Senior Research Analyst - Craft Education

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 Craft Education as the next step in your career.

 

Craft Education is on a mission to solve skilled labor shortages by powering work-based learning pathways for all.  

 

At Craft, we’re revolutionizing the apprenticeship degree, combining on-the-job learning with accredited instruction to create innovative educational pathways that accommodate working professionals and meet employer needs.  Our flagship product - Craft Connect - helps organizations administer apprentice degree programs and address mission-critical data and reporting needs.  Through the same platform, Craft is also transforming how on-the-job learning converts into academic credits.

 

Our team of technology, education and workforce professionals also provides technical assistance to organizations looking to launch and manage apprenticeship degree programs.  We are working tirelessly to accelerate the expansion of these programs along with the data infrastructure that underpins them.  

 

If you’re looking to join the work-based learning revolution, we’d love to talk with you.  At Craft, you’ll have the opportunity to solve hard problems in a high-growth startup environment and make a lasting impact on the future of education and workforce development.  We couldn’t be more excited to advance this work as a team of innovative, collaborative and mission-oriented professionals - we hope you’ll consider joining us.

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 309

Pay Range: $80,300.00 - $120,400.00

Job Description

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:  

• Extract and manipulate data using SQL. Develop database objects 

• Code and perform unit testing of developed code 

• Proficient analytical skill set and experience with creating, cleaning, and analyzing large data sets 

• Develop and deploy complex reports and dashboards 

• Create data-informed processes to resolve business problems and use analytical methods to produce actionable insights 

• Manage change requests and troubleshoot data issues 

• Complete root cause analysis on KPIs 

• Collaborate in the forecasting of key business drivers and KPIs 

• Present findings to technical and non-technical audiences including executive staff 

• Design process and business audits for data quality 

• Ability to attend to detail, manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines 

• Work closely and communicate effectively with business users and stakeholders. Requirements gathering and documentation from stakeholders 

• Responsibility to Lead or Manage an IR-supported initiative or project at the enterprise-wide level 

• Meet and Consult with the project stakeholders to determine scope, requirements, final product, and if needed, on-going maintenance support 

• Facilitate needs-analysis and IR resource allocation of project 

• Communicate project statuses and a