Campaigns Data Director

Reports To: Director of Engineering

Department: Administration

Work Location: Hybrid (WFH & DC Headquarters)

Job Type: Full-Time Salary Exempt

Supervisory Responsibilities: Yes

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) is the official national Democratic campaign committee charged with electing Democrats to the U. S. House of Representatives. The DCCC recruits Democratic candidates and supports Democratic campaigns both challengers and Democratic incumbent Members with a variety of services including field operations fundraising support communications assistance digital strategy research support and management consulting. The DCCC is supported by the contributions of individuals and organizations along with Democratic Members from throughout the country. We look for talented and hard-working professionals who are committed to electing Democrats and winning the House majority.

Due to the cyclic nature of our organization all positions are subject to separation at the end of the election cycle.

Position Summary:

The Campaigns Data Director will serve as the primary liaison for the Data Operations team and the committees Organizing and Voter Protection departments. This position will require a blend of technical skills and stakeholder management. With the support of the Data Operations and Analytics teams this role will help develop the Organizing and Voter Protection data strategy by helping create and perfect helpful metrics and improve data processes by managing vendor relationships and refining data workflows.

Responsibilities:

• Act as the primary liaison on the Data Operations team for departments running voter outreach programs such as the Organizing and Voter Protection departments
• Help to scope voter outreach programs to ensure that teams have the reporting required to make key investment decisions and the tooling infrastructure to execute programs
• Work across the DCCC to ensure accurate cross-department information sharing and transparency related to program status tool access and data support
• Hire and manage a team of Regional Data Associates to facilitate tool set-up data standards enforcement and ad hoc data requests related to voter outreach
• Administer outreach tools for departments running voter outreach programs (past vendors have included NGPVAN PDI Hustle Scale to Win Reach and Mobilize)
• Build and maintain relationships with DCCC organizing vendors; collaborate with internal stakeholders and vendors to develop and execute cycle roadmaps to ensure that outreach tools meet DCCC needs and are streamlined for voter contact and volunteer engagement
• Attend regular cross-committee meetings with leadership from sister committees including the DNC and DSCC to help create common data standards for VAN usage
• Create and enforce committee-wide data standards for voter outreach programs
• Manage a data ticketing system for staff to ask questions and receive support related to campaigns data and tool administration
• Supporting Voter Protection staff in ballot cure-related data management and reporting as well as supporting LBJ the DNCs Voter Protection CRM
• Maintain relationships with state voter file managers to facilitate accurate receipt of election data from states including polling locations and early vote uploads
• Manage VAN Targets for staff and work closely with Engineering and Analytics teams to make sure that voter contact universes are syncing across various outreach tools
• Other duties as assigned

• 2-3 cycles (4-6 years) of experience working on campaigns or with political data
• Ability to translate technical information to non-technical audiences
• Excellent stakeholder and vendor management abilities
• Experience creating training materials and documentation
• Extensive VAN experience with at least one cycle in an administrative capacity
• Experience working with texting dialing and relational tools (examples include Scale to Win Switchboard Hustle REACH Mobilize)
• Fluency with SQL; some experience with Python and R would be a plus
• Draws from team members strengths empowering them to maximize their talents; contributes where needed to achieve and exceed goals; mentors and guides colleagues with regular feedback and recognition; clearly lays out vision and expectations to the team
• Proactively fosters an inclusive atmosphere and commitment to equal employment opportunities
• Ability to demonstrate multicultural competence the awareness knowledge and skills needed to work with others who are culturally different from self in meaningful relevant and productive ways
• Personal and professional commitment to promoting and investing in cross-cultural skills and awareness related to individuals from broad backgrounds races ethnicities religions gender sexual orientation gender identity and disability.
• Proven interpersonal communication and collaboration skills with the ability to build relationships with staff at all levels

Why You Should Work Here:

• We recognize and reward hard work
• Learn develop and hone professional skills related to running and operating multi-dimensional political campaigns and the operating systems that support the campaigns
• Experience working with the largest Democratic battlefield containing numerous highly competitive campaigns in diverse districts across the nation
• Opportunities to expand your network and engage with policy makers political candidates Democratic Party leaders and a diverse team of professionals and colleagues
• Gain experience in cross-team interaction and exposure to other functions and departments within the DCCC
• Equity and inclusion are core values actively integrated into decisions made at Senior Team and Department levels

Benefits:

• Medical dental and vision plans with premiums fully paid for by DCCC
• Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D) and Life Insurance fully paid for by DCCC
• More than 25 days of paid time off (which includes federal holidays time off around the holidays vacation and sick days)
• Paid parental leave
• Fertility and growing family support with $10000 subsidiary paid by DCCC
• Pet Insurance Discount
• Up to 6% retirement employer match contribution
• Long-term Disability fully paid for by DCCC
• Monthly mobile phone stipend
• Monthly metro benefits (for employees located in the DC metro area only)
• Gym Access (for employees located in the DC metro area only)
• Capital Bikeshare Discount (for employees located in the DC metro area only)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee Resource Groups

Diversity Mission Statement:

The diversity mission of DCCC is for DCCC to reflect the diversity of the country which strengthens the core mission of electing House Democrats. To that end DCCC strives to create an inclusive environment that cultivates and supports equal employment opportunities at every organizational level including its staff candidates vendors and contractors.

Equal Opportunity/Diversity Policy:

DCCC prohibits discrimination of employment promotion compensation terms conditions or privileges of employment on the basis of race color ancestry national origin gender sexual orientation sex (including marital and parental status) religion age disability actual or perceived gender identity or expression weight personal appearance family responsibilities genetic information economic status genetic information veterans status or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. DCCC is an equal opportunity employer and will comply with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination in employment.