Senior Data Analyst, Strategy & Insights

Thanks for your interest in Success Academy! Running a large, fast-growing, and high-performing network of public charter schools takes a village - families, children, teachers, staff and faculty, advocates, and supporters alike. We would love to welcome you to our community! We work tirelessly every day to ensure children have access to a fun, rigorous, whole-child education regardless of zip code or economic status. When you join SA, you play a part in giving every student who walks through our doors a fair shot at reaching his or her potential.

As the fastest-growing, highest-performing charter school network in New York State, Success Academy is reimagining K-12 public education. Nationally recognized for our innovative, whole-child school model and outstanding academic results, Success Academy educators are empowering children from all backgrounds with the knowledge, skills, and self-belief to succeed in college and in life. We now need a results-driven Senior Data Analyst, Strategy & Insights to join our Enterprise Data & Analytics team.

Department 

The Technology Division at Success Academy is the chief provider of technology infrastructure, application services, security, and support. The Division partners with teams across the organization to equip students, teachers, leaders, and staff with the innovative technology tools and know-how necessary to achieve academic and operational excellence.

The Enterprise Data and Analytics department’s purpose is to build a healthy data and technology culture. By focusing on the concrete educational outcomes we are trying to accomplish in our schools, the team develops technical and organizational systems that are user-friendly, scalable, and flexible. The department is responsible for all reporting, analytics, data infrastructure, training, and evangelization. 

This new Senior Data Analyst, Strategy & Insights role will be a key contributor to our mission of driving innovation and democratizing data across the organization. Reporting to the Leader, Data Strategy & Insights of Enterprise Data & Analytics, this role will be responsible for spearheading analyses and insights that help shape Success Academy’s strategy and support day-to-day execution. 

Key responsibilities include: 

• Executive Support: Deliver quantitative support and strategic, data-driven perspectives to our partners throughout the organization, especially the C-suite. 

• Improve Decision-Making: Demonstrate analytical expertise and thought leadership with quantitative analyses to help Success Academy make better decisions.

• Measurement: Identify and measure success of initiatives through goal setting, forecasting, and monitoring of key metrics to understand trends.

• Optimization: Define, understand, and test opportunities and levers to improve operations through insights and recommendations.

• Operations Support: Develop and maintain Looker dashboards that are viewed by senior leadership and operation groups across the school network. 

• Data Modeling: Build and maintain SQL-based transformations in dbt for new and existing use cases, collaborating with data engineers as needed.  

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a technical field like Business Analytics, Data Analytics, Math, Engineering, Computer Science, or Information Technology and/or experience in data analytics. 

• 6+ years of related experience working in an analytical, client-facing capacity

• 5+ years of experience with advanced SQL, including window functions

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in analysis, reporting, and data visualization tools, ideally Looker (alternatively Tableau, PowerBI, or similar) and Google Sheets

• 2+ years of experience delivering insights to senior stakeholders (C-suite or their direct reports)

• 1+ years of experience building data models with dbt 

• Strong communication skills, capable of explaining complex findings in a concise and digestible manner

• Strong critical and analytical thinking skills

• Ability to lead projects independently and communicate effectively across a complex organization

• Ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced Degree in an analytical discipline

• Experience with People Analytics (e.g. retention / attrition) 

• Experience with Greenhouse and Workday data

• Significant experience with LookML

• Experience or knowledge of Education sector

Success Academy Charter Schools is an equal opportunity employer and actively encourages applications from people of all backgrounds. Compensation is competitive and commensurate with experience. Success Academy offers a full benefits program and opportunities for professional growth.

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