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Salary: USD 130,000 - 225,000 / annual
Substack is building an economic engine for independent creators, enabling direct subscriptions and creative autonomy outside traditional media gatekeeping. You would join the Product Analytics team as the fourth member, embedded within the Product organization.
You will own the continuous improvement of Substack's understanding of its product, user base, growth trajectory, and competitive position. Working closely with product managers and company leadership, you'll inform long-term, medium-term, and short-term strategy for your product area. You'll define useful metrics, set clear goals, and share regular insightful updates across the team and company.
Key responsibilities include:
- Proactively partnering with PMs and leadership to drive strategic decision-making
- Defining metrics and establishing clear goals for product areas
- Designing and sharing dashboards and analytical insights across the organization
- Collaborating with engineers to improve data logging, ETL pipelines, and data infrastructure ergonomics
- Operating with limited resources and taking ownership of what needs to be done
This is a hands-on role in a small, scrappy team where you'll have significant impact on product direction and company strategy.
Requirements:
- 4+ years of experience as an analyst or in a similar technical role
- Solid understanding of product growth concepts and frameworks (retention curves, cohort analysis, growth accounting)
- Advanced SQL knowledge and familiarity with BI tools (Snowflake and Periscope used daily)
- Strong data visualization and written/verbal communication skills; ability to design clear dashboards and convey salient insights
- Solid understanding of A/B testing and experimentation concepts (test design, power calculation, post-hoc analysis, novelty effects)
- Strong product sense and deep understanding of Substack's product, user base, and market position
- Ability to work independently with limited resources
- Experience with Trust & Safety and/or Sales and Partnerships data is a plus
