Senior Policy Data Analyst

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California, +1 more state.

📋 Description

• Utilize SQL and Python to manage corrections and parole administrative data.

• Model policy situations and assess tradeoffs through regressions, time series, stock-and-flow modeling, and distributional analysis.

• Convert policy ideas into tangible modeling to support evidence-based policy modifications.

• Take ownership of the entire analytical process, from breaking down objectives into products and designing the methodology to producing findings and decision materials.

• Prepare presentations and memos for the Department of Corrections leadership, customizing findings to inspire action.

• Define project scope, create roadmaps, identify uncertainties, and adjust plans as objectives evolve.

• Collaborate throughout the organization to gather state context, comprehend data infrastructure, and aid in policy implementation.

• Recognize additional analytical possibilities in assigned states and conduct preliminary explorations.

• Develop reusable analytical strategies and frameworks for colleagues.

• Travel approximately once every six months, and occasionally as necessary, to state partners within the continental United States, including prisons and parole offices.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 5 years of hands-on experience in exploring, analyzing, and processing complex datasets.

• Professional experience utilizing SQL with large datasets, demonstrating high proficiency in crafting efficient queries for complex extraction and transformation.

• Professional experience in Python, particularly with pandas, for statistical analysis and data visualization.

• Adequate statistical background to reason about analysis design, scrutinize results closely, and prepare analyses that withstand scrutiny.

• Experience in scoping and delivering analytical projects, balancing depth and speed under tight deadlines and shifting priorities.

• Background in teams where ownership is collaboratively shared across functions, including proactively seeking missing context and identifying risks before they escalate.

• Experience in adapting quantitative methods to introduce intuitively meaningful metrics in ambiguous, unconstrained settings (preferred).

• Experience working with large public-sector administrative datasets, particularly in relation to criminal justice (preferred).

• Familiarity with Google Cloud Platform, BigQuery, Looker, Jupyter notebooks, and Python/Pandas (preferred).

• Visa sponsorship is not available.

• Remote hires are based in the United States.

🏝️ Benefits

• 90% coverage for medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your dependents.

• Flexible time off, consisting of 20 days of PTO, 3 days of paid volunteering time, and 13 paid holidays.

• 12 weeks of paid parental leave.

• 401(k) retirement plan with a 5% company match and no vesting period.

• Complimentary One Medical membership (depending on location).

• Inclusive fertility and family-forming benefits, along with hormonal health and gender-affirming care benefits through Carrot.

• Monthly ClassPass credit for personal wellness.

• Complimentary mental health support via Talkspace.

• Flexibility to work remotely or from the Oakland or Manhattan office.

• Annual company offsite each spring and other spontaneous gatherings.

• An environment within a mission-driven tech startup that offers stretch opportunities.