IAR Senior Data Analyst

WGU; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 91,000 - 136,000; Full time

Job summary

WGU is seeking a Senior Data Analyst to translate complex data into actionable insights that influence university-wide strategy and operations. You will partner with leadership, faculty, and cross-functional teams to deliver analytics solutions that drive action and improve decision-making.

The role focuses on designing dashboards, optimizing data pipelines, and communicating findings through compelling data storytelling. A strong SQL background and Python or R skills are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related discipline.
• 5 years of experience in Data Analysis/BI/Data Science/Statistics/Research/Behavioral/Cognitive Psychology.
• Advanced SQL proficiency with complex queries, subqueries, joins, aggregations, CTEs, window functions, performance tuning.
• Proficiency in Python or R for automation, transformation, and data workflows.
• Experience building, managing, and maintaining BI solutions, dashboards, and reporting environments.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business leaders and cross-functional teams to translate needs into analytics solutions.
• Leverage multi-domain data sources to support analysis, forecasting, research, and experimentation.
• Design, develop, and optimize dashboards and BI reports for meaningful insights.
• Collaborate with Data Engineering on data pipelines and scalable analytics solutions.
• Analyze data quality issues and improve accuracy, completeness, and reliability of data assets.
• Communicate findings via data storytelling, visuals, and presentations to influence decisions.
• Contribute to data governance, modeling, and best practices.

Skills

SQL proficiency

Python or R

BI dashboards

Data storytelling

Independence & ownership

Cross-functional collaboration

Tableau/Power BI (bonus)

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related discipline

Tools

Tableau

Power BI

Job description

If you're passionate about building a better future for individuals, communities, and our country-and you're committed to working hard to play your part in building that future-consider WGU as the next step in your career.

Driven by a mission to expand access to higher education through online, competency-based degree programs, WGU is also committed to being a great place to work for a diverse workforce of student-focused professionals. The university has pioneered a new way to learn in the 21st century, one that has received praise from academic, industry, government, and media leaders. Whatever your role, working for WGU gives you a part to play in helping students graduate, creating a better tomorrow for themselves and their families.

The salary range for this position takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs.

At WGU, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their position, and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is:

Grade: Professional 310

Pay Range: $91,000.00 - $136,400.00

Job Description

At WGU, data plays a critical role in advancing student success and driving informed decision-making across the university. As a Senior Data Analyst, you will serve as a trusted analytics partner, translating complex data into actionable insights that influence strategy, improve operations, and support university-wide initiatives. This role is ideal for an experienced analytics professional who enjoys solving business problems, building scalable reporting solutions, and helping stakeholders make confident, data-driven decisions.

What You'll Do

• Partner with business leaders, faculty, and cross-functional teams to understand business needs, translate user stories into technical requirements, and deliver analytics solutions that drive action.
• Answer complex business questions by leveraging data from multiple domains and identifying the most appropriate data sources to support analysis, forecasting, research, and experimentation.
• Design, develop, maintain, and optimize dashboards, reports, and business intelligence solutions that provide meaningful insights to stakeholders.
• Collaborate with Data Engineering teams to support the development of data pipelines, ETL/ELT processes, and scalable analytics solutions.
• Analyze and investigate complex data issues, improving the accuracy, consistency, completeness, and reliability of university data assets.
• Communicate findings through compelling data storytelling, visualizations, presentations, and recommendations that influence decision-making.
• Contribute to data governance, documentation, data modeling, and the continuous improvement of analytics tools, standards, and best practices.

What You'll Bring

• Bachelor's degree in a related discipline.
• 5 years of related experience in Data Analysis, Business Intelligence, Data Science, Statistics, Decision Intelligence, Research, Learning Science, or Behavioral/Cognitive Psychology.
• Advanced SQL proficiency, including experience with complex queries, subqueries, joins, aggregations, common table expressions (CTEs), window functions, performance tuning, views, and data modification statements.
• Proficiency in Python or R, with the ability to automate, transform, analyze, and manage data workflows.
• Strong experience building, managing, and maintaining business intelligence solutions, dashboards, and reporting environments.
• Experience translating analytical findings into business recommendations and guiding stakeholders through strategic decisions and improvement opportunities.
• Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and drive projects forward with a high degree of ownership and accountability.
• Experience in lieu of education: An equivalent combination of training, experience, credentials, or accomplishments demonstrating the ability to perform the essential functions of this job may substitute for education degree requirements.

Bonus Points

• Experience with Tableau and/or Power BI.
• Experience managing a large portfolio of operational reports, dashboards, and reporting assets.
• Experience partnering with stakeholders across multiple business functions and strategic initiatives.

What to Expect

At WGU, our mission drives everything we do, including how we hire. Our interview experience is designed to give qualified candidates the opportunity to show their best work through meaningful conversations and collaboration.

We thoughtfully review every application and invite forward the candidates whose experience and potential best align with the role and our mission.

Interview Steps

• Introductory call
• Hiring manager interview
• Technical interview
• Senior manager interview

Work Location

This is a full-time,