Pearson
Director, Data Analytics
🇺🇸 Remote - US
🕑 Full-Time
💰 $150K - $160K
💻 Data Science
🗓️ December 15th, 2025
Edtech.com's Summary
- Set vision and roadmap for enterprise analytics aligned with business priorities and growth goals.
- Establish and uphold standards for data quality, reporting, and analytics best practices.
- Collaborate with data teams to evolve scalable analytics infrastructure and ensure governance.
- Serve as an executive thought partner, translating data into strategic insights for leaders in Strategy, Product, GTM, and Finance.
- Deliver advanced analytics, market/customer trend models, KPI frameworks, and executive dashboards.
- Promote data fluency organization-wide by embedding analytics in planning and simplifying complex data into narratives.
- Technical skills required include advanced proficiency in Python, SQL, Excel, and data visualization tools like Tableau or Power BI.
- Requires 7+ years of experience in analytics/data science with at least 2 years in leadership roles guiding cross-functional decisions.
- Excellent communication skills to align technical and non-technical teams around analytics vision.
- Position offers a minimum full-time salary range of $150,000 to $160,000 and eligibility for an annual incentive program.
Director, Data Analytics Full Description
Remote-first | U.S.
Join Pearson to build the insight engine that powers smarter, faster decisions across Higher Ed, K12, and Early Career.
The Opportunity
Education is changing fast. Pearson is investing in an integrated analytics strategy that connects signals across markets, products, and operationsâso leaders can see what's working, what's next, and where to invest. As Director of Data & Analytics , you'll architect that strategy and scale the capabilities that make it real.
You'll partner with executives in Strategy, Product, GTM, and Finance to turn complex data into clarityâshaping portfolio bets, content investments, commercial choices, and operational performance. If you love building things that matter (and influencing at the highest levels), this is your role.
What You'll Do
Set the vision & roadmap for enterprise analytics across Higher Ed, K12, and Early Careerâgrounded in business priorities and growth objectives.
Raise the bar on integrity & consistency , establishing standards for data quality, reporting, and analytical best practices.
Evolve our analytics stack in partnership with Pearson's data teamsâensuring scalable infrastructure, governance, and interoperability.
Be the executive thought partner who translates data into strategy for senior leaders across Strategy, Product, GTM, and Finance.
Deliver decisionâready insight : advanced analytics/models to surface market & customer trends, plus KPI frameworks and dashboards that provide clear, shared visibility.
Build data fluency across the businessâembedding analytics into planning, commercial reviews, and product development, and simplifying complex analyses into compelling narratives.
What You'll Bring
Technical depth : Advanced proficiency in Python, SQL, and Excel; comfort with large, complex datasets.
Visualization expertise in Tableau, Power BI (or equivalent), with a track record of architecting executiveâgrade KPI frameworks and dashboards.
Leadership & influence : 7+ years in analytics/data science (2+ years leading teams), with a history of guiding crossâfunctional decisions through data.
Exceptional communication : You make insights actionableâaligning technical and nonâtechnical teams around a shared analytics vision.
Why Pearson
Shape Pearson's analytics future : Build the function that enables smarter, faster decisions across the enterprise.
Drive crossâsegment impact : Connect insights across Higher Ed, K12, and Early Career markets.
Lead with influence : Partner directly with senior executives on strategy and investment decisions.
Work remoteâfirst : A flexible culture that values outcomes over office presence.
Compensation at Pearson is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and specific location. As required by the California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York State, New York City, Vermont, Washington State, and Washington DC laws, the pay range for this position is as follows:
The minimum full-time salary range is between $150,000 - $160,000
This position is eligible to participate in an annual incentive program, and information on benefits offered is here .
Applications will be accepted through December 15th, 2025. This window may be extended depending on business needs.
Pearson is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a member of E-Verify. Employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit and business need. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status or any other group protected by law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.
If you are an individual with a disability and are unable or limited in your ability to use or access our career site as a result of your disability, you may request reasonable accommodations by emailing TalentExperienceGlobalTeam@grp.pearson.com.
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