Senior Education Data Analyst - Hybrid, Impactful Insights

Placements24; United States; Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

Competitive salary

Pension fund

Medical scheme

Professional development

Job summary

Placements24 is partnering with a prominent educational research and development organisation to recruit a Senior Data Analyst. The role focuses on extracting actionable insights from large educational datasets to inform strategic decisions and improve learning outcomes.

You will oversee the full data analysis lifecycle, including data collection, cleaning, modeling, visualization, and communication of findings to educators, administrators, and policymakers.

Qualifications

• Master's or PhD in statistics, data science, economics, mathematics, education, or related quantitative field.
• 5+ years of data analysis experience with large datasets.
• Proficiency in R and Python with data science libraries.
• Experience with data visualization tools (Tableau/Power BI/Matplotlib/Seaborn).
• Strong SQL knowledge and database management understanding.

Responsibilities

• Collect, clean, and preprocess large educational datasets.
• Perform advanced statistical analysis and modeling to identify trends and correlations.
• Develop and maintain dashboards and reports for stakeholders.
• Interpret data findings and translate into actionable recommendations.
• Collaborate with researchers and program teams to define data requirements.
• Design and implement A/B tests to evaluate interventions.
• Ensure data accuracy, integrity and privacy compliance.
• Mentor junior data analysts and contribute to best practices.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Communication

Problem solving

Mentoring

Education

Master's or PhD in Statistics or Data Science

Related quantitative field

Tools

R

Python (Pandas/NumPy/Scikit-learn)

Tableau

Power BI

Matplotlib

Seaborn

SQL

Job description

Placements24 is partnering with a prominent educational research and development organisation to recruit a Senior Data Analyst. The role focuses on extracting actionable insights from large educational datasets to inform strategic decisions and improve learning outcomes.

You will oversee the full data analysis lifecycle, including data collection, cleaning, modeling, visualization, and communication of findings to educators, administrators, and policymakers.