Risepoint
Senior Manager, Partner Strategies & Analytics
🇺🇸 Remote - US
🕑 Full-Time
💰 TBD
💻 Data Science
🗓️ November 6th, 2025
Power BI
Python
SQL
Edtech.com's Summary
Risepoint is hiring a Senior Manager, Partner Strategies & Analytics. The role involves leveraging data and analytics to understand university partners deeply and build growth strategies, working across product, marketing, revenue, and enrollment functions. The Senior Manager leads a team of analysts and provides strategic recommendations to drive long-term partner performance.
Highlights
- Lead data-driven analysis of partner performance and facilitate stakeholder discussions to develop growth strategies.
- Collaborate with senior management to align analytics strategies with organizational goals.
- Build strong partnerships with internal teams to understand university partner performance.
- Establish and track KPIs to measure the success of analytics initiatives.
- Communicate insights effectively through presentations to executives and various stakeholders.
- Develop a deep understanding of company processes, tools, personnel, and market ecosystem.
- Manage and mentor a team of strategy and operations analysts to ensure project success.
- Required skills include expertise in Excel and SQL, with preference for knowledge in Python, R, Tableau, or Power BI.
- Minimum of a bachelor's degree with 5+ years in professional services or cross-functional leadership roles; master's degree preferred.
- Comprehensive benefits include paid time off, medical and dental plans, retirement plan with company match, parental leave, and professional development programs.
Senior Manager, Partner Strategies & Analytics Full Description
Risepoint assists primarily regional universities in increasing their access and impact by making their academic programs available to students online. Founded in 2007, Risepoint's mission is to expand access to high-quality, affordable, and workforce-relevant education, especially for working and adult students. Risepoint brings single-minded dedication to student success, an integrated set of services, and data-driven performance to our collaboration with university partners.
Job Summary:
The Sr. Manager plays an integral role in the Partner Strategy & Analytics team. In close partnership with the Product Marketing and other functional teams, the Sr. Manager is responsible for leveraging data and analytics to deeply understand our university partners and build strategies to support their performance and growth.
The Sr. Manager will gain exposure to all aspects of strategy work, including functional and commercial strategies in our product, marketing, revenue, and enrollment services functions. Working on a cross-functional project basis to provide thought leadership across the organization, you will be required to understand highly complex data, develop frameworks for identifying performance challenges, develop hypotheses, and deliver value-added strategic recommendations to drive growth for our university partners. The successful Sr. Manager will excel in bringing structure and objectives to tackle unstructured problems. This is a people-manager role with several analysts reporting to the Sr. Manager.
Key Responsibilities:
- Strategic Data-driven Analysis: You'll be expected to handle highly detailed partner performance data analytics and facilitate internal stakeholder conversations to build data-driven strategies that drive long-term growth
- Strategic Planning: Work closely with senior management to define data analytics strategies aligned with organizational goals and objectives, driving innovation and continuous improvement
- Collaboration and Partnership:You are expected to build strong relationships with internal stakeholders and become a thought partner to them in deeply understanding the performance of our university partners and building strategies to drive growth
- Performance Measurement: Establish and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) to track the effectiveness of data analytics initiatives, leveraging insights to drive business performance improvements
- Stakeholder Engagement: Communicate findings and insights to diverse stakeholders, including executives, department heads, and team members, through compelling presentations and reports
- Business Understanding: Form a deep understanding of AP's processes, systems/tools, personnel, strategic direction, and broader market ecosystem
- Leadership: Mentor and develop high-caliber strategy & operations analyst team, providing guidance, support, and technical expertise to ensure the successful execution of partner projects
Job Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree with proven record of achievement and quantitative proficiency
- 5+ years experience in a professional services organization (consulting, private equity, investment banking) and/or cross-functional leadership role (corporate finance / decision support, corporate strategy, business operations, or corporate transformation)
- Fluency in data (strong in Excel, SQL) and its communication (e.g. high-quality slide)
- Master's degree or equivalent experience in data analytics, business intelligence, or data science area is preferred
- Proficiency in statistical analysis tools such as Python and R, as well as data visualization tools like Tableau or Power BI is a plus
- Experience in leading teams and people development is preferred
What You'll Need for Success:
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with demonstrated ability to conceive and execute quantitative analysis and deliver data-driven insights
- Exceptional communication and presentation skills, with the ability to effectively convey complex concepts and recommendations to stakeholders at all levels
- Strong attention to detail and the ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects simultaneously
- Collaborative problem-solving mindset and the ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams, driving change through influence.
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Risepoint offers the following comprehensive benefits:
- 18 days PTO + Winter Shutdown
- 12 designated holidays + 1 floating holiday
- Medical - four options
- Dental
- Vision
- Life & Disability (company paid)
- Flexible Spending Account & Health Savings Account
- Retirement plan with company match
- Maternity / Paternity / Parental Leave (company paid)
- Volunteer Time Off
Supplemental Benefits:
- Wellness program
- Alternative medicine options
- Pet discounts
- Accident, Critical Illness and Hospital Indemnity
Personal and Professional Development:
- Continuous Professional and Leadership Development Programs
- Tuition Reimbursement for employees and their dependents
- Rewards & Recognition programs
Risepoint is an equal-opportunity employer and supports a diverse and inclusive workforce.
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