Democratic Socialists of America · 16 hours ago
Data & Technology Director
United States
Full-time
Remote
Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
$98K/yr - $100K/yr
3+ years expDemocratic Socialists of America is the largest socialist organization in the United States, with over 100,000 members and chapters in all 50 states. They are seeking a Data & Technology Director to manage and improve their tech stack and national data infrastructure while leading the Data & Tech staff and enhancing the technical competency of the organization.
PoliticsSocial
Responsibilities
Manage and improve DSA’s tech stack and national data infrastructure to carry out organizational priorities
Manage DSA’s Data & Tech staff, including handling directives from the National Political Committee (NPC) and requests from NPC, YDSA, staff, chapters, and committees
Provide regular reportbacks on the Data and Tech department’s work to the NPC
Serve as business-facing admin of the DSA’s CRM, mass communication, and voter file platforms, including but not limited to: ActionKit, VAN, Action Network, Scale to Win Text and Dialer, BigQuery, and others
Oversee the organization’s relationship with partner organizations and tech vendors
Manage staff coordination and work with the National Tech Committee (NTC) and attend NTC meetings and act as primary liaison
Lead initiatives to increase the technical competency of staff and membership to ensure effective and efficient use of data, tools, services, and technology
Strengthen internal and external data policies and ensure they are followed
Recommend and implement digital security protocols and systems across the organization
Manage DSA’s data warehouse and data syncs and manage DSA’s SQL databases in ActionKit and BigQuery
Alert NPC and Directors to emerging trends and best practices in organizing technology, data security, and cloud infrastructure
Supervise the Organizing Tools program and execute a plan to increase chapter overall strategic usage of tools and overall competency, financial tracking, and development of tools and training
Work with the Compliance Officer to provide technological solutions to compliance issues related to tech tools
Ensure staff coordination and support for tech administered at DSA convention and other national events
Ensure proper maintenance and inventory tracking of hardware and software and advise on new technology purchases for staff and organization
Maintain documentation for identified technological risks and mitigation strategies and proactively gather and update risk status and documentation as needed
Assist with other duties as needed
Qualification
Required
At least 3 to 5 years in a high level position in data/tech, preferably with a left organization or union and preferably on a national or other large-scale
Demonstrated knowledge, experience and self-motivation leading data/tech work with an organization
Ability to work effectively with member leaders from varying political viewpoints underneath DSA's big tent
Experience managing a team of two or more people
Ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment with a non-traditional leadership structure, adapting to changing political conditions and organizational needs
High level of accountability, responsibility, and dependability
Ability to travel on occasion
Commitment to democratic socialist, feminist, anti-racist, anti-ableist, anti-heterosexist and pro-worker action, and identify as a socialist and be grounded in democratic socialist politics; general agreement with the positions and perspectives of DSA
Experience with managing and querying relational databases (SQL/mySQL)
Experience developing data pipelines, automations, and/or user-facing applications using Python or other programming languages
Familiarity with a version control system such as Git
Familiarity with cloud services (GCP, AWS)
Advanced knowledge of Google Sheets or similar
Experience in technical leadership providing technical guidance and making high-level decisions
Experience with modern software development best practices
3+ years technical expertise or background in data analytics or software engineering
Experience in supervising the development and maintenance of complex data and/or software projects
Preferred
Experience working in a membership-led organization and/or with member leaders that direct the work
Company
Democratic Socialists of America
Democratic Socialists of America is a multi-tendency democratic socialist and labour-oriented political organization.
2-10 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageRecent News
2025-04-06
2025-03-26
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