Job Title
Director, Business Analytics
Job Description
For more than 80 years, Kaplan has been a trailblazer in education and professional advancement. We are a global company at the intersection of education and technology, focused on collaboration, innovation, and creativity to deliver a best-in-class educational experience and make Kaplan a great place to work.
The future of education is here and we are eager to work alongside those who want to make a positive impact and inspire change in the world around them.
The Director of Business Analytics is responsible for supporting and promoting data-driven decisions within the Kaplan Professional business. Such topics of input will range from, but not be limited to, how to package, price, and promote (advertise and discount) our range of products within their respective markets across the globe using both historic data and forecasts in order to achieve meaningfully better fiscal results.
The Director of Business Analytics collaborates with sales, marketing, and product teams to develop and govern a strategic “data-driven decision-making” (Business Analytics) roadmap. This includes the application of best practices for relational data modeling, data management, and data governance. The Director of Business Analytics is an expert designer and developer of reports and dashboards, and is sufficiently adept in statistics to perform more advanced data analysis as needed.
The Director of Business Analytics is a curious team member with a sharp sense to create value through data, including the development of data products and collaboration with both internal and external clients.
Key Responsibilities
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Formulate and recommend "data-supported" solutions that drive significant business value and academic outcomes.
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Spearhead and foster cross-functional partnerships with key leaders spanning, strategy, marketing, admissions, and financial aid, academics, student support, operations, financial management, and others to align and architect solutions that address top-priority academic/business objectives and goals.
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Provide and explain accurate analytical services to cross-functional business leaders in order to achieve the best business results.
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Identify student outcome/success improvement & business opportunities and utilize a range of analytic activities to develop solutions.
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Drive results through achieving consensus across cross-functional leaders and work towards implementation of designed solutions.
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Formulate problem/opportunity statements, preliminary solution design, access activation potential, and document business impact potential.
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Collaborate with leaders and across other teams to develop and write analytic plans focusing on proposed techniques, team composition, and resource requirements/assignments.
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Leverage existing analytical approaches and deliverables across departments to share best practices as well as efficient and effective analyses/research delivery.
Minimum Qualifications
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Bachelor's Degree (B.A./B.S.)
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4+ Years of experience in Business, Statistics, Finance, Mathematics, Information Management, Decision Science, Computer Science, Economics, or Operations Research
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High degree of creativity and latitude
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Skills and comfort level with analytic applications to support and guide cross-functional leaders in making the best business decisions based on analytics.
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Expert-level quantitative skills, particularly in building highly complex Excel models.
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Expert-level knowledge of the following required: MS Products (including PowerPoint and Excel) Tableau and SQL.
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Good understanding of analytical modeling techniques such as predictive modeling, forecasting, decision trees, regression modeling, etc.
Minimum Qualifications
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Experience with Python and R
We offer a competitive benefits package including:
Remote work providing flexible work/life balance
Comprehensive Retirement Package including 401K company match and two pension programs
Our Gift of Knowledge Program provides tuition assistance and substantial discounts for our employees and close family members
Competitive health benefits and new hire eligibility starts day-1 of employment
Generous Paid Time Off includes paid holidays, vacation, personal, sick paid time-off, plus one (1) volunteer day and one (1) diversity and inclusion day to participate and give back to our local communities
And so much more!
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Remote work providing flexible work/life balance
Comprehensive Retirement Package including 401K company match and two pension programs
Our Gift of Knowledge Program provides tuition assistance and substantial discounts for our employees and close family members
Competitive health benefits and new hire eligibility starts day-1 of employment
Generous Paid Time Off includes paid holidays, vacation, personal, sick paid time-off, plus one (1) volunteer day and one (1) diversity and inclusion day to participate and give back to our local communities
And so much more!
#LI-DK1
#LI-Remote
This position is a Salary Grade B
Location
Remote/Nationwide, USA
Additional Locations
Employee Type
Employee
Job Functional Area
Data Analytics/Business Intelligence
Business Unit
00091 Kaplan Higher ED
Kaplan is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All positions with Kaplan are paid at least $15 per hour or$31,200 per year for full-time positions. Compensation for specific positions are based on job level, skills, years of experience, and education, among other factors. Additionally, certain positions are bonus or commission eligible. Information regarding benefits can be found
here
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Diversity & Inclusion Statement
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Diversity inspires innovation and growth in the Kaplan community. Kaplan strives to be a model employer for inclusiveness. Not only does Kaplan value its employees for their professionalism and skills, but also for the unique viewpoints they bring to the Organization. Kaplan's employees bring diverse perspectives, ideas, and backgrounds that give Kaplan a competitive edge in anticipating and exceeding our students' needs in today's global market. Learn more about our
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