Senior Research Analyst

🇺🇸 Remote - US

🕑 Full-Time

💰 TBD

💻 Data Science

🗓️ June 8th, 2025

BigQuery K-12 PowerBI

Edtech.com's Summary

Pearson is hiring a Senior Research Analyst. This role involves working closely with the Efficacy and Research team to gather and analyze customer insights to enhance school practices and product development. The Senior Research Analyst will manage and explore databases, design research, perform data analyses, and prepare data visualizations to convey insights effectively.

Highlights

Manage large datasets to derive insights into student learning and teaching efficiency.
Collaborate on analyses of PVS products and instructional practices.
Experience with R, Python, and SQL required.
Master’s degree in educational measurement and statistics or related field essential.
Background in K-12 education and digital technology preferred.
Strong skills in statistical analysis, research design, and data visualization needed.
Familiar with Google BigQuery and PowerBI.

Senior Research Analyst Full Description

Senior Research Analyst

USA

Job: Research, Efficacy, and Psychometrics
Schedule: FULL_TIME
Req ID: 19880

Position Summary :

The Senior Research Analyst will work as part of the Efficacy and Research team within Product and Technology and will collaborate extensively with other departments within PVS and Connections Academy schools. Working from a home office, the Senior Research Analyst will be a vital member of a highly-collaborative team charged with surfacing new insights about customer needs and practices that lead to learner success—information that feeds new school practices, product development, investment, and company strategy.

The Senior Research Analyst is responsible for providing support with gathering customer insights, research design and implementation, database exploration and management, data analyses, and the preparation of data visualizations using tools that best convey insights to a variety of audiences.

Candidates with a background in data systems, visualizations, and analysis as well as experience working with K-12 educational and/or virtual programs are strongly encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities :

Explore large datasets and relational databases to generate insights and reports relevant to student learning, teacher effectiveness, and other ongoing areas of interest.
Integrate student performance, survey, and demographic data into analyses of effective learner practices.
Work collaboratively to design and implement meaningful analyses of the efficacy of PVS products, services, and instructional practices.
Work with teams across PVS and Connections Academy schools to solve problems and generate new processes and tools based on research and data insights.
Generate research and easily digestible reports/visualizations of effective practices related to student learning, teaching, and other ongoing areas of interest.

Required:

Master’s degree or equivalent certificates in educational measurement and statistics or a science-related field
Experience with research design, statistical analysis, data visualization, and data management.
Working knowledge of R programming language, Python, and/or SQL

Preferred:

Experience with product development, digital technology, and/or K-12 education
Familiarity with any of the following tools: Google BigQuery, PowerBI

1110424

Job Family: EFFICACY

#LI-REMOTE

Original Job Description

Senior Research Analyst

USA

Job: Research, Efficacy, and Psychometrics
Schedule: FULL_TIME
Req ID: 19880

Position Summary :

Candidates with a background in data systems, visualizations, and analysis as well as experience working with K-12 educational and/or virtual programs are strongly encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities :

Explore large datasets and relational databases to generate insights and reports relevant to student learning, teacher effectiveness, and other ongoing areas of interest.
Integrate student performance, survey, and demographic data into analyses of effective learner practices.
Work collaboratively to design and implement meaningful analyses of the efficacy of PVS products, services, and instructional practices.
Work with teams across PVS and Connections Academy schools to solve problems and generate new processes and tools based on research and data insights.
Generate research and easily digestible reports/visualizations of effective practices related to student learning, teaching, and other ongoing areas of interest.

Required:

Master’s degree or equivalent certificates in educational measurement and statistics or a science-related field
Experience with research design, statistical analysis, data visualization, and data management.
Working knowledge of R programming language, Python, and/or SQL