Data Analytics Manager

Job Description

The Data Owner and Analyst Manager acts as a conduit between career learning leadership and data strategy development teams to define, track and measure the career learning KPIs and their impact on business goals. This position will help drive a culture of data products in the career learning organization by creating best practices for using data to drive business outcomes and implementing them across career learning services. This role develops, implements and delivers data products across the company. This role applies data knowledge to generate innovative solutions and consistently delivers results based on business objectives. The role should have a passion for connecting complex data analysis to meaningful academic practices. The role should have demonstrated experience communicating with various stakeholders including school leaders and executive leaders. The role should be self-motivated to solve emergent issues with the best available tools and is expected to work collaboratively with other team members and the broader team of data analysts across the company.

SUMMARY: The Data Analytics, Manager Manager leads the team focused on developing, implementing and supporting data reporting practices across the organization to improve student performance and student experience. This role leads a team of Data Analysts in providing consumer support with data products, communicating feedback from stakeholders and conducting ad hoc reporting as necessary. The role must engage with the academic, technical and organizational departments to provide appropriate solutions for various stakeholders. The role will maintain close contact with cross functional partners throughout the organization to report data challenges, provide quality assurance, offer training/support and communicate new data tools and product enhancements.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:   Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

• Leads a team of analysts with a focus on academic data support aligned with strategic company goals;
• Gathers feedback from various stakeholders and communicates findings to technical developers to help drive product improvement.
• Serves as subject matter expert on all academic data ensuring timely updates in alation and/or clarification to stakeholders.
• Maintains updated and accurate support for academic reporting tools to include (trainings, website, QRGs, newsletters, etc.)
• Supports cross-functional partners by analyzing large amounts of data, creating new solutions and providing actionable insights;
• Implements an Agile methodology that allows the team to be responsive to ad hoc data requests resulting in timely turnarounds and delivery to customer.
• Analyzes data with standard methods, interprets the results, and provides a summary of analyses with actionable insights; ensures and improves data integrity, accuracy and quality; shares knowledge of analysis techniques and data coding with others;
• Collects data routinely and independently as requested to monitor and report on implementation of specific initiatives across the organization; Identifies new data sources to enhance analytics;
• Promotes and supports a culture dedicated to strategic data driven decision making; Provides thought leadership throughout the organization for how to best use data and analysis insights.

Supervisory Responsibilities: Directly supervises 1 - 3 Full-time Equivalent (FTE) regular employees and/or contractors.  Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Certificates and Licenses: None required.

Required Qualifications:

• Five (5) years of data analysis experience
• Previous management experience
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills
• Experience with data analysis, modeling, design and documentation
• Knowledge of programming standards and techniques with experience writing in SQL
• Experience developing dashboards in business intelligence tools such as PowerBI
• Experience scripting in Python for ETL processes
• Ability to communicate technology concepts effectively with technically proficient and non-technically proficient individuals
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Effective customer service and interpersonal skills
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Experience in developing reports and/or dashboards
• Ability to clear background check

Desired Qualifications:

• BS degree in mathematics, computer science, technology or education leadership
• Experience working in education with academic data sets and/or career learning data sets
• Experience working in Snowflake, DBT, Streamsets and/or Alation

WORK ENVIRONMENT:  The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This is a home-based position

Compensation & Benefits: Stride, Inc. considers a person’s education, experience, and qualifications, as well as the position’s work location, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value when determining a new employee’s salary level.  Salaries will differ based on these factors, the position’s level and expected contribution, and the employee’s benefits elections.  Offers will typically be in the bottom half of the range.

• We anticipate the salary range to be $78,336.00- $120,000.00. An individual’s compensation can vary based on several factors which include, but are not limited to, geographic location, experience, training, education, and local market conditions. Eligible employees may receive a bonus. Stride offers a robust benefits package for eligible employees that can include health benefits, retirement contributions, and paid time off.

The above job is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties, as assigned by their supervisor.  All employment is “at-will” as governed by the law of the state where the employee works.  It is further understood that the “at-will” nature of employment is one aspect of employment that cannot be changed except in writing and signed by an authorized officer. 

Job Type

Regular

The above job is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties, as assigned by their supervisor. All employment is “at-will” as governed by the law of the state where the employee works.  It is further understood that the “at-will” nature of employment is one aspect of employment that cannot be changed except in writing and signed by an authorized officer.

If you are a job seeker with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to apply for one of our jobs, you can request the appropriate accommodation by contacting stridecareers@k12.com.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

Stride, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants receive consideration for employment based on merit without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state, or local law. Stride, Inc. complies with all legally required affirmative action obligations. Applicants will not be discriminated against because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.