholder engagement processes. Directly implement low-code/no-code features and manage content within impact measurement data products to support users and contribute to data product feature development and implementation efforts

• Collaborate with Analytics, Engineering and Enterprise GIS team colleagues on data engineering, analytics engineering, data science, and spatial analytics needs relevant to impact measurement and reporting.

• Manage data product development, facilitate user testing, demonstration, and feedback cycles with stakeholder teams. Manage troubleshooting, bug fixes, and bottlenecks to promote efficient and effective development cycles.

• Ensure that data analytics, measurement and reporting practices adhere to security, privacy, and compliance standards, including data governance policies, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices; Implement and maintain safeguards to protect sensitive information, mitigate risks, and support a culture of data security awareness across the organization.

• Proactively act to build and facilitate strong, collaborative partnerships among technical teams and non-technical stakeholders across Audubon conservation and functional business teams.

• Prepare and deliver written and oral reports, visualizations, and presentations to executives, technical and non-technical staff, and external audiences.

• Collaborate with Technology colleagues to appropriately administer software, tools and applications related to data products and workflows.

• Maintain and foster culture of safety.

• Other job-related duties as assigned

Qualifications and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Data Analytics/Data Science, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field. Master’s degree is a plus.

• At least 7 years of experience in data analytics and reporting with a focus on impact measurement and management, with a proven track record of successfully leading and delivering large, complex, multi-stakeholder impact measurement and reporting initiatives. An equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered.

• Demonstrated experience in designing and deploying impact measurement analytics and reporting products to support program management, progress tracking, data storytelling, and/or decision support in conservation or other environmental or social issue spaces required.

• Experience and knowledge of impact strategy and impact design approaches and best practices in conservation or other environmental or social impact spaces required.

• Experience with impact measurement approaches and best practices for functional business areas such as marketing, development, finance, and other operational domains strongly preferred. Experience designing, tracking and reporting using standard approaches such as KPIs and OKRs preferred.

• Success in delivering large data analytics and reporting initiatives in matrixed organizations. Experience transforming how data delivers business value and impact value in large, federated non-profit, government, or other environmental or social impact organization strongly preferred.

• Demonstrated experience utilizing modern data infrastructure tools such as cloud data warehouses (Snowflake, BigQuery, etc), data integration and orchestration tools (Fivetran, Airflow, dbt, etc), business intelligence tools (PowerBI, Sigma, etc), CRM systems (Salesforce, Everyaction, etc), and other enterprise data tools (such as Airtable) required.

• Expert level coding ability in SQL, Python, R, and/or other coding languages for data analytics, data science and/or data engineering required.

• Expertise in utilizing Airtable or equivalent low-code/no-code development platforms for enterprise-level information management, knowledge management, or other data product development strongly preferred.

• Experience with geographic information systems (GIS), spatial data analytics and visualization strongly preferred.

• Demonstrated experience applying technical coordination and project management best practices using tools such as Jira required. PMP or other relevant certification preferred.

• Demonstrated ability to communicate technical information to non-technical audiences.

• Excellent collaboration skills, with the ability to understand and apply product needs and requirements from a diverse set of organizational stakeholders, and to communicate effectively with non-technical collaborators.

• Demonstrated experience preparing effective written materials, presentations, and other documentation and communication materials for internal and external audiences.

• Curiosity to stay on the cusp of software and product trends in non-profits and the greater tech industry.

• Commitment to Audubon’s organizational values of care, collaboration, change, integrity, impact, and innovation.

• Experience fostering inclusive and collaborative work environments is valued.

This position is represented by the Communication Workers of America (CWA).

National Audubon Society Competencies: This role will also be accountable to apply and develop the following competencies.

Fostering Relationships: Build trust, mutual respect, and understanding through regular and genuine interactions while promoting a positive and inclusive environment.

Analytical Thinking: Recognize and value diverse perspectives and experiences in data analysis to foster a more comprehensive and equitable approach to problem-solving.

Creativity and Innovation: Leverage creativity and imagination to generate new insights and solutions while embracing diverse ideas and approaches that foster innovation.

Facilitating Change: Work with others to explore innovative approaches to problem-solving while promoting inclusivity, equity, accessibility, and belonging in the change process.

Team Leadership: Communicate vision and engage others or the team to solve problems while valuing diverse perspectives and fostering inclusivity.

EEO Statement

We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic outlined by federal, state, or local laws. We are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible hiring process for all candidates.

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