The responsibilities:
- Work with all TED-Ed stakeholders to understand the technical challenges and needs of TED-Ed community members and the TED-Ed Team.
- Use data and analytics to enable data-driven decisions and product strategies
- Research and analyze third party solutions and weigh them against internal build (build vs. buy)
- Liaise between TED-Ed team, internal product/tech teams and third party partners
- Define project scope and generate requirements
- Identify, prioritize and sequence tasks into detailed work plans that allow TED-Ed’s engineers and designers to update TED-Ed’s web properties on a weekly or bi-weekly basis.
- Prioritize and structure work flow for short and long term needs and execute against these goals, all while keeping multiple teams informed as each project progresses.
- Work with product and engineering to prioritize TED-Ed projects and provide insight and direction on TED-Ed priorities and needs
- Generate reports for various stakeholders on regular and ad-hoc basis from a variety of data sources (SQL, APIs, Spreadsheets, etc.)
- Occasionally provide basic customer service efforts related to highly specialized questions around TED-Ed’s products and systems
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Example 3rd party technologies and platforms used by TED-Ed:
- GitHub + ZenHub for project/product management
- Custom reporting through Google Analytics
- MailChimp for email communications
- Desk.com for customer support
- Wordpress for TED-Ed blog
The Ideal Candidate:
- Demonstrated knowledge of some (not all) of the platforms and solutions we use; relevant experience in similar applications environment
- 5-7 years of prior experience in a relevant job
- Agile thinker who can think creatively and practically about tech solutions
- Outstanding analyst who can sees insights in numbers
- Organized, self-sufficient, hands-on DIY orientation, trustworthy and reliable
- Thrives on multitasking
- Can work in a small flat team without a support team
- Comfortable in a startup like environment, where everyone wears multiple hats and priorities regularly shift, to keep pace with rapid industry changes and organization growth
- A passion for educational systems, learning and a broad interest in the world – including science/technology, design/architecture, global development, entertainment/arts – are big pluses
- Executes their job with a sense of humor and eye for detail
Location: This role is based in TED's downtown New York Office. Telecommuting is also an option.
Compensation: We offer a competitive benefits package, including generous health/dental/vision benefits and a company-matched 401K. Every employee also gets an annual continuing education allowance to use for professional development as well as 4 weeks of paid vacation.
Also: we only hire extremely nice people.
Note that due to high volume of applications, only considered candidates will be notified.