Lead, Data Analytics – Business Intelligence

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in New Jersey.

📋 Description

• Lead, oversee, mentor, and develop a team of product analysts.

• Establish the analytics vision and strategy for Pearson Higher Education offerings.

• Align analytics priorities with product objectives, business strategies, and quantifiable learning and commercial outcomes.

• Collaborate with product leadership on roadmaps, quarterly planning, prioritization, and measurable results.

• Foster cross-functional partnerships across product, design, engineering, learning science, data platform, and commercial stakeholders.

• Define and manage the Higher Education product KPI framework focusing on commercial performance and learning outcomes.

• Propel product instrumentation and telemetry in collaboration with engineering and data platform teams.

• Develop and scale experimentation practices, tools, testing standards, and evidence-based decision-making.

• Conduct exploratory analyses to identify new product opportunities.

• Convert complex analyses into actionable insights for executives and leadership.

• Ensure data quality, definitions, lineage, and reliability.

• Achieve a defined KPI framework, influence product decisions, enhance experimentation, create roadmap opportunities, and strengthen the analytics team within the first 12 months.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 8 years of experience in product analytics.

• A minimum of 2-3 years managing analysts.

• Demonstrated success in delivering complex data solutions and achieving measurable business impact.

• Experience collaborating with business leaders and managing cross-functional initiatives.

• Familiarity with empowered product teams and understanding of the product operating model.

• Strong skills in experimentation, including test design, sample sizing, result interpretation, and advising when not to conduct a test.

• Technical expertise in SQL, including BigQuery and Snowflake.

• Experience with product analytics tools like Mixpanel or similar.

• Proficiency in Tableau.

• Knowledge of Python is advantageous.

• Excellent communication skills with senior product and engineering leaders.

• Experience in education, edtech, learning, behavior change, or skill acquisition is highly preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• Annual incentive program.

• Comprehensive benefits package (details available via Pearson benefits information link).

• Remote work arrangement.