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This role follows a hybrid onboarding approach before transitioning to a
primarily remote schedule. During the first 36 months candidates are
expected to work on-site in Boston one day per week to support training collaboration and team integration. After onboarding is complete the position becomes fully remote (work from home) with a monthly in-person team meeting in Boston to stay connected and aligned.

What youll do here:

The Strategy Analyst is an individual contributor role responsible for supporting pricing strategy commercial analysis and business insight generation across Cengage Group. Reporting to the Senior Manager Strategy & Pricing this role will help drive foundational pricing analysis competitive comparable and insights and analytical support for strategic commercial initiatives across the business.

This role sits within the Commercial Strategy & Analytics team and is designed for candidates with strong analytical proficiency intellectual curiosity and an interest in commercial strategy pricing and data-driven problem solving. The role will partner closely with cross-functional business stakeholders to support analyses that influence pricing decisions business prioritization and growth initiatives.

This role is ideal for analyst-level candidates with the skills for working with data and an eagerness to tackle strategic problem solving and contribute to meaningful commercial initiatives in a fast-paced and collaborative environment.

In this role you will:

• Develop analyses and recommendations related to pricing optimization commercial simplification whitespace opportunities and market positioning.
• Support execution of pricing strategy initiatives through competitive price tracking market monitoring pricing diagnostics and pricing data maintenance activities.
• Conduct competitive research and pricing analyses across Higher Education Workforce Skills Milady Gale ELL and other Cengage businesses to identify pricing trends risks and opportunities.
• Support recurring and ad hoc analytical requests tied to strategic business questions leadership reviews and commercial initiatives.
• Gather clean organize and analyze data from multiple sources to support insight generation and business decision-making.
• Partner with Commercial Strategy Pricing Strategy Enterprise Analytics and Finance teams to help translate data into actionable business insights.
• Build and maintain analytical models trackers summaries and presentations used to support pricing and commercial strategy decisions.
• Assist in identifying key business drivers market trends customer behaviors and commercial performance patterns across Cengage businesses.
• Help support strategic analyses related to market opportunity portfolio performance customer adoption and commercial effectiveness.
• Develop proficiency with analytical and reporting tools such as Excel SQL Snowflake Power BI and other business intelligence technologies.
• Contribute to executive-ready presentations and business reviews by helping synthesize findings into clear summaries charts and recommendations.
• Support broader strategic and transformation projects as needed including business reviews market analyses and commercial initiatives.

Skills you will need here:

• A four-year college degree with high achievement and previous experience with the following:
• 1-3 years of professional experience in analytics strategy consulting pricing finance business intelligence commercial operations or related analytical roles (can include co-op experience)
• Strong analytical and quantitative problem-solving skills with attention to detail and intellectual curiosity.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint with familiarity or interest in learning SQL Snowflake and other analytical tools.
• Ability to work with and interpret large datasets to identify trends patterns and actionable insights.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to communicate analytical findings clearly and effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Interest in pricing strategy commercial analytics market analysis and strategic business problem solving.
• Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively across teams and functions.
• Interest in creatively leveraging AI (where applicable) to support analysis and research methods
• Demonstrated initiative learning agility and willingness to take ownership of work products and analyses.
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and supporting projects with evolving business questions and priorities.
• Experience in education technology SaaS subscription businesses pricing analysis consulting or commercial analytics environments preferred.
• Passion for using data and analysis to help drive business decisions and uncover opportunities for growth and improvement.

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About Cengage

Cengage a global education technology company serving millions of learners provides affordable quality digital products and services that equip students with the skills and competencies needed to be job ready. For more than 100 years we have enabled the power and joy of learning with trusted engaging content and now integrated digital platforms. We serve the higher education workforce skills secondary education English language teaching and research markets worldwide. Through our scalable technology including MindTap and Cengage Unlimited we support all learners who seek to improve their lives and achieve their dreams through education.

Compensation

At Cengage Group we take great pride in our commitment to providing a comprehensive and rewarding Total Rewards package designed to support and empower our employees. Click here to learn more about our Total Rewards Philosophy.

The full base pay range has been provided for this position. Individual base pay will vary based on work schedule qualifications experience internal equity and geographic location. Sales roles often incorporate a significant incentive compensation program beyond this base pay range.

In this position you will be eligible to participate in the companysdiscretionaryincentive bonus program. This positions bonus target amount which is not guaranteed and is dependent on individual performance and overall company results among other factors is provided below.