Manager, Digital Customer Analytics & Insights

Sallie Mae, Inc.; Newark (DE); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salaries

Bonus incentives

Generous PTO and holidays

401k with employer match

Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans

Flexible hybrid working arrangements

Tuition reimbursement programs

Job summary

A leading student financial services company located in Newark, Delaware, is seeking a Digital Customer Analytics & Insights Manager. This role is pivotal in owning digital application funnel analytics and enhancing the customer journey. The ideal candidate should have a bachelor's degree and over five years of analytics experience, including strong skills in programming languages like SAS and SQL. Benefits include competitive salaries, extensive health coverage, and flexible working arrangements.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in analytics, with at least 2 years managing cross-functional projects.
• Strong experience with SAS, SQL, Python, R, or other programming languages.
• Excellent communication skills, able to present complex data clearly.

Responsibilities

• Conduct deep-dive digital analytics to understand customer behavior and identify opportunities.
• Partner with Product and Marketing teams to define measurement strategies.
• Lead A/B testing to identify friction points and improve customer experience.

Skills

SAS

SQL

Python

R

Data visualization

Education

Bachelor's degree in mathematics, statistics, economics, computer science, or related field

Tools

Tableau

Power BI

Adobe Analytics

Job description

**When you join Sallie Mae, you become a champion for all students.**We’re on a mission to power confidence as students begin their unique journey. To help them plan their higher education, successfully finish, and prepare for life after school. To help them Start smart. Learn big.Students need guidance navigating this important time in their life. They need someone who acknowledges that their education path is unique. They need a partner willing to evolve and not only meet but surpass their expectations. We’re changing. Because students need a better way.We’re looking for people who are excited to drive this transformation. To break barriers and think of new ways to adapt, help, and create better experiences for students—and for each other.This is where diverse backgrounds, beliefs, and perspectives matter. It’s where you’re empowered to bring your authentic self to work.Feeling your best allows you to do your best. Our benefits take care of the whole you—from physical and mental to financial and professional. You’ll get opportunities to further your education and career, support for you and your family (including your pets!), paid time off to volunteer for the things that matter to you, and more.Come do more than join something, change something. For students, for future generations, for the future of education.**What You'll Contribute**As a Digital Customer Analytics & Insights manager, you will own digital application funnel and customer journey analytics to accelerate business growth, optimize performance, and improve customer experiences.You will lead analytical initiatives in partnership with Product and Marketing teams to deepen understanding of the customer journey across multiple flows and identify opportunities to improve efficiency, engagement, and decision-making across the organization.You would also partner with Brand team to conduct NPS survey and NPS reporting.**What You'll Do*** Conduct deep‐dive digital analytics to understand customer behavior drivers, funnel drop‐offs, channel performance, and segmentation opportunities across digital journey* Partner with Product and Marketing teams to define digital measurement strategies, ensuring accurate tracking of customer interactions, key events, and funnel milestones across digital touchpoints* Lead A/B testing agenda for digital journey to identify friction points and improve customer experience* Own NPS survey analytics in partnership with Brand team, ensuring appropriate analytics to report franchise-level NPS scores, and interpretation of internal and external factors affecting NPS scores* Develop models and forecasts to support business planning and decision-making.* Present findings and recommendations to senior leadership to influence strategic decision-making.* Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand business objectives and provide insights to inform business strategies.* Ensure data integrity and accuracy by monitoring data sources and implementing quality control processes.* Develop digital performance reporting and dashboards to monitor funnel health, experimentation outcomes, and key digital engagement metric.*The above information is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this job; it is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees in this role.***What you have**Minimum: education, skills and experience required.* Bachelor's degree in mathematics, statistics, economics, computer science, or related field.* 5+ years of experience in analytics, with at least 2 years of experience managing cross-functional projects.* Strong experience with SAS, SQL, Python, R, or other programming languages* Demonstrated ability to lead and manage projects and deliver high-quality analytics outputs.* Excellent communication skills, with the ability to present complex data in a clear and concise manner to stakeholders at all levels of the organization.* Strong problem-solving and critical thinking skills.* Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively across departments and functions.* Familiarity with data visualization tools such as Tableau, Power BI, or similar.Preferred:* Master's degree in mathematics, statistics, economics, computer science, or related field* Strong experience with digital analytics, including Adobe Analytics, to analyze web and app customer behavior, funnels, and conversion performance* Demonstrated experience in financial services, e-commerce, retail or consulting is preferred* Experience using GenAI for reporting and business analysis.**The Americans with Disabilities Act***The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) prohibits discrimination by employers, in compensation and employment opportunities, against qualified individuals with disabilities who, with or without reasonable accommodation, can perform the “essential functions” of a job. A function may be essential for any of several reasons, including: the job exists to perform that function, the employee holding the job was hired for his/her expertise in performing the function, or only a limited number of employees are available to perform that function.* # **Feeling your best helps you do your best:**## Our benefits take care of the whole you—so you can build your work around your life (not the other way around!).* Competitive base salaries* Bonus incentives* Generous PTO, Floating Holidays and 12 Federal Holidays observed* Support for financial-well-being and retirement 401k with employer match* Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, hospital indemnity, critical illness, pet insurance and more* Employer paid short-term/long-term disability and basic life insurance* Flexible hybrid working arrangements.* Paid parental leave and adoption reimbursement programs* Free access to on-site staffed fitness centers (in Delaware) and gym subsidy (for locations outside Delaware)* Confidential counseling support (EAP), Health Advocacy services and Wellness program with financial incentives* Tuition Reimbursement and Family Scholarship Programs* Career development and training opportunities *Introduce Yourself* in the top-right corner of the page or create an account to set up email alerts as new job postings become available that meet your interest!### Sallie Mae is proud to be an equal opportunity (EEO) employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, genetic information, gender identity, disability, Veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. Click to view the U.S. Pay Transparency Policy, for federal job applicant notices, and to view the California Employee Privacy Notice.### Reasonable accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities in all phases of the application and employment process. To request an accommodation please call [phone] and choose option 9. All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodations.**When you join Sallie Mae, you become a champion for all students.**We’re on a mission to power confidence as students begin their unique journey. To help them plan their higher education, successfully finish, and prepare for life after school. To help them Start smart. Learn big.Students need guidance navigating this important time in their life. They need someone who acknowledges that their education path is unique. They need a partner willing to evolve and not only meet but surpass their expectations. We’re changing. Because students need a better way.We’re looking for people who are excited to drive this transformation. To break barriers and think of new ways to adapt, help, and