Growth Analytics & Operations Lead

The role

The Growth Analytics & Operations Lead owns paid growth measurement and budget spending. You will manage the attribution stack, LTV and payback models, incrementality tests, budget pacing, and dashboards.

What you will do

• Own paid growth measurement including MMP, SKAdNetwork, deep link tracking, and CTV placement measurement.
• Design and automate reporting systems and dashboards for revenue, partnerships, and marketing campaigns.
• Build LTV, CAC and payback models by platform and device.
• Design and run incrementality tests.
• Build and monitor A/B tests and experimentation frameworks.
• Identify and communicate actionable insights for user growth, partner success, and marketing ROI.
• Run budget operations including pacing, forecasting, and reconciliation.
• Perform financial modeling and potential deal analysis.
• Build checks to catch broken pipelines or incorrect CAC numbers.
• Use AI tools to write queries, build automations, and pull reports.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative or analytical field (e.g. Mathematics, Economics, Statistics, Engineering)
• 2 to 3 years in growth or marketing analytics, marketing operations, or media buy operations
• At least 2 years inside a paid acquisition team at a consumer app, streaming, media or gaming company
• Fluent in SQL
• Comfortable in Snowflake (or similar)
• Experienced in building analytics from 0 to 1, including automated dashboards (Looker, Mode, Tableau, or equivalent)
• Has owned or run an MMP or attribution setup (AppsFlyer, Adjust, Branch or similar)
• Understands SKAdNetwork, lookback windows and deep linking
• Has run at least one incrementality or holdout test
• Can design and interpret controlled tests and evaluate statistical significance
• Thinks in terms of unit economics, growth levers, and ROI
• Has built or maintained an LTV or payback model used to make spend decisions

Nice to have

• Advanced degree (MBA or M.S.)
• Python or R
• Connected TV advertising
• Mobile gaming user acquisition
• Ad-supported streaming

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and benefits

About the company

Haystack News is a fast-growing, mission-driven startup and the leading free news streaming platform. It connects over 40 million viewers to 400+ publishers across mobile, web, and connected TVs.