Description

Who you are:

Consider yourself a Master of Data visualization? Got technical chops and the ability to present data findings to execs with ease? Spiceworks Ziff Davis just might have your dream job!

We’re looking for aSenior Business Intelligence Analyst who can use analytical know-how and superhuman data analysis skills to spot key business insights and develop informative self-service dashboards.

If you’re the ready to sleuth out trends and opportunities from our vast databases containing millions of records, it’s time to apply!

Who we are:

Spiceworks Ziff Davis (SWZD) powers Authentic Connections™ for B2B tech vendors with insights and solutions that enable them to navigate a complex buying journey. We leverage a unique combination of first-party and third-party intent with firmographic and technographic data for unmatched visibility and valuable context into evolving buyer needs. Our key competitive advantage is in our owned and operated network of Community, Tools, Apps, Content, Research and Demand Gen brands. We are a division of Ziff Davis (NASDAQ: ZD),SWZD is a global leader in intent-backed, full-funnel marketing solutions that fuel pipeline and revenue growth for B2B sales and marketing organizations.         

Your day-to-day (as a Senior BA you’ll):

• Interpret data, analyze results using statistical techniques, and provide ongoing reports
• Work closely with Product, Engineering & Marketing teams to prioritize business and information needs.
• Draw out key business insights and provide actionable recommendations.
• Serve as a subject matter expert and resource for accessing and analyzing data using Tableau, Google Analytics, SQL, Big Query or other tools, as necessary.
• Develop graphs/dashboards/metrics from raw data for both ad-hoc and reoccurring requests.
• Craft compelling (but easily understood) stories and presentations to help make decisions.

Qualifications: What does it take to do this job?

• 3 - 5 years of experience using relational databases
• Strong SQL skills
• Experience in Tableau wizardry (or other visualization tools like Power BI, Domo, Looker, etc.)
• Working knowledge of Salesforce
• Out-of-this-world Excel skills – you know pivot tables and formulas like the back of your hand
• Strong critical thinking and problem-solving abilities
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Knowledge of media business and tech brands is a plus
• Experience working with cross-functional teams such as Product, Marketing, Client Success, and/or Sales
• Ability to communicate to non-technical stakeholders
• Initiative and pride in your work and to challenge status quo

***In terms of logistics, all interviews will take place over phone or video due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic***

Spiceworks Ziff Davis is a safe, inclusive workplace for people of all backgrounds and walks of life. We strongly encourage you to apply if you are from a marginalized or underrepresented group, particularly in the technology industry. Some candidates may see a long list of job requirements and feel discouraged because they don't match every single bullet point - we suggest, please apply anyway. We're flexible on location wherever possible - we are a Work From Anywhere company. We don't believe in a "perfect" candidate because we believe in our core value, "Evolve and Adapt Quickly". If you believe this is a role that you'll be excited to work in every day, want to be a part of a culture like ours, and will be relentless about pushing boundaries to succeed, please apply.

Description

Who you are:

You are a master communicator and strong story teller. You have a special talent for translating technical speak into compelling public-facing messaging.  You are a creative thinker with an instinct to collaborate. You know that even a great product needs marketing support and are willing to work with cross-functional individuals to ensure the designed value lands with the right persona. You are analytically minded and customer centric.  Above all, you find excitement and motivation in bringing a product to life and supporting it through the entire product lifecycle - from market fit determination to market maturity. 

Who we are:

Spiceworks Ziff Davis (SWZD) powers Authentic Connections™ for B2B tech vendors with insights and solutions that enable them to navigate a complex buying journey. We leverage a unique combination of first-party and third-party intent with firmographic and technographic data for unmatched visibility and valuable context into evolving buyer needs. Our key competitive advantage is in our owned and operated network of Community, Tools, Apps, Content, Research and Demand Gen brands. A division of Ziff Davis (NASDAQ: ZD), SWZD is a global leader in intent-backed, full-funnel marketing solutions that fuel pipeline and revenue growth for B2B sales and marketing organizations.

What you’ll do:
As a Director of Product Marketing, you’ll be responsible for market research, product launches, go-to-market, messaging and positioning for our product experience. You’ll work closely with a cross-functional team of product management, sales, marketing, enablement and creative teams to accelerate business growth. 

The ideal candidate is a proven product marketing leader who can set strategic plans and roll-up their sleeves to complete tactical work when needed; can successfully lead cross-functional teams through influence; and is comfortable executing in highly ambiguous situations.

What will be your responsibilities?

• Create and optimize messaging to clearly set customer expectations and communicate value to customers.
• Evangelize the messaging to prospects, customers, and internal employees in meetings, webinars, company events, employee training sessions, and via publishing thought leadership material. 
• Lead, develop and execute GTM strategy and plans for existing and new product releases.
• Measure the effectiveness of product marketing strategies and pivot as necessary.
• Work closely with product management to help shape our product roadmap based on customers’ real needs and competitive research.
• Follow and analyze market trends and and provide actionable insights to product management and leadership.
• Leverage third-party vendors (analyst firms, agencies, etc) in producing desired intelligence and outcomes.
• Lead our efforts in standardizing product marketing in excellence and driving key engagement of stakeholders.
• Take a data-driven approach to focus efforts and prioritize the most impactful activities to deliver KPIs and revenue growth. 

What does it take to do this job?

• 8+ years of experience in product marketing, preferably in B2B or B2C media and/or data 
• Proven track record in bringing concepts to commercialization: demonstrated success in analyzing market opportunities, defining market requirements, and managing go-to-market.
• Comfortable with technical, legal and financial language
• Experience with interpreting data and research
• Excellent written and verbal communications.
• People management experience
• Ability to build strong, trusting relationships with clients and colleagues.
• Creativity in problem solving.
• Bachelor’s degree in business, communications, marketing, or relevant field of study 

 
***In terms of logistics, all interviews will take place over phone or video due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic***

Spiceworks Ziff Davis is a safe, inclusive workplace for people of all backgrounds and walks of life. We strongly encourage you to apply if you are from a marginalized or underrepresented group, particularly in the technology industry. Some candidates may see a long list of job requirements and feel discouraged because they don't match every single bullet point - we suggest, please apply anyway. We're flexible on location wherever possible - we are a Work From Anywhere company. We don't believe in a "perfect" candidate because we believe in our core value, "Evolve and Adapt Quickly". If you believe this is a role that you'll be excited to work in every day, want to be a part of a culture like ours, and will be relentless about pushing boundaries to succeed, please apply.

Description

Who you are:

We are in search of a Director of Product Management that has the ability to define and drive the direction of distinct products within the Spiceworks Audience portfolio. A strong people manager capable of supporting, coaching, growing, and inspiring various product focused team members to ensure a focus on ownership and execution. A passionate and creative product leader delivering an exceptional customer experience to serve the business goals. An individual that actively reaches across the business to gather actionable data, unites groups under company goals, refines product vision and fundamentally evolves the products to improve audience retention and growth.

What will be your responsibilities

• Define and drive the product vision and strategy for the Spiceworks audience product portfolio and products within it -  our ITSM application suite, Spiceworks Community and Spiceworks News and Insights editorial brand.
• Oversee and be accountable for the success and impact of the portfolio of product lines and their alignment with the longer term vision/strategic roadmap
• Participate in the formation of product strategies and roadmaps driving audience growth and retention
• Recruit, grow and maintain a strong and effective team of product managers who are responsible for the product roadmap and execution against the roadmap
• Leverage data to prioritize and drive decision making across the portfolio
• Regularly present data and action-based analysis and reports to stakeholders to inform internal and competitive strategy
• Direct structured experiments and support them with tracking, analysis, and creative problem solving
• Ability to build strong cross-team relationships and ensure that our processes are working and adapting to the business needs, seek out growth opportunities and execute these
• Develop and manage roadmaps for product offerings, integrating the product strategy, inclusive of timelines, risks, and dependencies
• Gather and support prioritization of product requirements, providing recommendations, as appropriate
• Create and maintain strategic partnerships, industry knowledge, product advancement and innovation
• Responsible for communicating and reinforcing the larger product strategy across the organization
• Cultivate a strong product culture across the organization and within the executive team - ensuring buy-in on the roles & responsibilities of product managers as well as cross-functional product processes
• Ensure the product organization is aligned with the company’s organizational goals

What does it take to do this job:

• 7+ years of program/product management experience with 3 years as a manager
• Extensive product lifecycle knowledge acquired through hands-on experience shipping several, large-scale digital products, ideally in the B2B markets
• Experience with Agile methodologies, scrum, usability testing
• Experience with data to drive decision making and monitor product health and progress to goals
• Experience/instincts for information architecture, UX and product design
• Experience working with geographically distributed and fully remote teams and stakeholders
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written, proactive and clear communications to a variety of audiences.

***In terms of logistics, all interviews will take place over phone or video due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic***

Spiceworks Ziff Davis is a safe, inclusive workplace for people of all backgrounds and walks of life. We strongly encourage you to apply if you are from a marginalized or underrepresented group, particularly in the technology industry. Some candidates may see a long list of job requirements and feel discouraged because they don't match every single bullet point - we suggest, please apply anyway. We're flexible on location wherever possible - we are a Work From Anywhere company. We don't believe in a "perfect" candidate because we believe in our core value, "Evolve and Adapt Quickly". If you believe this is a role that you'll be excited to work in every day, want to be a part of a culture like ours, and will be relentless about pushing boundaries to succeed, please apply.

Who we are

Spiceworks Ziff Davis (SWZD) powers Authentic Connections™ forB2B tech vendors with insights and solutions that enable them to navigate a complex buying journey. We leverage a unique combination of first-party and third-party intent with firmographic and technographic data for unmatched visibility and valuable context into evolving buyer needs. Our key competitive advantage is in our owned and operated network of Community, Tools, Apps, Content, Research and Demand Gen brands.

A division of Ziff Davis (NASDAQ: ZD), SWZD is a global leader in intent-backed, full-funnel marketing solutions that fuel pipeline and revenue growth for B2B sales and marketing organizations.

Description

Spiceworks Ziff Davis is looking for an enthusiastic and experienced Editor-in-Chief. Reporting to the SVP of Publishing, the EIC of Spiceworks will lead content strategy and operations to drive audience growth, revenue, and innovation. This leader will oversee the Spiceworks content and community teams. 
This leader will have a proven track record in driving and implementing successful brand strategies across editorial operations, content, community, video and social. Key responsibilities include managing editorial staff and ramping up content cadence during key tech/B2B moments, managing editorial budget, liaising with the monetization team to create innovative editorial programs for sponsors, leading the Spiceworks editorial calendar, and implementing strategies to build high LTV consumers for healthy audience growth. The leader of this organization will drive sustainable growth through a combination of setting and executing the right strategy, instilling operational rigor, and leading with both inspiration and accountability.

Specific responsibilities will include: 

• Overseeing the Spiceworks editorial budget and optimize on efficiencies to focus on areas with the most growth opportunities
• Implementing an art and science approach to content creation making sure the team is using data to help inform their decisions but to also double down on hunches/trends they see coming
• Applying operational rigor to ensure the content and community teams are focused on products/categories that drive the most value for the Spiceworks audience; create a funneled content approach to re-engage the audience and have them come back for more
• Building a cohesive strategy to further define Spiceworks and create a strong brand sentiment both externally (consumer and clients) as well as internally; this must be apparent from the content that is created, community engagement, and immersive brand moments such as Spice World.
• Creating quarterly OKRs and holding the editorial team accountable to meet objectives by focusing on the right things
• Establishing a strong relationship with the Audience Development team optimizing on SEO, Social and E-mail to drive consumer growth and engagement
• Working effectively with Product and Engineering to create an optimal site and community experience and develop immersive content experiences to further engage and grow audience
• Partnering with the Monetization team to develop new and next editorial programs to help drive Ad Sales revenue
• Coordinating with the Research and BI team to build dashboards that are most impactful for editorial team to use when it comes to content creation
• Identifying opportunities of operational efficiencies, areas of collaboration, and best practices with partners such as the EIC of PCMag and Mashable.
• Assist the ZTG leadership team in developing talent. Foster an environment which stimulates open communication, collaboration, imagination and engenders a team spirit in solving problems and achieving growth expectations.
• Reflect and enact the values of diversity, equity and inclusion by promoting representational diversity in our audiences and workforce, and fostering an equitable and welcoming environment where people from diverse backgrounds can participate and thrive.

***In terms of logistics, all interviews will take place over phone or video due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic***

Spiceworks Ziff Davis is a safe, inclusive workplace for people of all backgrounds and walks of life. We strongly encourage you to apply if you are from a marginalized or underrepresented group, particularly in the technology industry. Some candidates may see a long list of job requirements and feel discouraged because they don't match every single bullet point - we suggest, please apply anyway. We're flexible on location wherever possible - we are a Work from Anywhere company. We don't believe in a "perfect" candidate because we believe in our core value, "Evolve and Adapt Quickly". If you believe this is a role that you'll be excited to work in every day, want to be a part of a culture like ours, and will be relentless about pushing boundaries to succeed, please apply.

Who we are:

Spiceworks Ziff Davis (SWZD), a division of Ziff Davis (NASDAQ: ZD), is a trusted global marketplace that connects technology buyers and sellers with the most actionable and precise intent data. We are uniquely positioned to offer tech brands unmatched visibility into accounts that are truly in-market, by leveraging our scale, quality and diversity of intent data. With unparalleled access to the world’s most influential technology buyers through a combination of first-party (Community, Tools, Editorial) and third-party intent data, SWZD is a leader in intent-backed, intelligent, omnichannel marketing.

Description

Who you are:

You are naturally curious and have strong instincts for what great experiences can be. You are a fierce advocate for your user and understand how human-centered design practices can lead to valued, user-friendly products. You’re an expert in translating complex research into actionable design decisions. You know how to demonstrate ideas with prototyping and how to sell it in with storytelling.

You make it a point to meet and ideate with stakeholders early and often, fostering a collaborative and productive working environment. You balance a strong creative vision with performance. And effectively communicate the power of systematic design principles to all audiences.

You are a proven design leader, as well as a team player. You enjoy coaching and motivating others to produce their best work and gaining insight from product, engineering, editorial, audience, and analytics teams to bring simple, elegant solutions to market.

What you’ll do:

As a Director of Product design, you will lead the holistic design experience for ourZiff Davis Technology Group brands including Spiceworks, PCMag, Mashable, ExtremeTech and AskMen. You’ll align design processes and the designers to support our vision and product strategy. You’ll improve the consistency and quality of the experience across our digital products. You’ll cultivate an open and inclusive culture for Product Design to flourish.

What does it take to do this job:

• 10+ years of experience working in the field of digital product design.
• Minimum 4 years of experience as a Design Leader
• A strong online portfolio demonstrating design sensibilities, UX principles, and research-driven thinking for web, software, and/or mobile applications.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), User Experience Design (UXD), Visual Communication Design, or similar
• Expert in executing agile methodologies (Scrum or Kanban)
• Proficiency in Jira, or similar
• Proficiency in prototyping tools e.g. Invision
• Familiarity with Google Analytics
• Familiarity with product animation tools g. Invision Studio, Framer X, or similar – a plus

What will be your responsibilities?

• Experience crafting interdisciplinary team workshops to frame problems, mine for insights, align on product definition, and convert learnings into new product or feature ideas
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity surrounding design problems and pushing for the exploration of multiple solutions to a single design problem
• Set your reports up for success by educating Product and Tech partners about the value and impact of design and how Product Design works
• Get cross functional teams on board with incorporating internal user research as a step in the product development process
• Guide your reports across all stages of the design process
• Coach the cross-functional team in working with Product Design

User Experience Design Oversight

• Ability to envision complex UX ecosystems and lead the creation of concepts that address design problems, deliver on user and brand values, and inspire teams to push the boundaries of what’s possible
• Proficient in leading sketching, wireframing, and interaction modeling exercises, informed by user research, stakeholder requirements, content strategy, and use case scenarios across any/all digital platforms
• Experience leading the execution of design system production and implementation, ensuring design principles are upheld and company-wide consistency is achieved
• Unwavering attention to detail, an acute awareness that everything counts, and the drive to raise the bar with each new product release

Research and Strategy Management

• Fluent in user research strategy — identifying opportunities to explore or validate design concepts with users, crafting audience-appropriate screeners and questionnaires, and drawing out valuable user insights and potential design optimizations

Project, Priority, and Timeline Adherence

• Ability to estimate how much time, effort, and resources are needed per task and communicate with project management to prioritize requests, create timelines, and allocate resources across engagements
• Experience leading the execution of agile methodologies, including Scrum and/or Kanban frameworks
• Commitment to working with product management and technology teams to ensure on-time design delivery
• Experience balancing evolving project needs, communicating blockers and delays as necessary
• Self-motivated, highly-organized, always open to shifting priorities when required
• Experience building end of year budget proposals that evaluates the creative team’s on-going technology, research, software, and training needs

Who we are:

Spiceworks Ziff Davis (SWZD) powers Authentic Connections™ for B2B tech vendors with insights and solutions that enable them to navigate a complex buying journey. We leverage a unique combination of first-party and third-party intent with firmographic and technographic data for unmatched visibility and valuable context into evolving buyer needs. Our key competitive advantage is in our owned and operated network of Community, Tools, Apps, Content, Research and Demand Gen brands. A division of Ziff Davis (NASDAQ: ZD), SWZD is a global leader in intent-backed, full-funnel marketing solutions that fuel pipeline and revenue growth for B2B sales and marketing organizations.

***In terms of logistics, all interviews will take place over phone or video due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic***

Spiceworks Ziff Davis is a safe, inclusive workplace for people of all backgrounds and walks of life. We strongly encourage you to apply if you are from a marginalized or underrepresented group, particularly in the technology industry. Some candidates may see a long list of job requirements and feel discouraged because they don't match every single bullet point - we suggest, please apply anyway. We're flexible on location wherever possible - we are a Work From Anywhere company. We don't believe in a "perfect" candidate because we believe in our core value, "Evolve and Adapt Quickly". If you believe this is a role that you'll be excited to work in every day, want to be a part of a culture like ours, and will be relentless about pushing boundaries to succeed, please apply.