Data Analytics Subject Matter Expert

Remote; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 76,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

Springboard seeks an experienced Data Analytics SME with curriculum design expertise to partner with the learning team in updating and expanding our Data Analytics Bootcamp content. You will ensure alignment with industry expectations for entry-level analysts and develop new learning materials, including AI-enabled resources.

The role involves reviewing modules across Excel, statistics, SQL, Python, and visualization tools, and crafting practical assessments that reflect real-world business

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in data analytics or business analytics.
• Experience teaching data analytics or curriculum development is required.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Review content across Excel, statistics, financial analysis, visualization, reporting, SQL, Python, and analytics modules for accuracy and relevance.
• Develop content and update curriculum to reflect current analyst responsibilities and modern BI/data tools.
• Create AI-enabled learning aids and explainers (videos, PDFs, infographics) while ensuring responsible AI use.

Skills

7+ years experience

Excellent communication

Explain technical concepts to non-tech

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Data Analytics/ CS/ Statistics/ Economics

Tools

SQL

Python

Microsoft Excel

Tableau

Job description

The Company At Springboard, we’re on a mission to bridge the world’s skills gap, offering transformative online education in data science, UI/UX design, machine learning, and coding. Our courses may be tech-enabled, but we're ultimately human-centric: each student taps into a vast community throughout their time with us, engaging with fellow students, industry-expert mentors, student advisors, and career coaches, the goal of which is to successfully transition students into their dream job. Through this hybrid approach, we’ve helped thousands of learners revamp their careers and, by extension, their lives, with hundreds of top-notch job offers received every year and a near-perfect placement rate for our program graduates.

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Data Analytics professional with content and curriculum design experience to serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for our Data Analytics Bootcamp. This SME will partner with Springboard’s learning team to review and update our curriculum and develop net-new learning content to ensure our program reflects current industry expectations for entry-level data analytics roles.

Key Responsibilities

Curriculum Review & Alignment

• Review content across Excel, statistics, financial analysis, visualization, reporting, SQL, Python, and advanced analytics modules for accuracy, relevance, and appropriate depth/breadth to prepare learners for entry-level data analytics roles.
• Recommend curriculum and content updates based on current analyst responsibilities, modern BI/data tools, and AI-assisted data analytics practices.
• Help distinguish foundational skills from advanced or more specialized topics and align outcomes with entry-level and early-career analyst expectations.
• Develop content where needed – this may include writing original content, and using AI to develop new learning aids or resources (videos, PDFs, infographics, etc.)

AI in Data Analytics

• Develop and review content that teaches how to use AI as a workflow accelerator while preserving analytical reasoning and human judgment.
• Create explainers (videos, infographics, PDFs) for using AI to troubleshoot formulas, support step-by-step analysis, draft summaries and chart explanations, and explore visualization approaches.
• Teach responsible AI use: validating outputs, identifying unsupported conclusions, protecting sensitive data, and maintaining human accountability.
• Design AI-enabled exercises that reinforce, rather than bypass, core analytics skills.

Content Development & Quality Assurance

• Write or revise lessons, exercises, projects, case studies, quizzes, and assessments using realistic business scenarios and datasets.
• Review spreadsheet activities, SQL queries, Python scripts, visualizations, and AI-assisted workflows for technical accuracy and pedagogical effectiveness.
• Develop practical reporting activities that help learners interpret KPIs and communicate insights clearly to operational and non-technical stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Data Analytics, Computer Science, Statistics, Economics, or a related field.
• 7+ years of experience in data analytics or business analytics ideally within a large, Fortune 1000 organization.
• Experience teaching data analytics and developing data analytics explainer content and/or curricula is a role requirement.
• Experience using AI to develop content (videos, infographics, text and more).
• Responsibility for hiring early-career data analytics talent is a strong plus.
• Strong command of SQL, Python, Microsoft Excel, and visualization tools such as Tableau.
• Strong understanding of statistics, financial analysis, reporting, visualization, and structured analytical problem-solving.
• Hands-on familiarity with generative AI tools and their practical use in analytics workflows, including evaluation of AI-generated outputs for correctness and limitations.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical or beginner audiences.

Pay

$55-60/hour