Overview

Impact the Moment 

When was the last time you experienced the impact of your work?

Our School Education team thrives on building meaningful relationships with educators and learners. With that comes the unique opportunity to touch lives across the world and experience first-hand the difference your hard work makes.

We have an opening for a strategic Director of Data Analytics & Reporting who will be a ‘hands on’ achiever responsible for ensuring alignment of reporting, analytics, digital solutions, that gets excited about data analysis!  We are a small cross-functional team supporting a large and complex portfolio that serves the needs of learners.

How will you make an impact?

• Responsible for ensuring alignment of reporting, analytics, digital solutions, process and continuous improvement.
• The successful candidate will join the Sales & Marketing Analytics and Systems team as a key function who will build relationships, deliver reporting and analytics services to various stakeholders.
• Support the delivery of advanced and predictive reporting techniques to deliver robust analyses
• Ensure consistent delivery of reports, compliance/ legal reporting, strategic reporting, ad-hoc analysis, technical / complex requests, Alteryx workflow development, management reporting / cross functional reports and Tableau Dashboards.
• Deep subject matter expertise in data engineering, visualization and related functional domains to generate and support insights and analysis
• Responsible for the delivery of reporting services via direct access and bespoke requests, leveraging both automation techniques and manual reporting
• Liaison with other groups such as vendors, IT, all other teams within business unit
• Provide better managerial insights to stakeholders - through integrated and standardized data reports and dashboards
• Deliver on diverse requests spanning across systems and reporting functionality, SQL, Tableau, advanced excel, data configuration, storytelling etc.
• Seek ways to automate standard reporting to aid and develop the reporting landscape
• Perform data analysis to assess quality and meaning of data, maintain database and data systems to ensure reorganization of data in a readable format
• Understand the reporting landscape and optimize functional delivery standards
• For allocated processes support and implement decisions for defining, delivering and continuously improving the process
• Share market insights and review findings with key stakeholders / networks influencing change as required
• Supervision Responsibilities:
  • Collaborate with extended teams to ensure effective execution of technology, drive quality and performance standards.
  • Work closely with the team for configuration, development, validation standards, brainstorming, coaching and training.
  • Ability to develop people, skills in coaching, mentoring and learning on the job.
  • Effectiveness in building trust, respect and cooperation within and across teams.

What you’ll need to be successful:

• Experience in delivering functional reporting solutions for business
• Experience of having worked on reporting and analytics solutions and its delivery
• Demonstrable experience of collaborating with colleagues to understand needs/requirements and of underlying reporting and data governance
• Experience of participating in dispersed teams to enhance services, processes, and standards
• Demonstrable experience of working in fast-paced, ambiguous, stressful environments to deliver required results
• Demonstrable experience of working with third party vendors / external system implementors to deliver reporting solutions
• Demonstrable experience of anticipating issues and challenges and proactively working to navigate challenges
• Experience of conducting internal and external research and analysis, providing best practices and insights to drive improvements
• Reporting: Understanding and Manipulating Data and Creating Report
• Technical Requirement(s): SalesForce.com, SQL, Excel (Advanced), Alteryx or similar (Advanced), Tableau/Microsoft Power BI (or similar)
  • Nice to have: Marketo, Gainsight, SAP, etc.
• Experience in creating Visualization, Reports and/or Dashboards to meet business / user requirements and needs.
• Bring deep knowledge of the reporting and analytics operating model, and organization design and ways of working across the digital talent eco-system
• Strong business acumen – ability to understand Digital landscape and to consider the functionality and integration requirements in line with the capabilities required to implement reporting and data analytics priorities
• Ability to participate effectively in virtual teams and networks across diverse and dispersed geographies
• Ability to take direction, ask clarifying questions, make recommendations and then see through to delivery.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail – desire to investigate, explore and answer questions with data.
• Strong teaming skills; collaborate effectively across and within team.
• Education/Experience: Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Computer Science or IT, related field or equivalent experience
• 4+ years of statistical analysis or data analysis experience
  • Nice to have would be experience in the Learning Science / Publishing industry to understand our environment.

Work Model: Remote within the US. Occasional business travel.

Why work with us?

As an education innovation company, we’re proud to play our part by inspiring learners around the world. If you bring your curiosity, we’ll help you grow in a collaborative environment where everyone shares a passion for success.

Are you ready for a new challenge? Apply for a career at McGraw Hill and together, we’ll impact the world.

The pay range for this position is between $85,000 – $100,000 annually. However, base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience and location.  Additionally, a full range of medical and/or other benefits may be provided, depending on the position offered.

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