Careers
If you’re looking for a mission-driven career at the intersection of technology, data, and social impact, look no further. Citizen is a remote company that offers progressive benefits like unlimited PTO, 16 weeks paid parental leave, and flexible work arrangements. All are welcome to apply.
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Open Roles
- Data Manager
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Citizen Data seeks a highly organized and entrepreneurial Data Manager to manage Citizen Data’s growing cloud database and infrastructure, aggregate and process big and disparate datasets, and optimize performance to ensure analytics are accurate and available on-demand.
The ideal candidate will have experience with cloud architecture or data engineering experience as well as strong data manipulation and data analysis skills. The Data Manager collaborates with Citizen Data Analysts and Scientists to help manage and organize Citizen’s databases and to prepare, clean, and generate insights from incoming and existing data.
The Data Manager will be an early, founding member of the Citizen data capability, and will be expected to contribute at a strategic level as much as a technical one.
Citizen is a remote company, and we are happy to consider candidates nationwide for this position.
Role responsibilities:
- Ingest, organize and clean first-party, research, and external datasets
- Oversee and grow Citizen’s database built on AWS cloud infrastructure, including access control and governance
- Innovate data management solutions that help Citizen grow and scale
- Manage and integrate API-based data streams to our existing storage infrastructure
- Monitor ETL scripts for errors and find areas for improvements
- Review new data processing, storage, and analysis tools to recommend to the broader team as Citizen pilots new products and methodologies
- Coordinate with Data Analysts and Scientists in weighting and preparation of proprietary research data for analysis, storage, modeling
- Fielding internal and external data requests and questions
- Perform various data science, analysis, and/or research tasks as needed
Job requirements:
- 4-6 experience in a data-related role, preferably in cloud database management or data cleansing and/or processing
- Excellent communication and time management skills
- Proficiency with data analysis packages in Python
- Proficiency and experience with SQL
- Experience with AWS or cloud computing services preferred
- Experience with R a plus
- Experience with data visualization tools such as Tableau a plus
- Familiarity with a wide variety of data sources, including databases, public or private APIs and standard data formats a plus
- Experience working with voter and/or consumer data preferred
- A problem solver with great data intuition
- Extremely well-organized
- Competency in the application of G-Suite
- Demonstrated commitment to using data for the public interest
Benefits
- Competitive Compensation
- Employer-Sponsored Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
- Unlimited Paid Time Off (vacation, sick days & public holidays)
- Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
- Training & Development
- Work From Home
Our greatest strength as a company is the team building it. As we strive to use data to bridge divides, advance meaningful change, and strengthen American democracy, we are committed to growing a team that reflects the diversity of this country. Citizen is an equal opportunity employer and we welcome applicants from any and all backgrounds, experiences, ideologies, and perspectives.
To Apply:
- Data Engineer
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Citizen Data seeks a highly organized and entrepreneurial Data Engineer to manage Citizen Data’s growing cloud database and infrastructure, aggregate and process big and disparate datasets, and optimize performance to ensure analytics are accurate and available on-demand.
The ideal candidate will have experience with cloud architecture or data engineering experience as well as strong data manipulation and data analysis skills. The Data Engineer collaborates with Citizen Data Analysts and Scientists to help manage and organize Citizen’s databases and to prepare, clean, and generate insights from incoming and existing data.
The Data Engineer will be an early, founding member of the Citizen product capability, and will be expected to contribute at a strategic level as much as a technical one.
Citizen is a remote company, and we are happy to consider candidates nationwide for this position.
Role responsibilities:
- Ingest, organize and clean first-party, research, and external datasets
- Oversee and grow Citizen’s database built on AWS cloud infrastructure, including access control and governance
- Innovate data management solutions that help Citizen grow and scale
- Manage and integrate API-based data streams to our existing storage infrastructure
- Monitor ETL scripts for errors and find areas for improvements
- Review new data processing, storage, and analysis tools to recommend to the broader team as Citizen pilots new products and methodologies
- Coordinate with Data Analysts and Scientists in weighting and preparation of proprietary research data for analysis, storage, modeling
- Fielding internal and external data requests and questions
- Perform various data science, analysis, and/or research tasks as needed
Job requirements:
- 4-6 experience in a data-related role, preferably in cloud database engineering or management, or data cleansing/processing
- Excellent communication and time management skills
- Proficiency with data analysis packages in Python
- Proficiency and experience with SQL
- Experience with AWS or cloud computing services preferred
- Experience with R a plus
- Experience with data visualization tools such as Tableau a plus
- Familiarity with a wide variety of data sources, including databases, public or private APIs and standard data formats a plus
- Experience working with voter and/or consumer data preferred
- A problem solver with great data intuition
- Extremely well-organized
- Competency in the application of G-Suite
- Demonstrated commitment to using data for the public interest
Benefits
- Competitive Compensation
- Employer-Sponsored Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
- Unlimited Paid Time Off (vacation, sick days & public holidays)
- Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
- Training & Development
- Work From Home
Our greatest strength as a company is the team building it. As we strive to use data to bridge divides, advance meaningful change, and strengthen American democracy, we are committed to growing a team that reflects the diversity of this country. Citizen is an equal opportunity employer and we welcome applicants from any and all backgrounds, experiences, ideologies, and perspectives.
To Apply:
- Product Manager
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Citizen Data seeks an effective, experienced, and entrepreneurial Product Manager to join Citizen Data’s growing product team. This role will be responsible for the day-to-day management and execution of our product roadmap including sprint planning, feature prioritization, user feedback gathering, and aligning product to our overall strategy.
Our product is centered around providing on-demand, actionable insights to users directly. The ideal candidate will be skilled at delivering interactive, scalable, and data-centric products at scale while keeping an eye toward market opportunities to innovate and position Citizen as a mission-driven leader in the social impact space. The Product Manager collaborates with Citizen’s cross-functional team to help manage, design, and deliver best-in-class insights to partners and stakeholders through our growing product portfolio.
Citizen is a remote company, and we’re happy to consider candidates that are currently located and reside in the U.S. for this position.
Role responsibilities:
- Establish objective goals for the product with success and acceptance criteria using meaningful metrics, KPIs, and quantifiable business outcomes
- Project manage day-to-day execution of product roadmap including sprint planning, feature prioritization, and user feedback
- Identify, prioritize, and deliver product improvements to increase scale, usability, and performance
- Create epics and user stories to meet product goals
- Collaborate with a cross-functional team of data scientists, researchers, engineers, and business leaders across the product life cycle
- Manage user journey mapping to guide product development; then validate that learning with user testing and rigorous attention to feedback
- Keep an eye on emerging market trends or segments with implications on our product strategy
- Assist Chief Product Officer and Citizen leadership to develop an innovative product roadmap
Job requirements:
- 4-6 years experience in a product management role, preferably with a data-centric product company
- Excellent project coordination and time management skills including understanding of agile software development processes
- Ability to break complex product requirements down into actionable user stories; must be comfortable relating strategy to detail-oriented analysis
- Experience building digital platforms or data-related products
- Exceptional problem-solving, technical, and analysis skills
- Excellent storytelling, communication, and presentation skills
- Knowledge of business intelligence, analytics, data science, or interactive dashboards highly desirable
- Preference for candidates with backgrounds or interest in civic tech and/or social impact
Benefits
- Competitive Compensation
- Employer-Sponsored Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
- Unlimited Paid Time Off (vacation, sick days & public holidays)
- Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
- Training & Development
- Work From Home
Our greatest strength as a company is the team building it. As we strive to use data to bridge divides, advance meaningful change, and strengthen American democracy, we are committed to growing a team that reflects the diversity of this country. Citizen is an equal opportunity employer and we welcome applicants from any and all backgrounds, experiences, ideologies, and perspectives.
To Apply:
- Web Developer
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Citizen Data seeks an effective, experienced, and entrepreneurial Web Developer to join Citizen Data’s growing product team. This role will be responsible for building and maintaining Citizen Data’s suite of web-based data insights and bringing the power of our cutting edge models to a broader audience in an engaging, interactive, and actionable way. Keys to success will include the ability to anticipate and understand user needs, design seamless experiences, build scalable and repeatable solutions, and not be afraid to innovate.
Our product is centered around providing on-demand, actionable insights to users directly. The ideal candidate will be skilled at delivering interactive and data-centric products at scale while keeping an eye toward market opportunities to innovate and position Citizen as a social impact leader in the democracy advocacy and bridge-building space. The Web Developer collaborates with Citizen’s cross-functional team to help manage, design, and deliver best-in-class insights to stakeholders through our growing product portfolio.
Citizen is a remote company, and we are happy to consider candidates nationwide for this position.
Role responsibilities:
- Collaborate with data, product, and design team members to plan and develop our portfolio of highly usable and visually appealing data-centric web applications
- Participate in design sessions and requirements gathering for new initiatives
- Assist with UX/UI design in creating quality mock-ups, wireframes, and prototypes
- Lead efforts to continuously improve usability by gathering feedback and conducting user testing
- Deploy applications and monitor uptime and infrastructure performance to maintain acceptable service levels
- Develop and support-long term efforts by identifying problems, troubleshooting performance bottlenecks, and implementing improvements
- Maintain all web application source code repositories and assist with maintenance and enhancement of documentation for company best practices, policies, and procedures
Job requirements:
- 3-5 years experience in a web or front end software development role, preferably within a data-centric product space
- Deep fluency in JavaScript (with experience with libraries such as node, react, angular, jquery, and D3) and HTML/CSS
- Exceptional and demonstrable experience with data visualization and presentation, including both static and dynamic content
- Understanding of security and application integration including using APIs, embedded apps, dynamic content management, and AWS infrastructure
- Excellent project coordination and time management skills including understanding of Agile software development processes
- Preference for candidates with backgrounds or interest in civic tech, democracy reform/advocacy, public sector, non-profits, or organizations with mission-driven outcomes
Benefits
- Competitive Compensation
- Employer-Sponsored Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
- Unlimited Paid Time Off (vacation, sick days & public holidays)
- Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
- Training & Development
- Work From Home
Our greatest strength as a company is the team building it. As we strive to use data to bridge divides, advance meaningful change, and strengthen American democracy, we are committed to growing a team that reflects the diversity of this country. Citizen is an equal opportunity employer and we welcome applicants from any and all backgrounds, experiences, ideologies, and perspectives.
To Apply:
- Director of Growth
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Citizen seeks an experienced Director of Growth to lead and oversee our product-driven company’s business development and account management functions. This candidate will develop a robust and comprehensive growth capability pipeline, and is responsible for sourcing, maintaining, and deepening Citizen relationships from a sales and revenue perspective. The Director of Growth will support Citizen’s executive leadership team in defining and executing upon a clear vision for Citizen’s overall growth strategy and quickly-expanding business portfolio.
The ideal candidate will have proven experience leading growth and business development efforts, as well as hands-on experience in account management and client services. Preferably, this candidate will come with demonstrated experience managing teams and a passion for developing talent.
A background in and knowledge of the unique Citizen marketspace — the intersection of product, data, and social impact — is highly preferred. This would include experience at mission-driven tech companies or non-profits in government, policy, and/or public affairs. We’re looking for candidates who are motivated by an interest in bridging divides, ending hyper-polarization, and working across differences toward a healthy democracy.
Citizen is a remote company, and we’re happy to consider candidates that are currently located and reside in the U.S. for this position.
Role responsibilities
- Work with Citizen Chief Revenue Officer and executive leadership team to set and execute a clear growth strategy for Citizen — creating CMAs, establishing a diverse and robust portfolio, and setting clear metrics to evaluate success including tracking outreach, leads, opportunities and revenue
- Lead and oversee Citizen business development and account management functions, introducing and implementing the right tools, processes, systems, and procedures to generate, cultivate, and maintain relationships with partners and securing sales by helping partners understand how Citizen can support them
- Field partner requests; design, draft, and distribute proposals leaning on other internal teams as needed
- Manage teams in the future, developing direct reports and coaching them to success
- Assist in defining and adjusting price points and subscription models for Citizen products and services by working with Citizen’s Chief Operating Officer and Partner Success function to track and analyze project P&Ls and competitor pricing
- Support Citizen marketing efforts, working hand-in-hand with the Citizen executive leadership team and Director of Digital Content
- Serve as a leader in supporting Citizen leadership broadly with high-level company strategy
- Represent Citizen to partners, stakeholders, and investors, as well as at conferences, events, and other forward-facing activities
- Other duties as assigned
Job requirements
- Bachelor’s degree preferred
- 7 years’ minimum leadership experience across growth, business development, account management, or sales, preferably in industries related to Citizen’s work, including product, tech, data, and/or social impact
- Design, draft, & deploy proposals in collaboration with the Citizen team
- Experience managing and developing teams
- Demonstrated ability to develop comprehensive growth strategies and market analyses
- Organized, data-driven, metrics-focused and goal-oriented work style
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to develop and maintain lasting and growing relationships
- Motivated by a desire to help others by strategically designing and delivering innovative solutions
- Demonstrated understanding of Citizen’s unique market space
- Entrepreneurial spirit and ability to thrive in a fast-paced, rapidly changing start-up environment
- Collaborative, team player
Benefits
- Competitive Compensation
- Employer-Sponsored Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
- Unlimited Paid Time Off (vacation, sick days & public holidays)
- Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
- Training & Development
- Work From Home
Our greatest strength as a company is the team building it. As we strive to use data to bridge divides, advance meaningful change, and strengthen American democracy, we are committed to growing a team that reflects the diversity of this country. Citizen is an equal opportunity employer and we welcome applicants from any and all backgrounds, experiences, ideologies, and perspectives.
To Apply:
- Partner Development Associate
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Citizen seeks a highly motivated, organized, and entrepreneurial strategist to serve as its Partner Development Associate. You’re the right person for this role if you’re a creative problem solver with strong business instincts and skilled at relationship building. This is a great opportunity for an early career professional to get in on the ground floor of growing a democracy-focused enterprise at the intersection of product and social impact.
In this role, you’ll work alongside Citizen leadership and growth teams to tailor solutions for a growing market of mission-driven companies, efforts, and organizations, drawing on Citizen’s suite of data products and services. You’ll field customer requests and needs, and design, draft, and distribute proposals, leaning on other internal teams as needed.
In addition to proposals, as our Partner Development Associate, you’ll be responsible for helping to position Citizen to meet its business goals. This includes supporting Citizen with developing high-level growth strategies, managing our internal sales CRM, systematically tracking opportunities, generating revenue forecasts, and analyzing the competitive landscape. As Citizen grows and expands, we’ll look to you to help us identify and develop new systems and processes that will make our capability even more effective and efficient.
Citizen is a rapidly-growing company. The ideal candidate for this position will be a utility player with a hunger to learn and evolve alongside our team, potentially expanding into broader responsibilities in the future.
Citizen is a remote company, and we’re happy to consider candidates that are currently located and reside in the U.S. for this position.
Role responsibilities:- Design, draft, & deploy proposals in collaboration with the Citizen team
- Interface and develop, cultivate, and manage relationships with current and potential Citizen partners
- Manage Citizen’s sales CRM, systematically tracking opportunities, organizing partner contacts, and generating revenue reports
- Develop competitive landscape analyses
- Help identify and pursue new systems and processes to drive efficiencies
- Support Citizen leadership with high-level growth strategies
- Other duties as assigned
Job requirements:
- 3-5 years experience in business development, growth, account management, and/or strategic partnerships
- Demonstrated understanding of Citizen market landscape
- Sharp problem-solving skills and a quick learner
- Excellent written communications
- Keen attention to detail
- Extremely well-organized
- Background knowledge of data, product, and/or tech spaces preferred
- Entrepreneurial spirit and preference for a fast-paced and dynamic environment
- Alignment with and commitment to Citizen’s mission
Benefits
- Competitive Compensation
- Employer-Sponsored Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
- Unlimited Paid Time Off (vacation, sick days & public holidays)
- Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
- Training & Development
- Work From Home
Our greatest strength as a company is the team building it. As we strive to use data to bridge divides, advance meaningful change, and strengthen American democracy, we are committed to growing a team that reflects the diversity of this country. Citizen is an equal opportunity employer and we welcome applicants from any and all backgrounds, experiences, ideologies, and perspectives.
To Apply: