Senior Data Analyst, Research Discovery & Design
EAB


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About EAB

At EAB , our mission is to make education smarter and our communities stronger. We harness the collective power of more than 1,900 schools, colleges, and universities to uncover and apply proven practices and transformative insights. And since complex problems require multifaceted solutions, we work with each school differently to apply these insights through a customized blend of research, technology, and services. From kindergarten to college and beyond, EAB partners with education leaders, practitioners, and staff to accelerate progress and drive results across three key areas: enrollment management, student success, and institutional operations and strategy.

At EAB, we serve not only our partner institutions but each other-that's why we are always working to make sure our employees love their jobs and are invested in their community. See how we've been recognized for this dedication to our employees by checking out our recent awards .

For more information, visit our Careers page.

The Role in Brief:

Senior Data Analyst, Research Discovery & Design

EAB's research programs offer strategic guidance at scale: we help college, university, and K-12 executives make progress on their most pressing issues. Analysts work on research products that drive partners' most financially and/or mission-consequential decisions. EAB Research helps partners educate stakeholders on campus, make research-informed decisions, and speed the implementation of recommended practices.

As a Senior Data Analyst, you will bridge between research's syndicated project teams and short-term research teams to help turn customized deliverables into scalable opportunities for impact. You should be an excellent problem-solver and communicator, able to understand business challenges from non-technical colleagues and develop innovative solutions that address root cause issues and are easy to maintain by non-technical teams.

In this role, you will use coding skills to automate data analysis and update easy-to-use tools as new data and insights become available. You will be responsible for eliciting business and functional requirements for data tools and advising stakeholders on program and app functionality. You will use excellent written and oral communication skills to advise on data and design practices and create easy-to-use templates that are executable at scale.

This role is remote for now but expected to be based in Washington, DC when office operations resume.

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Coding and Automation: Use coding tools (e.g., Python) to create sustainable coding mechanisms that can automate Excel to PowerPoint reports or other templates/tools, using third party and proprietary data sources. Create standalone .exe programs and/or web apps that non-technical teams can easily and accurately use to execute standard, high-quality deliverables. Test new solutions with relevant teams, identify and fix bugs and update programs and apps as necessary to reflect changing data inputs and/or deliverables.
  • Data Model Design: Consult with research teams to develop models and methodologies to forecast business and educational outcomes for partner institutions using statistical best practices. Consult with research teams on how to incorporate data-science models into research deliverables and reports.
  • Rollout and Troubleshooting: Create documentation and training collateral, including pre-recorded videos and how-to guides, that can easily be used by teams. Organize test scenarios with end users and implement feedback before rollout. Create sustainable, ongoing ways of sourcing feedback and supporting troubleshooting (e.g., holding office hours, conducting user surveys).
  • Project Management: Manage incoming requests for automation and maintain an accurate project management queue for new projects (e.g., new deliverables from project teams) and update projects (e.g., updating a template to ensure it can accurately pull the latest data). Partner with manager and department leaders to prioritize projects based on business impact and market urgency. Manage individual projects to interim and final deadlines.
  • Collaboration: Collaborate with individual project leads and project teams to ensure that new deliverables are built in a scalable way that is easy to execute in an automatable format. Collaborate with Research Partner Engagement and Short-Term Research Teams to ensure that projects are rolled out and merchandized in a timely manner.

Basic Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree, with an excellent academic record and 3+ years of post-graduate, professional experience or Master's degree and/or relevant certificate program with 2+ years of post-graduate, professional experience
  • Fluency with Python or other scripting language that can interact with PowerPoint
  • Experience with at least two of the following:
    • Management or strategy consulting
    • Data analysis and visualization
    • Coding and automation
    • Long-term and/or primary and secondary research
    • Creating partner-facing written and/or data-based deliverables

Ideal Qualifications:
  • Experience working with education issues in a technology, consulting, or research setting
  • Experience working in a team environment and as an individual contributor
  • Excellent prioritization and time management especially in a fast-paced environment
  • Demonstrated creative thinking and ability to provide creative solutions to challenges and business problems



Benefits:

Consistent with our belief that our employees are our most valuable resource, EAB offers a competitive and inclusive benefits package.

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance; dependents and domestic partners eligible

• 401(k) retirement plan with company match

• 20+ days of PTO annually, in addition to paid firm holidays

• Daytime leave policy for community service or fitness activities (up to 10 hours a month each)

• Paid parental leave for birthing and non-birthing parents

• Phase Back to Work program for employees returning from parental leave

• Infertility treatment coverage and adoption or surrogacy assistance

• Wellness programs including gym discounts and incentives to promote healthy living

• Dynamic growth opportunities with merit-based promotion philosophy

• Benefits kick in day one, see the full details here.

At EAB, we believe that to fulfill our mission to "make education smarter and our communities stronger" we need team members who bring a diversity of perspectives to the table and a workplace where each team member is valued, respected and heard.

To that end, EAB is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and we make employment decisions on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need. We don't discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law.


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