[Hiring] Data Deputy Director @Progressive Turnout Project

Role Description

democracyFIRST is seeking an experienced data staffer to serve as Deputy Data Director for the final weeks of the 2026 campaign cycle. The Deputy Data Director runs the day-to-day data operation for democracyFIRST’s paid canvass programs in Nevada, Michigan, and Wisconsin, reporting to the National Data Director, and supports the Arizona volunteer program’s data work as needed. The role covers early vote, ballot chase, ballot cure, and GOTV data: getting ballot status data into canvassers’ hands, keeping reporting accurate and current for leadership, and keeping the tools that power voter contact running.

This is a full-time, fully remote, short-term contract position and is not eligible for benefits. Given placement of staff across time zones, this person must be available during the 10:00am - 6:00pm ET hours, with evening and weekend work expected through Election Day.

Responsibilities

• Own the data for the Nevada, Michigan, and Wisconsin paid canvass programs, coordinating with the National Data Director.
• Keep Touchstone, our canvassing platform, current: load ballot return data so canvassers skip voters who have already voted, and keep walk lists and data flags clean.
• Source and process early vote and ballot status data by state, and build ballot chase and cure lists with the voter protection team.
• Maintain the paid-state voter contact tracker and progress-to-goal reporting that leadership relies on, and troubleshoot the data pipelines behind it.
• Pull and refresh universes and lists for doors, phones, mail, and digital, with each pull documented.
• Be the first point of contact for the state field leads on data questions and requests.
• Ensure data quality across Touchstone, VAN, BigQuery, Google Sheets, and the dialer.
• Support Arizona’s data work as needed, including VoteBuilder lists, reporting, and data entry across county and partner committees.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• You are available to start October 19, 2026 and work full time through November 11.
• At least one cycle of experience with organizing tools such as VAN, plus a canvassing app, dialer, or texting tool.
• Intermediate experience with SQL and BigQuery (or a similar data warehouse) and Google Sheets.
• Experience managing large voter datasets and keeping them accurate under deadline.
• Ability to manage several tasks and projects concurrently, prioritize effectively, and get up to speed quickly.
• Ability to communicate complex data concepts to a non-technical audience.
• Experience working across departments and partner organizations to develop data-driven solutions.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with early vote, ballot chase, or ballot cure data.
• Experience with canvassing CRMs.
• 1-2 cycles of progressive campaign experience, especially working with political data.
• Experience automating and managing Google Sheets (Apps Script or Python).
• Familiarity with voter file data, election results, statistical models, and/or polling data.

Company Description

Founded in 2021, democracyFIRST is a cross-partisan and ideologically diverse project that aims to restore the political consensus on the central pro-democracy principles underpinning our electoral process. Our mission is to confront the rising anti-democracy movement in America and preserve the future of our democracy. Our electoral programming is designed to confront, isolate, and defeat the anti-democracy candidates and elected officials who pose the greatest threat of subverting our elections - those in positions that administer and certify our elections on a state level. democracyFIRST is an affiliated organization of Progressive Turnout Project.