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About The Democratic Party of Wisconsin

WisDems is nationally recognized as one of the country’s highest-performing and most pivotal political organizations. During the upcoming election cycle, WisDems will drive massive programs to hold Republicans accountable, elect progressive candidates up and down the ballot, and work to build volunteer-led coalitions for the long term. WisDems’ work is grounded in inclusion, respect, and empowerment across race, gender, other dimensions of identity, and the rural/suburban/urban divide. Our work continues year-round, collaborating with partners to build a movement that delivers meaningful change for all Wisconsinites. We seek outstanding applicants who share our values and vision to join the team, help win elections, and build a future where everyone can thrive.

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The Opportunity: As the Deputy Data Director, you will serve as the technical and strategic co-pilot for the Data Department. You are the vital link between our complex data infrastructure and the staff and volunteers working on the ground. Partnering closely with the Organizing and Voter Protection teams, you will build the pipelines, automate the workflows, and design the reports that ensure our resources are deployed effectively. This role requires an intelligent, self-starting individual who is just as comfortable writing complex SQL queries as they are patiently training a County Party Chair on how to use VAN. You will help turn millions of data points into actionable insights that win elections.

You’re our person if:

• You are a technical builder. You have advanced skills in SQL, Python, and Google BigQuery, and you love creating automated pipelines that save your team hours of manual work.
• You are a "Data Translator." You know that a brilliant dashboard is only useful if people know how to read it. You can explain complex data systems to organizers, volunteers, and stakeholders who are not tech-savvy.
• You have a service mindset. You don't mind managing a ticketing system or fielding urgent requests. You enjoy helping people troubleshoot their tech issues so they can get back to talking to voters.
• You are fast and flexible. Campaign data moves at lightning speed. You thrive when providing rapid-turnaround analysis and adapting to shifting electoral priorities.

You align with our core principles:

• Accountability & Solution-Oriented: You take full ownership of your code and your commitments. When a data integration breaks or a pipeline fails, you approach it with a problem-solving mindset rather than pointing fingers.
• Collaboration & Teamwork: You actively break down silos, working seamlessly with the Organizing and Voter Protection teams to ensure they have the tools they need to hit their goals.
• Growth & Adaptability: You are dedicated to continuous improvement. You proactively seek, offer, and act on feedback with openness and can anticipate potential data obstacles to take proactive steps.
• Respect & Inclusion: You build strong relationships by treating everyone with kindness, dignity, and trust. You approach interactions assuming positive intent.
• Transparent Communication: You communicate openly and honestly to build trust and alignment. You are proactive in setting clear expectations about data delivery timelines.

Job Responsibilities:

Data Engineering & Analytics:

• Build and maintain data pipelines, integrations, and automated workflows using tools such as Google BigQuery and Python.
• Design and build reports, dashboards, and tools for internal departments (particularly Organizing and Voter Protection) and external partners.
• Produce and share timely analysis of voter contact results, early vote and absentee turnout, voter registration, and other critical campaign metrics.
• Field requests for specialized research projects and data analysis, often requiring rapid turnaround.

Cross-Departmental & Stakeholder Support:

• Maintain and respond to our internal ticketing system, fulfilling data support requests and list exports for staff, candidates, volunteers, and County Parties.
• Implement systems for access and data sharing within Votebuilder (VAN), including managing users, user profiles, and committees.
• Develop and present VAN training materials to the organizing team and external stakeholders in statewide, small group, and one-on-one settings.
• Support the administration of voter contact tools such as VAN, Hubdialer, Reach, and other platforms.

• Manage all aspects of "Packetland"—serving as the primary technical architect for the state's canvassing infrastructure by coding the necessary data pipelines, tracking deadlines, and communicating core strategic decisions to other departments.
• Required Qualifications:

• Technical Expertise: Advanced technical ability coding in SQL, Python, and Google Sheets.
• Pipeline Management: Experience creating and managing data pipelines and workflows.
• Communication Skills: Demonstrably excellent interpersonal and written communication skills, with the ability to teach technical concepts to non-technical users.
• Self-Starter: Highly organized and comfortable taking ownership of complex projects with minimal direction.

Required Qualifications:

• Previous campaign experience, especially familiarity with Organizing, Voter Protection, and Wisconsin politics.
• Working experience with Civis Platform, Google BigQuery, and/or Google Cloud Storage data warehouses.
• Knowledge of DNC and NGPVAN vansync tables.
• Experience pushing and pulling data via the APIs of widely used political vendors (e.g., NGPVAN, Civis, Reach).
• Experience managing external stakeholder relationships and IT/Data ticketing systems.

Note: On-year requirements include working outside of normal work hours; including canvassing and other election-preparation as necessary.

Benefits: Great benefits including; excellent health care ($1/month), dental ($1/month), vision ($1/month), life insurance (free), short term and long-term disability (free), mileage reimbursement, monthly cell phone stipend, paid vacation days, retirement plan with employer match, floating holidays, paid holidays.

Equity and Inclusion: The Democratic Party of Wisconsin has a vision for a deeply inclusive and diverse party organization, membership, and electorate. In order to be successful at the Democratic Party of Wisconsin candidates must have the cultural competence to successfully work with a diverse array of constituency groups. We especially strongly encourage applicants with close ties to Black, Indigenous, AAPI, Latinx, Muslim, non-English-speaking, disability, and LGBTQIA+ communities. The Democratic Party of Wisconsin is an Equal Opportunity Employer.