Academia
Data Analyst
🇺🇸 Hybrid - San Francisco, CA
🕑 Full-Time
💰 $150K - $180K
💻 Data Science
🗓️ August 6th, 2025
DBT
Python
SQL
Edtech.com's Summary
Academia.edu is hiring a Data Analyst to collaborate with the Publishing team and product leadership to drive business growth through data analysis and strategic insights. The role involves analyzing large data sets, defining key metrics, designing experiments, and providing actionable recommendations to enhance product performance and accelerate the academic publishing market.
Highlights
- Identify business growth opportunities through data analysis and interpretation.
- Collaborate with cross-functional product teams and leadership, including the Director of Product and Technology.
- Define key metrics, design dashboards, and lead business reporting.
- Design and analyze experiments to inform product strategy.
- Required technical skills: SQL (Redshift), Python or R, data visualization and BI tools (Mode), data pipeline tools (DBT, Airbyte), and proficiency in Excel or Google Sheets.
- Minimum 2 years of experience in data analytics roles.
- Strong cross-functional communication skills and ability to influence decision-making.
- Competitive salary range of $150K to $180K with 401k plan and stock options.
- Comprehensive healthcare coverage fully paid by employer for employees and dependents.
- Generous paid time off including vacation, company holidays, unlimited sick days, parental leave, and sabbaticals.
Data Analyst Full Description
Data Analyst
San Francisco, CA | Hybrid
About Us
Academia.edu is a venture-backed, for-profit, and profitable company based in San Francisco. We are recognized as the world’s leading platform for researchers and scholars to share work, discover research, and connect with academics globally. Our bold vision is to democratize and accelerate the world's research, enhancing the speed of scientific discovery and technological progress for the benefit of everyone. We imagine a world where accessing academic papers is effortless, keeping track of cutting-edge research is seamless and collaborating with researchers is easier than ever before. Our platform empowers millions of scholars worldwide to push the boundaries of human understanding. We believe that academic research is a lever that improves the progress of humanity, and our commitment to this mission drives everything we do.
Join us as we continue to redefine what's possible in the world of research. Discover careers that challenge, inspire and propel you toward a future where your ideas can truly change the world. At Academia.edu, we're not just shaping the future of research—we're shaping the future of possibilities.
Please note that this role is in the San Francisco Bay Area
Our office comes alive on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays! Three times a week, our Bay Area team gathers in our office located in San Francisco's Financial District (580 California St) for All Hands meetings, collaborative sessions, innovation-driven brainstorming, and events that bring us closer together. Our space has everything we need—from cozy rooms for 1:1 mentoring and focused work to larger rooms designed for team activities.
About the role:
Data Analysts at Academia.edu will partner with our Publishing team to unearth large growth opportunities by analyzing our trove of data to deliver value to users and growth for the business. As an embedded member of a cross-functional product team, you will partner with the Director of Product and Technology to speed up the slow-moving academic publishing market by improving the speed and quality of peer reviews, predicting journal indexing and other exciting problems. Academia.edu is a data-driven company, and as a Data Analyst here your analytic superpowers will thrive. If you’re excited to use data to identify opportunities, analyze and interpret test results to identify business growth opportunities, conceive ideas to realize those opportunities, and make recommendations to product teams and executive management, then apply now! We look forward to meeting you!
How you’ll contribute:
- Proactively find opportunities for business growth, development, and scaling for your individual team and the company
- Gather, analyze, and interpret data to inform product strategy and product roadmap
- Define key metrics, design and maintain dashboards, and lead business reporting for your cross-functional product team
- Design and interpret results of experiments
The skills and experiences you bring to succeed (absolute requirements):
- 2+ years of experience in a data analytics position
- Knowledge of SQL and databases (we use Redshift) with the ability to write structured and efficient queries on large data sets
- Python
- or R skills
- Experience with data visualization and BI tools (we use Mode)Experience with data pipeline tools (we use DBT and Airbyte)
- Experience applying critical thinking to business needs and problems, and identifying opportunities
- Experience with Excel or Google Sheets for analyses and reporting
- Strong cross-functional communication skills, including a proven ability to influence decision making
- Ability to autonomously seek information, gather resources, and deliver results without waiting for direction
- A work style oriented around results and creating impact
Benefits
Comprehensive Healthcare Coverage: 100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your dependents
Generous Time Off: 21 paid vacation days, 12 paid company holidays, and unlimited sick days; paid parental leave and other leaves for life’s needs; 6-week paid sabbatical every 4 years
Flexible Work Arrangements: Flexible daily schedules within a hybrid work environment, annual remote-office budget, and monthly WFH internet stipend
Competitive Compensation: Competitive salary, 401k plan, and stock options
Mission-Driven Company: Join a mission-driven company to accelerate and democratize the world’s research
Learn more on our Careers Page!
Academia is a proud equal-opportunity employer and we are committed to hiring and supporting a diverse workforce. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
Compensation: $150K – $180K
