Director, Data Strategy & Analytics

Cambium Learning Group; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first work environment

Home office reimbursement

Job summary

Cambium Learning Group in the US is seeking a Director of Data Strategy & Analytics to lead a team turning data assets into actionable insights across Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, and executive leadership. You will oversee analytics and data governance, partner with Analytics Engineering, and ensure secure, scalable data ecosystems.

You will build self-service dashboards, AI-enabled analytics, and KPI models, mentor analysts, drive strategic data initiatives, and ensure data quality and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a data-related field; advanced degree preferred.
• 10+ years in analytics or data strategy with proven impact.
• 5+ years leading data analysts or analytics teams.
• Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management.
• Proficiency in SQL, Tableau, Python or R; knowledge of data governance.
• Experience with BI governance, data privacy, and AI-enabled analytics.

Responsibilities

• Own strategy for data and analytics aligned with mission and drive decisions.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a high‑performing team of analysts.
• Develop self‑service dashboards, AI agents, and KPI models.
• Partner across Sales, Marketing, Customer Success and executive team.
• Oversee analytics systems governance, data warehouses, and BI sources.

Skills

leadership

analytics

data governance

stakeholder management

data storytelling

Tableau

SQL

Python or R

AI-enabled analytics

Education

Bachelor's degree

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

Tableau

SQL

Python

R

Redshift

AWS

Dbt

Job description

Director of Data Strategy & Analytics

Job Location: US, Remote. Candidate must reside and work within the US.

Job Overview

Lexia's data assets are central to how we grow and how we demonstrate impact. We are seeking a Director of Data Strategy & Analytics to lead the team that turns those assets into insight and action across the business, in alignment with our vision. Reporting to the VP, Strategic Planning & Business Enablement, the Director will lead Lexia's internal business analytics function, directly managing a team of analysts and combining human analyst work with AI-enabled, self-service capabilities to maximize the use and business impact of our engineered data assets. The Director will be the primary analytics partner to Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, and the Lexia executive team, and will own strategy and governance for our BI and analytics systems. Reporting to this role is the leader of the Data Engineering team, responsible for data infrastructure and architecture. The Director of Data Strategy & Analytics will provide strategic leadership across both analytics and data engineering to ensure our data ecosystem enables business insights while maintaining the integrity, security, and confidentiality of enterprise data assets.

Job Responsibilities

Team Leadership & Development

Develop and execute a comprehensive strategy for data and analytics that aligns with the organization’s mission, vision, and strategy, leveraging data to optimize decision‑making, increase operational efficiency, and maximize impact. Manage, mentor, and develop a team of analysts, providing regular feedback and fostering a collaborative and high-performing environment. Own project management and prioritization for all business analytics work, including analyst and AI-enabled analytics projects, and oversee review and QA to ensure data products meet high standards for quality/accuracy, user-centricity, and action-oriented data storytelling. Support the Director of Analytics Engineering and foster a culture of continuous learning and development across the Data Strategy & Analytics team, promoting collaboration, innovation, and excellence.

Business Analytics & Insights

Drive analyst efforts to mine revenue, operational, and customer data and turn them into insightful KPIs, models, and dashboards that help our teams pursue revenue optimization and operational efficiency. Partner with stakeholder teams across the organization to identify opportunities for leveraging data to drive innovation and improve operational efficiency.

Self‑Service & AI-Enabled Analytics

Develop and maintain a scalable suite of self-service dashboards, AI agents, and conversational interfaces that enable non-technical staff to ask and answer questions of our data directly. Establish enablement frameworks for self-service analytics that drive adoption, empower users, and provide guardrails to ensure effective and appropriate use. In partnership with Analytics Engineering, oversee the integration of AI capabilities into analytics tools and workflows to scale self-service and operational efficiency.

Cross-Functional Partnership

Serve as the main point of contact and key data partner for Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, and senior leadership, ensuring the alignment of analytics efforts with business needs and priorities. Serve as the main point of contact for Cambium and Veritas analytics requests and collaborations, delegating to and partnering with the Director of Analytics Engineering as appropriate. Translate business needs into clear downstream data requirements and metric definitions, partnering with the Director of Analytics Engineering to ensure the right data warehouse marts and Tableau Cloud data sources are provisioned, and providing input into data architecture, integration, and AI infrastructure decisions.

Analytics Systems, Tools & Governance

Own Tableau/BI system strategy and governance, in collaboration with other analyst teams across the organization. Lead vendor and tool procurement and management for analytics systems and team tools, in consultation with the Director of Analytics Engineering. Chair Lexia's cross-functional data governance group, collaborating closely with Legal, IT, and data leads to establish and maintain data and AI governance policies, procedures, and controls, and own policy compliance and appropriate sensitive data usage across DS&A-owned systems, staff, and products. Stay abreast of emerging trends and technologies in advanced analytics, AI, and data management, and provide strategic recommendations for business innovation and responsible use.

Job Requirements

Bachelor's degree in data science, statistics, economics, business, computer science, or a related field; advanced degree preferred.

10+ years of experience in analytics, data strategy, or a related field, with a proven track record of delivering data-driven solutions that drive business impact.

5+ years of experience managing, coaching, or leading data analysts or analytics teams.

Exceptional leadership and management skills, with experience leading high-performing teams in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.

Excellent quantitative and analytical skills with experience in data visualization, statistical modeling/machine learning, and go-to-market domain analyses (e.g., campaign attribution, price sensitivity, account scoring, retention/churn analysis).

Professional proficiency in analytics and BI tools that align with our tech stack (e.g., SQL, Tableau, Python or R), and working knowledge of data engineering and cloud data platforms (e.g., Dbt, Redshift, AWS) sufficient to partner effectively with Analytics Engineering.

Experience owning BI platform strategy and governance, and managing analytics vendor and tool relationships.

Expertise in data management, including metric definition, data governance, and data quality management.

Demonstrated experience building or implementing AI-assisted analytics workflows, such as AI agents, natural language query interfaces, or LLM-driven analytics, with a deep understanding of the data privacy, security protocols, and ethical governance required to deploy them, including hallucination guardrails.

Familiarity with sales and customer data platforms (e.g., Salesforce) and experience within a SaaS B2B or B2G organization preferred.

Excellent communication, data storytelling, and collaboration skills, with the ability to translate complex data insights into clear, actionable recommendations for executive and non-technical audiences.

Strategic mindset and the ability to manage challenging priorities across multiple stakeholders.

An Equal Opportunity Employer

An Equal Opportunity Employer We are dedicated to fostering a culture that celebrates unique backgrounds, ideas, and experiences. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination on the basis of race, color, age, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender, gender identity/expression, or sexual orientation), national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or genetic information (including family medical history). We will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. You may request an accommodation during the recruiting process with your Talent Acquisition team member.

Remote First Work Environment

Our Remote First approach gives employees the flexibility and trust they need to effectively balance work with life. It creates a culture in which all employees are valued and where success is measured in results. It allows us to work collaboratively, inclusively and for greater positive impact, regardless of our individual locations. If you will be working remotely, either occasionally or on a permanent basis, you must have a reliable internet connection through a cable or fiber-optic broadband service with minimum speeds of 10 Mbps download and 5 Mbps upload. The successful candidate will be expected to actively participate in video-based interviews during the recruiting process and ongoing virtual meetings with their camera on, as part of their role. To maintain confidentiality and ensure a fair evaluation process, the use of note-taking tools, reference materials, or AI-powered tools (including generative AI, language models, or similar technologies) during interviews or other selection activities is prohibited unless prior written approval has been obtained from the People Experience team. If you require an exception for medical, accessibility, or other reasons, please contact your Talent Acquisition team member to discuss accommodations in advance. As part of our Remote-First benefits, Cambium offers reimbursement to help cover the cost of setting up your home or remote office.

Cambium Learning Group

Cambium Learning Group is the education essentials company. With an intentionally curated portfolio of respected global brands, Cambium serves as a leader in the education space, helping millions of educators and students feel more universally valued each and every day. In everything we do and across all our brands, we focus on the elements that are most essential to the success of education.

Our Family of Companies

• Cambium Assessment
• Lexia Learning
• A-Z Voyager
• Sopris Learning
• ExploreLearning
• Time4Learning
• Kurzweil Education

To Learn More About the Cambium Organization

To learn more about the Cambium organization and our other career opportunities, visit www.cambiumlearning.com/about-us/careers

We Value

• Simplicity - Across all our teams and all areas of our business, we create simplicity, making things easier and more clear for all those we work with.
• Certainty - We continually strive to eliminate doubt, delivering solutions, services and communications that our customers know they can count on.
• Now - We understand the need to make a difference not only for the future, but for today, and our people are committed to making the most of each moment we spend serving our customers.