Senior Business Intelligence Analyst

Today, 67% of students and 82% of low-income students can’t read at grade level by the end of third grade. That’s when students are supposed to go from learning to read to reading to learn. It’s America’s number one education crisis and we know how to fix it.

Ignite Reading delivers one-to-one virtual tutoring that teaches every student the foundational skills they need to become a confident, fluent reader. We pair students who need extra support with expert reading tutors who provide daily, 15-minute, Science of Reading-based instruction that rapidly closes their decoding gaps. We focus on the foundational reading skills—phonics, phonemic awareness, and sight words—kids need to master so they can decode a sentence. Students in Ignite Reading’s program achieve over 2 weeks of reading skills growth per week of instruction, and notably all students achieve the same outstanding results including students with IEPs, multilingual learners, students of color and those receiving free or reduced-price lunch.

Ignite Reading is a mission-driven public benefit corporation. We believe we can do well for our team members and shareholders while we solve one of the nation’s biggest challenges. We believe we will be more successful with a diverse team and are seeking candidates who have lived experience related to social justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Your Role

As a key player in our team, the Senior Business Intelligence Analyst will lead major BI projects from start to finish, unravel complex business requirements, and harness the power of Ignite Reading data to inform strategic decisions. This pivotal role involves translating complex data insights into clear business opportunities and acting as a critical bridge between the data team and various business units. Importantly, this role entails direct collaboration with senior leadership, offering insights that drive business strategy.

Key Responsibilities

Business Intelligence

• Develops and maintains scalable Tableau dashboards and reports.
• Translates complex business requirements into intuitive, user-centric, and actionable dashboards/reports.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define key performance indicators (KPIs) and track progress towards helping students learn to read.
• Establishes repeatable standards / frameworks to ensure scalability and maintainability of BI solutions.
• Manages BI projects, balancing priorities, timelines and negotiating trade-offs.
• Mentors analysts and encourages knowledge-sharing, innovation and professional growth.
  
  

Data Engineering

• Troubleshoot data-related issues and provide timely resolution.
• Enhances existing data models to support reporting in Tableau.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify and implement improvements in data collection, validation, and integration processes.
  
  

Qualifications

• Strong quantitative & problem solving skills as demonstrated by prior work experience.
• Highly proficient in developing Tableau dashboards & data sources.
• Highly proficient in writing and streamlining SQL queries.
• Hyper-organized, attentive to detail, and process-oriented.
• Adept at gathering & refining business requirements across different business units and stakeholders at different levels.
• A self-starter comfortable working independently who persists until the job is done.
• Exceptional interpersonal, presentation, written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to communicate findings clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Comfortable in a high-growth startup-like environment: you’re resourceful, calm under pressure, and welcome with ambiguity and change.
• Experience in SQL, Python, dbt.
• Experience using Excel or Google Sheets to merge, clean, aggregate, and analyze data.
• Passionate about our mission to teach kids to read.
• Preferred experience working with student data and knowledge of handling Personally Identifiable Information (PII).
  
  

At Ignite Reading, we’ve decided to embrace a transparent compensation structure for a few reasons:

To promote fairness and equity: This approach supports fairness within our structure. When everyone knows how compensation decisions are made, it reduces the likelihood of pay discrimination based on factors like gender, race, relationships, or negotiation skills.

To provide accountability for our approach: The same role receives the same compensation, with no negotiation.

To build trust within the organization: When employees understand how their compensation is determined, they are more likely to trust organizational structures and decisions, which can lead to an overall better culture.

To support legal considerations: Many states are moving to requiring compensation listed on job descriptions and we want to follow these rules.

Salary: $140,000

We believe in building and fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace environment. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer where all applicants are considered for employment without attention to color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status. Research shows that candidates from underrepresented backgrounds often don't apply for roles if they don't meet all the criteria – unlike majority candidates meeting significantly fewer requirements. We strongly encourage you to apply if you’re interested!

We are seeking candidates who have lived experience related to social justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion. We are a virtual organization with headquarters in the California Bay Area.