Growth Analyst (NYC Hybrid)

HarperCollins Publishers • New York, NY

1d • $80,000 - $95,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

We’re looking for a Growth Analyst who operates at the intersection of data, publishing, and communication. This isn’t a reporting role. You’ll own analytical projects end-to-end – forming hypotheses, designing and running experiments, translating findings into decisions, and influencing outcomes across editorial, sales, and leadership. You’ll be expected to question and alleviate assumptions, identify evidence-based solutions and cultivate them throughout the business. If you want to build technical credibility and strategic influence at the same time—and see your work change what happens in the market—this is the role.

Requirements

• Self-starter who takes ownership of work end-to-end
• Hands-on experience with generative AI tools; prompt-writing a plus
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, or a related field—or equivalent work experience
• 2–3 years of hands-on analytical experience
• Strong SQL skills and advanced Excel proficiency
• Comfortable working with cross-functional partners and communicating findings to non-technical audiences
• Familiarity with marketing and sales funnels, KPIs, and optimization strategies
• Able to design and interpret basic experiments—reasoning about variance, bias, and directional vs. causal confidence

Nice To Haves

• Python for analysis and automation
• Experience integrating LLMs into data or automation workflows
• Familiarity with digital marketing channels and how to measure them
• Background in publishing, media, or e-commerce
• Experience with pricing optimization or managing large product catalogs

Responsibilities

• Identify what questions are worth asking—not just how to answer them
• Challenge analytical assumptions; push back when the data doesn’t support the narrative
• Connect title-level findings to catalog-level patterns and propose strategic moves
• Think across projects simultaneously—bring structure to ambiguous problems and know when to escalate
• Design and execute end-end market tests and product experiments
• Maintain a rigorous, consistent testing cadence with documented hypotheses and outcomes
• Translate successful test results into scalable, business-wide practice
• Turn data into decisions—connect analytical findings to concrete business outcomes
• Translate messy business questions into structured analytical approaches
• Develop insights that set strategy for the business: clear, actionable, no noise
• Query and interrogate large structured datasets directly using SQL
• Build repeatable, documented analytical workflows that others can trust and build on
• Stay ahead of AI and generative AI tools—identifying where LLMs, automation, and prompting create real leverage
• Build and sustain working relationships with publishing partners across the organization
• Surface, document, and follow through on optimization opportunities raised through those partnerships
• Keep cross-functional partners—editorial, sales, leadership—informed with clear, timely communication

Benefits

• Comprehensive and highly competitive benefits package
• Variety of physical health benefits
• Retirement and savings benefits
• Caregiving benefits
• Emotional wellbeing benefits
• Transportation benefits
• Other benefits
• Elective benefits employees may select to best fit the needs and personal situations of our diverse workforce

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level