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Position Summary

Organization Overview

America Votes works with over 400 state and national partner organizations to advance progressive policies, win elections, and protect every American’s right to vote.

Since 2003, America Votes has been the common link between many of the largest and most influential issue and membership organizations in the country, serving as the coordination hub of the progressive community. America Votes’ work has brought together a wide range of causes and built a unified coalition that has transformed how the progressive community works. Together, they have engaged communities across the country to act on critical issues – from fighting for working families, to defending reproductive freedom, to protecting the environment, and more – and mobilized millions of voters to turn out on Election Day.

America Votes works year-round nationally and in more than 20 states, acting as permanent campaign infrastructure to continually advance progressive causes and win elections. America Votes provides a range of services to partners, including strategic planning, advocacy and electoral campaign coordination, data tools and targeting services, and on-the-ground leadership in states. America Votes also works to improve election systems and fight back against efforts to suppress voters, taking the lead throughout their state network to coordinate and execute advocacy campaigns with allies to reform elections and modernize the voting process.

Racial Equity Statement

As a leader of collaborative efforts to mobilize voters, protect voting rights, and win elections, America Votes is committed to advancing racial equity within our organization and across our coalition. We acknowledge the systematic racism that permeates all facets of our society, beginning with the foundational right to vote. America Votes is also engaging with an understanding of the ways gender, sexuality, and other forms of oppression intersect with race and how those relationships impact inequities faced by our staff, our partners, and the communities that we engage in our work. America Votes strives to model our commitment to racial equity through our internal and external operations, programs, and partnerships. We acknowledge the inequitable structures that continue to exist and are moving forward with a sustained commitment in time, resources and people to challenge structural racism and work towards creating a reflective organization and democracy.

Position Description

The Data Support Director works to ensure America Votes’ staff and partners have the data resources and tools they need to contact millions of voters in 2024 and beyond. They will manage a team charged with administering tools, running trainings, sharing best practices, and collaborating with America Votes’ state teams and partner organizations across the progressive space. This position is ideal for someone with a data background who loves working with people, has a passion for helping others do their best work, and enjoys both quick problem solving and building sustainable long term systems.

This is a management position that reports to the National Data & Targeting Director and is not union eligible.

Responsibilities

• Program and Tools: Lead a team to support staff and partner organizations, making sure our partners have the data and tools resources they need to run the best possible voter contact program. Serve as a thought partner to staff across the organization – in particular, working closely with the state network team – and lead the creation of templates, trackers, and other materials that help staff implement best practices.
• Vendor Management: Act as the main point of contact for data vendors. Track issues and advocate for new features to ensure our staff and partners are getting the support they need.
• Training and Capacity Building: Create structures and content that help our state data staff do their best work, including onboarding new staff, convening weekly cross-state calls, directly coaching staff, and facilitating training on SQL and other skills.
• Coalition Leadership: Build relationships across the progressive space, find opportunities to create or share resources, and convene partners around best practices and new innovations.

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Meaningful experience in political or civic data, with at least two cycles in mid to senior roles.
• Strong management skills, with past experience managing people and projects.
• Past experience integrating race equity into data work, a commitment to anti-racism, and a clear understanding of how gender, sexuality, and other forms of oppression intersect with race and show up in data, organizing and electoral settings.
• Experience with VAN, ideally as an administrator.
• Solid SQL skills – you don’t need to be an expert, but you should be comfortable writing queries with joins and aggregate functions, as well as coaching other data staff on SQL.
• Strong communication and relationship building skills, and a service oriented approach that prioritizes collaboration, supporting staff and partners, and building for the long term.

Nice to Haves

• Experience as a state data director, including building universes and voter contact reporting.
• Experience in an organization with a robust state network, such as a national partner or a presidential campaign.
• Additional technical skills, such as experience building dashboards or coding in Python or R.
• Formal or deeper experience as a trainer for data skills, especially experience building curriculum and writing training materials.

There is no education requirement for this position. Candidates from a range of educational and professional backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

Location

The location for this position is flexible. Some travel and reasonable access to an airport is required. America Votes has offices located in DC and CO, FL, GA, MI, MN, NC, NH, NM, NV, OH, PA, and WI.

Compensation

The salary for this position will be between $85,000 – $104,000 and depend upon the applicant’s experience. America Votes offers a competitive benefits package covering 100% of employee medical, dental, & vision insurance premiums, life insurance, long term disability coverage, a monthly cell phone stipend, personal professional development funds, parental leave, and 401 (K) after four months of continuous service with the organization. America Votes provides a generous paid time off policy including paid vacation; paid sick leave and personal days; at least 10 Federal paid holidays including Juneteenth; and paid organizational time off from at least December 25 to January 1.

America Votes is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse, inclusive and equitable workplace. America Votes does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected category under local, state or federal law.