by Angela Copeland | Sep 1, 2016 | Job Posting
Ancestry.com is seeking a Senior Manager, Adobe Analytics Implementation in San Francisco, CA.
The Analytics practice at Ancestry is a team of over 30 innovative web analytics professionals offering leading edge interactive product strategies, insightful analyses, and reporting services. We’re searching for a new team member to share in our passion for data and continuous measurable improvement across multiple product offerings.
Our team supports the Product organization and is focused on understanding their strategic business objectives, relating those objectives to measurable indicators, and delivering learnings that promote continuous performance improvements. Working closely with members of the Product and Engineering teams, you will explore opportunities for conversion and optimization opportunities across Ancestry websites and mobile apps.
We are looking for an experienced technical leader to work with internal clients to understand their business objectives and translate them into analytics integration requirements, then execute accordingly. This is a single, hands-on role expected to install, configure, customize and deploy the Adobe web analytics platform- meaning writing the code necessary to produce reporting. This role will own the tagging capability across the organization for the global analytics team and includes coordinating upgrades and new functionality with appropriate internal team members.
Working closely with an Adobe Evangelist who oversees the adoption of the product, the Senior Adobe Analytics Implementation Tag Manager will develop the next generation of online user behavior reporting capability. You will own the execution of best-in-class strategy of use of s.props, eVars, events, classification rules, IP excludes… across multiple sites and Report Suites, as well as maintain the solution doc describing those decisions. After an initial evaluation and implementation stage, daily activities include meeting with stakeholders to gather tracking requirements then creating customized reporting ability. This is an exciting to join Ancestry and own an important capability, from ground up, that will define our success.
To learn more, or to apply online, visit the Ancestry website.
by Angela Copeland | Sep 1, 2016 | Job Posting
GoDaddy is seeking a Head of Experimentation in Sunnyvale, CA.
Responsibilities:
- Lead our A/B testing program
- Establish a culture of rapid experimentation by being a ‘go to expert’ on A/B testing and MVT
- Ensure robust hypotheses are tested and help ensure sound experimental designs
- Ensure business owners interpret test results correctly and make informed decisions
- Set up a platform which enables multiple simultaneous experiments; increase velocity of and robustness of experiments
- Hire and lead a small team of statistical/testing analysts; build a
- Testing Center of Excellence
- Ensure consistent tools, methodology, and best practices are employed
- Ensure visibility of experiments; create a central repository of experiments with description & results
- Educate the business on all things Testing related (eg: Bayesian vs. Frequentist)
- Be a ‘Testing ambassador” and an evangelist – to establish a culture of Test & Learn
To learn more, or to apply online, visit the GoDaddy website.
by Angela Copeland | Aug 31, 2016 | Career Corner Column, Media, Personal Brand
Recent events have brought this very basic idea back to the surface. Honesty should be a critical part of each of our professional and personal brands. Building and maintaining trusting relationships is such an important piece of a successful career.
News coverage from the Olympics was dominated by the actions of a few swimmers. And, those actions have nothing to do with the years they’ve each spent training in the swimming pool. Many of the news reports are conflicting. What really happened or how bad things were is unclear. But, what is clear is that the swimmers were not completely honest when they spoke to officials, their families, and the media. Regardless of how bad their actions were, their characters are now being scrutinized in detail. Their lives will be forever changed, both personally and financially, by something that may have seemed inconsequential in the moment.
In a similar regard, we can often be on autopilot at work. We’re trying to make it through the day. We have more on our plates than we can possibly manage and we’re working to check everything off the list. At times, honesty, ethics, and doing the right thing can take a back seat to getting things done quickly.
In fact, a 2002 University of Massachusetts study performed by Robert Feldman found that sixty percent of people lie at least once during a ten minute conversation. It said that “most people lie in everyday conversation when they are trying to appear likable and competent.”
Although the number seems high, this reasoning makes sense. Someone may initially tell a small lie to make themselves look better. But, if caught, a lie can truly impact how we see that person going forward. We may question everything that person has told us before, and whether or not they will tell the truth in the future.
In an interview, telling a lie can cost you the job. If there’s something inaccurate on your resume or in other information you’ve shared along the way and it’s discovered, you won’t receive a job offer. If you’re fortunate enough to make it through the hiring process and then the lie is discovered, it could be grounds for termination.
With this said, accidents do happen. There are times when we’re trying our best to be honest and something we’ve communicated is inaccurate. When this happens, the best answer is to be straightforward with the truth. Dancing around the issue only sets you up to look like you were being dishonest all along. Apologize to anyone who may have been hurt, take corrective steps, and try to move on quickly.
It’s better to build a reputation as someone who’s a little too honest than someone who isn’t quite honest enough. Honesty will allow you to grow professional relationships that will last for years to come.
Warren Buffet said it best. “It takes twenty years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently.”
Angela Copeland is CEO and founder of Copeland Coaching and can be reached at CopelandCoaching.com or on Twitter at @CopelandCoach.
by Angela Copeland | Aug 31, 2016 | Job Posting
Indeed is seeking an Event Manager in Austin, TX.
Indeed is looking for an events professional to manage and execute our global event experience program by promoting the Indeed brand, developing client relationships and driving revenue for the company. The Global Events Manager will work closely with internal client-facing sales teams, marketing teams and senior leadership to create transformational event experiences for strategic clients on a global scale. This person must be a self-starter, highly dependable, polished, confident and committed to Indeed’s success. Must be articulate, clear and precise in objectives and actions; flexible, creative, extremely detail-oriented, and a high-quality producer under tight deadlines.
To learn more, or to apply online, visit the Indeed website.
by Angela Copeland | Aug 31, 2016 | Job Posting
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is seeking a Project Manager of Quality / Safety in Memphis, TN.
The Project Manager-Quality/Safety is responsible for the overall planning, management and completion of projects on a wide variety of programs. Works with staff and physicians to develop project scope of work documents and project plans. Uses project management skills to manage project roles, identify resource requirements, meet training needs, define project deliverables, provide customer satisfaction and reporting structures and insure quality of projects. Identifies the technical approach to be used on a given project and manages the system development process. Documents opportunities to integrate systems and resources to fulfill project requirements. Ensures effective communications and relationships between customers and project team members are maintained. Responsible for significant, institution-wide projects, typically focused on meeting project commitments, including communications with sponsors, stakeholders etc. Spends majority of time on project management responsibilities. Leads the design, testing, planning, and implementation of complex projects for systems that can affect many users.
To learn more, or to apply online, visit the St. Jude website.
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