The posting, in Hearst's own words
archived Oct 30, 2026Be Part of What’s Next
Hearst Magazines is looking for a Director of Analytics & Business Intelligence (Enterprise Reporting & Performance) to lead enterprise reporting and cross-functional performance analytics across our Content, Advertising, and Affiliate businesses. This is a highly visible, high-impact role for a player-coach who can build executive-ready reporting in Domo, diagnose shifts in key business metrics, and turn complex signals into clear, actionable direction for stakeholders across the company.
About Hearst Magazines (Why Us?)
Hearst Magazines’ portfolio of more than 30 iconic brands in the U.S.—including Cosmopolitan, ELLE, Esquire, Good Housekeeping, Harper’s BAZAAR, and Popular Mechanics — inspires, entertains, and builds new and bold experiences for an engaged and growing audience across digital, video, social and print, reaching nearly 130 million readers and site visitors each month. With sophisticated content creation, cutting-edge technology, and industry-leading data capabilities, we make media and products that move people across all platforms. We are a global media company that publishes nearly 200 magazine editions and 175 websites around the world—and together, we are shaping what’s next.
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Key Responsibilities (What You’re Doing)
Own the design and build of a comprehensive Domo reporting suite covering Content Performance, Advertising Revenue, and Affiliate Monetization, ensuring consistency with enterprise KPI definitions and Looker semantic models. Personally contribute to the development of dashboards and analyses in Domo, operating as a player-coach while guiding a team of analysts. Lead cross-functional root-cause analysis of enterprise performance shifts (e.g., traffic declines, RPM fluctuations, affiliate revenue drops), identifying macro drivers such as traffic mix changes, engagement quality, monetization efficiency, and content velocity, and partnering with domain analytics teams for deeper campaign-, product-, or partner-level diagnostics as needed. Analyze digital advertising and affiliate performance, including metrics such as RPM, CPM, CTR, EPC, and revenue per session, to uncover opportunities for revenue optimization. Ensure enterprise KPIs (sessions, engaged sessions, revenue, RPM, EPC, etc.) are consistently operationalized, reconciled across business units, and surfaced through executive-ready reporting... Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements and translate them into analytics initiatives that produce actionable insights Lead and mentor a team of data analysts and BI professionals, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and innovation in and insights delivery Implement processes for automating reporting and analytics workflows to ensure timely and accurate delivery of insights to key stakeholders Ensure that insights are communicated effectively across the organization, helping stakeholders to make informed decisions based on data Define and standardize reporting methodologies to ensure consistency and clarity in data presentation and interpretation across the organization Continuously improve reporting frameworks and analytical approaches to increase speed, clarity, and business impact. Support weekly and monthly executive performance reviews by delivering clear, reconciled reporting and actionable insights. Work closely with data engineers and IT teams to ensure that the underlying data infrastructure supports effective analysis and reporting.