Senior Data Analyst - Curriculum Analytics
Senior Data Analyst - Curriculum Analytics
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$ 88300 - 132400
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Job Description
If youre passionate about building a better future for individuals communities and our countryand youre committed to working hard to play your part in building that futureconsider WGU as the next step in your career.
Driven by a mission to expand access to higher education through online competency-based degree programs WGU is also committed to being a great place to work for a diverse workforce of student-focused professionals. The university has pioneered a new way to learn in the 21st century one that has received praise from academic industry government and media leaders. Whatever your role working for WGU gives you a part to play in helping students graduate creating a better tomorrow for themselves and their families.
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:
Job Description
Want to use your data skills to improve how thousands of students learn
At WGU data drives decision-makingfrom course design to student support. As a Senior Data Analyst on our Curriculum Analytics team youll build tools analyses and visualizations that uncover whats working and whats notso our students get what they need when they need it.
About the Curriculum Analytics Team
We use WGUs rich data assets to track curriculum performance identify equity gaps and support continuous improvement. Our focus is clear: help learners progress with confidence. We combine statistical rigor with meaningful impactand believe every insight should lead to action.
Senior Data Analyst Role
The IAR Senior Data Analyst is responsible for extracting processing analyzing and reporting on data to produce rigorous actionable insights and research. They establish and maintain strong relationships with peers and leaders across IAR Program Development and Data Engineering. They perform ad hoc analyses build and maintain standard reports and data visualizations and deliver information and insights through various methods and media that privilege data storytelling and compress time-to-action.
What youll do
Analyze course-level performance to surface improvement opportunities and equity gaps
Build dashboards and reports in Tableau or Power BI for internal academic and product teams
Translate business and academic needs into clear technical requirements
Use SQL to manage and extract insights from complex multi-source data environments
Partner with Data Engineering to resolve data quality issues and optimize pipelines
Present findings to cross-functional teams and leadership adapting to technical and non-technical audiences
Document logic sources and insight history to support transparency and scale
What you bring
Bachelors degree in a related field
5 years of experience in data analysis institutional research or applied analytics
Expert SQL skills including joins CTEs aggregation performance tuning and data transformation
Experience using Tableau or Power BI to build reports and identify patterns
Working knowledge of forecasting methods and causal analysis
Clear communicator who translates data into narratives that prompt action
Bonus if you have
Experience with Python or R
Familiarity with curriculum development higher education or learner success analytics
Exposure to data management platforms (e.g. catalogs dictionaries) and analytics documentation standards
Work Location
- This is a full-time in-office position at WGUs headquarters in Salt Lake City UT. Youll work side-by-side with a multidisciplinary team of analysts researchers and educators committed to data-informed innovation.
Position & Application Details
Full-Time Regular Positions (classified as regular and working 40 standard weekly hours): This is a full-time regular position (classified for 40 standard weekly hours) that is eligible for bonuses; medical dental vision telehealth and mental healthcare; health savings account and flexible spending account; basic and voluntary life insurance; disability coverage; accident critical illness and hospital indemnity supplemental coverages; legal and identity theft coverage; retirement savings plan; wellbeing program; discounted WGU tuition; and flexible paid time off for rest and relaxation with no need for accrual flexible paid sick time with no need for accrual 11 paid holidays and other paid leaves including up to 12 weeks of parental leave.How to Apply: If interested an application will need to be submitted online. Internal WGU employees will need to apply through the internal job board in Workday.
Additional Information
Disclaimer: The job posting highlights the most critical responsibilities and requirements of the job. Its not all-inclusive.
Accommodations: Applicants with disabilities who require assistance or accommodation during the application or interview process should contact our Talent Acquisition team at
Equal Employment Opportunity: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any protected characteristic as required by law.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
