Ground News is looking for a Senior Product Analytics Lead to play a pivotal role in transforming raw product data into a trusted analytics layer. In this high-ownership position, you will define metrics, data models, and analytical standards that will scale with the company, directly informing roadmap decisions, validating product bets, and understanding user engagement. You will partner closely with Product, Engineering, and business leaders.
What You'll Do
- Conduct exploratory, open-ended analyses to answer high-impact questions central to product strategy.
- Analyze and model the impact of product decisions in ways that are easy to interpret, share, and act on.
- Define, develop, and evolve standardized product and business metrics for user behaviour, engagement, and subscription performance.
- Develop scalable data models that efficiently answer product questions and user behaviour.
- Create intuitive dashboards and visualizations that surface meaningful product insights.
- Lead the design, launch, and analysis of experiments (multivariate feature tests) across the product ecosystem.
- Monitor topline product and business trends to inform roadmap planning and prioritization.
- Champion a documentation-first data culture to ensure shared understanding and long-term scalability.
What We're Looking For
- 5-10 years of experience in product analytics, data science, analytics, management consulting, or related fields.
- Strong experience with Data models and DAGs, and modern BI tools (Looker, Metabase, Superset, etc.).
- Advanced SQL skills and experience working with cloud-based data warehouses (BigQuery, Redshift, Snowflake, Databricks).
- Proven ability to translate ambiguous business problems into analyses and articulate complex analyses into clear, actionable insights.
- High standards for data quality, metric integrity, and analytical rigor.
- Fluency with intermediate statistical analysis to inform decisions with directional accuracy.
- Strong communication, documentation, and data visualization skills.
Nice to Have
- Passion for news, media literacy, or experience working with content-driven products.
- Experience with digital subscriptions, mobile apps, or in-app purchase businesses.
- Familiarity with AWS environment and orchestration tools such as Dagster.
- Exposure to experimentation frameworks or applied machine-learning techniques.
Technical Stack
- SQL
- Cloud-based data warehouses (BigQuery, Redshift, Snowflake, Databricks)
- Modern BI tools (Looker, Metabase, Superset)
- AWS environment
- Orchestration tools (Dagster)
Team & Environment
You will partner closely with Product, Engineering, and other business leaders.
Benefits & Compensation
- Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance coverage for you and your family.
- Access to professional development opportunities.
Work Mode
This is a remote position open to candidates in Canada.
Ground News is a mission-driven team building meaningful products with real-world impact. We foster a culture of collaboration, creativity, and diverse perspectives, and prioritize growth for both our business and our team members.
