Philadelphia regional news publisher building a data-driven subscription business
The Philadelphia Inquirer is a regional news publisher whose stack reads like a modern data team's: BigQuery, dbt, Fivetran, Airflow and Terraform feed product analytics in Mixpanel, Amplitude and Chartbeat. Hiring is minimal and centered on a senior data role tied to AI-enabled self-service analytics and natural-language querying in Hex, aimed squarely at growing digital subscriptions.
The Philadelphia Inquirer is a Philadelphia-based news organization founded in 1829 and headquartered in Center City. It operates as a for-profit public benefit corporation owned by the non-profit Lenfest Institute. The company publishes across print newspapers, Inquirer.com, e-Editions, apps, newsletters, podcasts and live events, serving readers across Philadelphia and the surrounding region. It employs 201–500 people and relies on Adobe Creative Cloud tools for design and Sailthru and Campaign Monitor for email distribution.
Its stack includes BigQuery, dbt, Fivetran, Apache Airflow and Terraform on GCP and AWS, with Mixpanel, Amplitude, Chartbeat and GA4 for analytics, Sailthru for email, and Adobe Creative Cloud for design.
Hiring is currently minimal and focused on a senior data position in the United States, connected to AI-enabled self-service analytics and audience segmentation work.
Current initiatives include AI-enabled self-service analytics workflows, natural-language querying in Hex, and audience segmentation and personalization to support digital subscription growth.
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