Scholarship America is looking to solve the problem of enabling data-driven decision-making across the organization by leading the enterprise data strategy, operations, solutions, governance, and execution.
Requirements
- Proficiency in SQL, Python, R, or similar programming languages
- Strong experience with data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI)
- Experience managing enterprise data platforms (e.g., Snowflake, AWS, BigQuery)
- Experience in digital analytics (e.g., Adobe Analytics, Google Analytics)
- Familiarity with statistical tools (e.g., SAS, SPSS) and experimentation platforms (e.g., Optimizely)
- Professional experience with tools such as Jira, GitHub, Microsoft Azure, and centralized logging platforms
- Understanding of education-related data systems or student-focused analytics
Responsibilities
- Oversee the development of dashboards, scorecards, and self-service tools using platforms such as Tableau, Power BI, and Looker.
- Apply statistical analysis, segmentation, forecasting, and predictive modeling to support business decisions.
- Establish and maintain standards for data quality, architecture, access, retention, and security.
- Evaluate and implement advanced analytics tools and methodologies, including machine learning and real-time analytics.
- Lead the design and execution of controlled experiments (e.g., A/B tests, multivariate tests) to validate hypotheses, optimize user experiences, and measure the impact of changes.
- Analyze test results using statistical rigor and communicate findings with clarity
- Partner with product and R&D teams to explore data-as-a-service (DaaS) offerings.
Other
- A passion for improving student outcomes and a commitment to serving marginalized students of need
- Minimum of 10 years of experience leading enterprise data initiatives, preferably in the education or nonprofit sector
- Prior experience leading and managing high performer teams
- Proven track record of defining, managing and delivering successful data operations, insights, analytics and technical solutions, in partnership with product and business stakeholders
- Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams and drive organizational change
