Senior Data Analyst

**Overview**:
**About Nerdy**:
**Nerdy's shareholder letters below explain the product and strategy and are the most effective way to learn about what the company is building.**
- Q1-2025 Shareholder Letter
- Q4-2024 Shareholder Letter
- Q3-2024 Shareholder Letter

**Qualifications**:

- Bachelor's degree in a technical or quantitative field (e.g., Computer Science, Information Technology, Statistics, Mathematics, or related)
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in data analytics, business intelligence, or analytics engineering roles
- Strong proficiency in SQL and additional programming experience (e.g., Python, R, SAS, SPSS)
- Extensive experience with BI visualization tools (e.g., Looker, Tableau, Power BI, Qlik). Specific experience with Looker development is a big plus.
- Strong attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy and integrity
- Demonstrated ability to define and operationalize core business metrics in partnership with stakeholders
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to interpret complex data, identify trends, generate insights, and support data-driven decision-marking
- Strong communication and collaboration skills; ability to translate technical findings into business-friendly narratives and partner effectively with senior leaders.
- Comfortable working in fast-paced, cross-functional environments, managing multiple priorities while maintaining attention to detail.

**Responsibilities**:

- **Own and evolve the data transformation layer**, including building and maintaining robust, scalable models in tools like Looker, DBT, or equivalent SQL-based frameworks.
- **Design and develop the Looker semantic layer (LookML)**, including views, explores, dashboards, and governed metrics that power self-service analytics across the organization.
- **Define, document, and maintain key business metrics** in collaboration with stakeholders to ensure consistency and clarity in reporting and decision-making.
- **Build and deliver insightful, high-impact analyses** that identify trends, uncover opportunities, and inform strategic initiatives.
- **Leverage AI and machine learning tools** to accelerate analysis, automate workflows, and generate deeper insights from large and complex datasets.
- **Partner closely with senior business leaders** to understand their goals, translate questions into analytical problems, and communicate findings effectively.
- **Promote self-service analytics** by developing intuitive Looker experiences and training end users to explore and interpret data independently.
- **Ensure data quality and consistency** by implementing testing, monitoring, and validation processes throughout the analytics stack.
- **Collaborate cross-functionally** with data engineering, product, operations, and finance teams to align data efforts and deliver integrated solutions.
- **Establish and advocate for analytics best practices**, including code versioning, documentation, metric standardization, and performance optimization.
- **Stay current on modern data tools and practices**, continuously looking for ways to improve data workflows, performance, and usability.

**Leadership & Culture Expectations**:
You will embody and promote Nerdy's leadership principles:

- **Goes Deep**: You personally engage with metrics, audits, and data, ensuring you understand the "why" behind performance variances.
- **Delivers Results**: You move from strategy to execution quickly, ensuring timelines and quality stay high—even in ambiguity.
- **Bias for Action**: You experiment, prototype, and adjust quickly. You make the call when the path isn't fully clear.
- **Builds Teams**: You prioritize talent development, succession planning, and cross-functional collaboration.
- **Builds Trust & Communicates Openly**: You lead with transparency, humility, and clarity.
- **Thinks Big & Innovates**: You challenge the status quo, bring fresh ideas, and embrace emerging technologies.
- **Is Apolitical**: You stay focused on mission-aligned outcomes, not distractions or unrelated causes.
- You can learn more about all of our Leadership Principles and culture_ here_._

**Unlock Your Full Potential at Nerdy**:
Join our worldwide team—work from home, get great pay, and help shape the future of learning. Here's what you get:

- **Competitive USD Compensation**: Enjoy a market-leading rate paid in U.S. dollars.
- **100% Remote (Home Country Only)**: Work from anywhere in your home country—no relocation required, no borders crossed.
- **Flexible Time Off**: Our flexible PTO lets you recharge on your own terms and when you need it the most.
- **Local Holiday Pay**: We honor your nation's official holidays with paid time off—celebrate what matters to you.
- **Continuous Learning**: Get a free, all-inclusive learning membership for you and your household—including 1-on-1 tutoring hours, unlimited on-demand classes, and access to our full suite of learning products and services.
- **Supercharge with AI**: Ga