Growth Analytics & Operations Lead

Haystack News is a fast-growing mission-driven startup working to empower independent thinkers with the news they care about. Millions of users rely on Haystack to live more informed lives through personalized on-demand access to trusted local and national news.

Were the leading free news streaming platform connecting over 40 million viewers to 400 publishers across mobile web and connected TVs. If youre excited by data storytelling and building systems that scale this is a high-impact opportunity to shape the future of how millions of people consume news.

Were looking for a Growth Operations & Analytics Lead to partner closely with our BD and Marketing leaders. These are people who excel at building relationships storytelling and executing dealsand youll be their operational and analytical counterpart ensuring decisions and performance are backed by data systems and insights.

This is not a back-office reporting role. Youll build the muscle that lets our business teams see around cornersowning the data the processes and the experiments that keep the business performing. Youll connect metrics to action: where we grow how we acquire users how our partnerships perform and how we optimize ROI across campaigns and deals.

• Act as the data and operations lead for BD and Marketingowning insights automation and performance visibility.

• Design and automate reporting systems and dashboards for revenue partnerships and marketing campaigns across Snowflake and third-party tools (Google Ads Meta etc.).

• Build and monitor A/B tests and experimentation frameworks with Product and Data teams applying statistical rigor to separate causation from correlation.

• Identify and communicate actionable insights that drive user growth partner success and marketing ROI.

• Streamline BD and Marketing workflows through process automation and tool integration.

• Financial modeling and potential deal analysis predicting efficacy and ROI based on inputs and historical performance. Make informed recommendations and predictions on CPI and CAC for new opportunities

• Partner with cross-functional leaders to ensure tracking integrity forecast accuracy and visibility into key growth levers.

• Foster a culture of clarity experimentation and accountabilityhelping teams move fast and learn fast.

• Bachelors degree in a quantitative or analytical field required (e.g. Economics Statistics Engineering); advanced degree is a plus (MBA or M.S.).

• 5 years of professional experience in analytics biz ops growth ops or similar roles at a high-growth tech or media company.

• Data nativefluent in SQL comfortable in Snowflake (or similar) and experienced in building analytics from 01 including automated dashboards (Looker Mode Tableau or equivalent).

• Experimentation-mindedyou design and interpret controlled tests know how to evaluate statistical significance and connect results to actionable outcomes.

• Business fluentyou think in terms of unit economics growth levers and ROI not just metrics.

• Experience with marketing and revenue data (campaigns attribution CAC/LTV partnerships).

• Proactive and hands-onyou like to implement not just analyze.

• Bonus: experience in streaming media or ad-supported business models.

• Join a mission-driven team empowering independent thinkers with access to quality news.

• Be part of the #1 news streaming app on connected TVs with 1 billion minutes streamed every month.

• Operate in a high-ownership low-ego no-politics environment where results matter more than hierarchy.

• Collaborate directly with founders and senior leadersno bureaucracy just impact.

• Work on challenges that combine media technology and public trustwhat you do genuinely matters.

• Grow as part of a team that values initiative and invests in developing future leaders.

• Competitive compensation and benefits.