Data Analyst

Polygence Overview

High school students spend over 4,000 hours being lectured at, despite overwhelming evidence that students learn best through project-based learning. Polygence is an online marketplace for intellectual passion projects that was built with a singular focus on helping students rediscover the joy of learning through personalized projects supervised by academic mentors.

Polygence’s rapid growth has been driven by a top-notch team of entrepreneurs, engineers, researchers and educators united by an uncompromising mission to reshape education around the globe by making it project-focused. At Polygence, the ultimate surge of adrenaline comes from hearing our students rave about their learning experience and describe its life-changing impact.

Job Description:

At Polygence, data is at the core of everything we do. As a Data Analyst, reporting to the Senior Data Analyst, you will play a crucial role in analyzing, interpreting, and visualizing data to offer invaluable insights and steer critical business decisions. You will work closely with cross-functional teams, grasp their data requirements, maintain data integrity, and produce reports and visualizations to empower them with the ability to make data-informed decisions.

Who You Are:

• We are looking for a self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced environment, and get excited by a good challenge

• You are comfortable working with incomplete or ambiguous data and can ask the right questions/take the initiative to get the full picture

• You excel in conveying complex data findings in a clear and understandable manner, making data accessible to technical and non-technical stakeholders

What You’ll Do

• Work with leaders across the business as a trusted partner on strategically important projects to guide decision-making

• Investigate and interpret datasets to uncover business trends, performance, issues, and metrics, and communicate findings effectively to executives

• Manage data requests, converting vague inquiries into actionable analyses, and prioritize competing data needs

• Proactively identify and build business cases for areas of focus and prioritization -- that is, help us ask and answer the right questions with data

• Promote data literacy within the organization, contributing to the establishment of accurate and accessible data resources 

• Push the bounds of our data richness and stability by partnering with product and engineering to create well-structured data sources and identify gaps in existing data. 

Qualifications

• 1-3 years of relevant experience in data analytics 

• Fluent in SQL, advanced proficiency with Excel/Google Sheets, and some experience with a programming language such as Python or R 

• Solid understanding of statistical analysis techniques

• Experience with BI tools like Tableau or Looker

• Flexible, excited to learn, and able to wear many hats within our small but mighty data team.

• Mission-oriented, with a passion for (required) and experience in (bonus) education

Compensation and Benefits

• Competitive salary ($80-$110K)
  
• Flexible, remote-first company
  
• Health, dental and vision insurance coverage
  
• 401(k) plan offerings
  
• Unlimited paid-time-off