Deputy Director, Data & Decision Desk

NBC News is seeking a Deputy Director for Data and the NBC News Decision Desk to lead the strategic and editorial development of cross-platform journalism driven by NBC News data reporting and the NBC News Decision Desk teams. This deputy director will be focused on election data, polling on politics and broader sentiment, and voter demographics. The deputy director will also partner with the wider newsroom on data reporting to streamline efforts across platforms, elevate impact, in addition to generating reporting targets. As part of the focus on data, this role will also explore emerging applications of AI in journalism—partnering with the NBC News Group AI team, NBC News Standards, and editorial leadership to pilot reporting tools, develop analytics models and frameworks, and bring together cross-functional teams to identify and test responsible newsroom use cases. Oftentimes, this role will operate at the intersection of editorial, product, and technology to help drive coverage that informs audiences and fuels innovative storytelling across core editorial topics. The ideal candidate is a newsroom leader with broad and deep experience covering elections, politics, and national news, working closely with product teams and business leaders to build editorial packages. The person must be exceptionally organized and detail-oriented. This candidate will help shape and facilitate how we tell data-driven stories on NBCNews.com, streaming platforms, broadcast, and social media. As such, this candidate must be an excellent cross-team collaborator, partnering with various platforms and being flexible to their storytelling needs. This person will manage a team of data and elections-focused journalists and report to the Director of Elections. The role will be based in New York and require a minimum of three days in the office. Responsibilities Develop and execute a multi-platform strategy for data, polling, and demographic coverage related to U.S. elections in partnership with key stakeholders across editorial teams and the Decision Desk Lead analysis of polling and demographic data and surface meaningful trends, voter behavior patterns, and sentiment shifts Manage a small team of data and elections-focused journalists Oversee and/or edit writing coming directly out of the Decision Desk teams Partner with editorial, product, design, and technology teams to build and enhance reporting tools, dashboards, and data visualizations Partner with editorial, product, design, and graphics teams to execute NBC News Election and Race Results pages on NBCNews.com and across other platforms Coordinate with external polling partners and data vendors as needed. Connect data reporting efforts across teams and platforms to produce a unified approach to data journalism Serve as a key point of contact on the editorial side for AI in the newsroom Partner with key stakeholders, the NBC News AI team, Standards and Legal; and editorial leadership to explore and apply AI tools and analytics, convene teams, and define responsible use cases Collaborate with television and streaming editorial leads to translate data and polling into compelling on-air segments and digital-first explainers. Clearly and concisely communicate plans, goals, and priorities Uphold data integrity and editorial standards, ensuring accuracy, transparency, and accessibility. Travel as often as one day a week to the NBC News Decision Desk offices in Philadelphia