Ignite Reading

Ignite Reading

Senior Analytics Manager

United States · Senior

Sponsorship not specified$60k-$70kDetected 26 days ago
PythonSQLMachine LearningdbtData AnalysisData ScienceData VisualizationLLMsStatisticsA/B TestingProduct StrategyProject ManagementNegotiationResearchExperimental DesignLeadership

About the role

  • Ignite Reading's mission is to teach every kid to read - and the Product & Program Analytics team sits at the heart of how the organization executes that mission through our Science of Reading-based curriculum.
  • In addition, you will bring meaningful AI fluency to the team, acting as a leader in our initiatives to accelerate analytical workflows and extend the team's capacity with agentic workflows and Skills.
  • This role reports to the VP of Data & Analytics and works in close partnership with the broader Data & Analytics team.

Responsibilities

  • Lead, mentor, and develop a team of three: a staff data scientist and two analysts, fostering a collaborative, supportive, and growth-focused environment.
  • Provide technical guidance and hands-on support on high-stakes analytics and data science projects, ensuring the team has the tools, context, and skills needed to do their best work.
  • Own and advance program analytics in support of Ignite Reading's Academics team, providing rigorous measurement of curriculum performance and student success, including assessment against third-party benchmarks such as DIBELS, iReady, and STAR, and conducting analyses to inform what types of interventions to develop and to determine how effective they are.
  • Own and advance product analytics across Ignite Reading's platform, measuring feature adoption, student engagement, and usage patterns to inform product strategy and prioritization.
  • Help drive the development of the company's experimentation platform, establishing best practices for experimental design, analysis, and interpretation.
  • Roll up your sleeves alongside the team on selected analytics projects: responding to high-priority ad hoc requests, designing prototypes to accelerate builds, and personally owning discrete analyses end to end.
  • Own sprint management, project execution, and delivery for the Product & Program Analytics team, conducting planning sessions and leading retrospectives to continuously improve team processes.
  • Build and maintain strong cross-functional relationships with Product and Academics stakeholders, translating business and academic questions into analytical initiatives and communicating findings clearly to non-technical audiences.
  • Collaborate on the team's strategic roadmap with the VP of Data & Analytics, aligning project priorities with organizational goals and tracking progress against timelines.
  • You will own sprint management, project management, and cross-functional stakeholder relationships with our Product and Academics teams.

Requirements

  • 7-10+ years of experience in analytics and data science in ed-tech or another relevant tech industry, with 2-4+ years as a senior manager in a data analytics or data science function.
  • Must have meaningful prior experience as an individual contributor in both analytics and data science.
  • Demonstrated experience with Agile/sprint methodologies in an analytics context.
  • 7-10+ years of experience in analytics and data science in ed-tech or another relevant tech industry, with 2-4+ years as a senior manager in a data analytics or data science function. Must have meaningful prior experience as an individual contributor in both analytics and data science.
  • Proven track record managing and developing analysts and/or data scientists, with a genuine investment in their growth.
  • Highly proficient in SQL and Python for analysis, modeling, and data manipulation
  • experienced with Tableau or comparable BI tools
  • familiar with DBT and modern cloud data warehouses.
  • Strong quantitative foundation: proficiency in statistical modeling, experimental design, and rigorous analytical methods applied to real business or learning program questions.
  • Meaningful hands-on experience building agentic workflows, Claude Skills, or LLM-based automations (specifically using Claude Code and Claude Cowork) to accelerate analytical and ML workflows on the job.
  • An exceptional communicator who can translate complex technical concepts into clear business actions for a variety of audiences.
  • A calm self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced, high-growth, start-up environment and is adept at simultaneously managing multiple workflows.
  • Highly passionate about our mission to teach kids to read.

Nice to have

  • familiarity with PII handling requirements.
  • Experience with applying experimentation methods and best practices.

Compensation

  • to promote fairness and equity, to reduce pay discrimination based on gender, race, or negotiation skill, and to build trust within our team.
  • The same role receives the same compensation - no negotiation.

Benefits

  • That's when students are supposed to go from learning to read to reading to learn.
  • It's America's number one education crisis and we know how to fix it.
  • Ignite Reading is a mission-driven public benefit corporation.
  • We believe we will be more successful with a diverse team and are seeking candidates who have lived experience related to social justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion.
  • 📈 Employee Stock Options - we want our success to be yours too
  • 🩺 Medical, Dental, and Vision plans to support you and your well-being (80% employee coverage, 70% dependent coverage)
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