InStride is the global learning services enterprise for employers to provide career-boosting and life-changing educational degrees and credentials to their employees, through the highest- quality universities and colleges. We aim to become the indispensable human capital partner of employers, helping transform them into learning enterprises and unlocking the full potential of the university ecosystem.

As a public-benefit corporation, InStride was formed as a partnership between the industry-leading corporate online education arm of Arizona State University (ASU) and the TPG RISE fund. Building on the university’s successful corporate partnerships with companies like Starbucks and Uber, thousands of degrees from best-in-class public universities will be earned, workplace skills improved, key talent retained and employees lives’ positively impacted.

Founded to champion a movement that moves beyond simple access to higher education, InStride ensures employers can empower their employees to take a meaningful next step in their careers. For more information, please visit www.instride.com.

Role Overview

In collaboration with the product management team, the Analytics and Optimization Manager will direct the collection and reporting of all product analytics, as well as manage all A/B testing and optimization efforts.

The ideal candidate is passionate about all things data and takes pride in collaborating with the product owners to deliver actionable insight, driving the future roadmap.

Vision and strategy: You know the product roadmap inside out and can establish an analytics plan to achieve our tentpole KPIs.

Execution and impact: You define reporting priorities and make tough decisions. You deliver dashboards that move the product forward. 

Communication and visibility: You are the face of our analytics and ensure that the data is understood internally and externally. 

Integrity and culture: You build and exemplify trust, credibility and respect and make others around you better. 

Ownership and accountability: You are ultimately accountable for developing and executing a successful analytics and optimization plan and for doing what needs to be done to mobilize the organization to deliver. 

Key Responsibilities

-Source, enable and manage all analytics and optimization tools

-Manage and deliver on complex analytical requests from both internal teams and external partners

-Prioritize requests through an analytics and optimization (A/B test) backlog

-Lead requirements gathering sessions, analyze requirements, design and develop dashboards

-Ensure that collected data is qualified, in the right format and actionable

-Support business users to answer complex business questions

-Coordinate across cross-functional teams

-Provide data analysis to drive proactive planning for product development

-Organize and run data modeling & visualization exercises

-Create dashboards in a data visualization tool

Ideal Candidate Profile

-Highly detailed oriented, and must display a passion for analytics and data visualization

-3-5 years of experience of analytics set-up, data visualization, reporting using BI tools and A/B testing

-BA/BS in Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Business or analytical field

-Experience with analytics and performance monitoring tools such as Google Analytics, Tag Manager, Tableau and/or Google Data Studio

-Experience in setting up and improving digital marketing, commerce, and traffic optimization flows using A/B testing tools like Google Optimize or Optimizely

-Knowledge of Customer Data Platforms (CDP) and experience leveraging data for user personalization efforts within digital experiences

-Strong ability to communicate and collaborate with Engineering, Design, Marketing and --Business teams using storytelling, data, visualizations and/or examples

-Experience in balancing priorities and timelines across multiple stakeholders 

-Possesses the ability to zoom in and out between the “big picture” strategy and the high attention to detail tasks

-High EQ, comfort with ambiguity and a “no job too small” startup mentality

-Excited by the challenge of building a world-class business that delivers not only high revenue growth and compelling ROI, but also has a meaningful impact on society

InStride is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, ethnicity, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, medical condition, or any other category protected by applicable federal and state law, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance relating to an applicant's criminal history.