SVP, Enterprise Analytics

At Cengage, our employees have a direct impact in helping learners around the world discover the power and joy of learning. We are bonded by our shared purpose – driving innovation that helps millions of learners improve their lives and achieve their dreams through education.
 

The SVP, Enterprise Analytics at Cengage will lead the development and execution of the enterprise analytics strategy and roadmap, aligning with the company's value creation plan. This role involves defining, managing, and directing efforts toward high-priority analytics initiatives across the business. To achieve this, this role will collaborate closely with business leaders to integrate existing analytics capability into a centralized, best-in-class global analytics team, delivering value against the highest impact opportunities.

This senior leader will scale advanced analytics technologies, staying at the forefront of industry innovation, to drive speed at scale across multiple functions in multiple Cengage end markets (e.g., US Higher Education, US K-12, Public and Academic Libraries, etc.). This leader will also partner closely with IT and other colleagues, furthering a culture of data-driven decision making.
 

• Develop and implement an integrated data roadmap that aligns with Cengage Group's strategic goals, supporting use cases across Finance and Business Intelligence, Revenue Operations (sales, marketing, pricing, customer success), Business Operations (customer service and technical support, content development and production, HR, etc.), and Product Analytics.
• Own data product delivery and maintenance through end-to-end management of complex projects, overseeing initiation, planning, design, and implementation phases, while also serving as an expert in guiding business requirements and technical design discussions.
• Establish and oversee a robust analytics service delivery model, ensuring that analytics solutions meet the needs of various operational functions.
• Create centralized, best-in-class Analytics team by consolidating existing analytics talent across the organization, upskilling key roles, and recruiting new talent in support of functional and business priorities.
• Champion a forward-thinking approach to enterprise analytics by anticipating industry trends, identifying new technologies, and proactively addressing future data needs. Inspire and empower the team to embrace innovation, driving continuous improvement and long-term strategic growth for the organization.
• Implement a comprehensive data governance framework to drive consistency and simplicity in data, KPIs, and reports used to run the various business units and functional areas. Collaborate with IT teams to improve data connectivity and governance in source systems.
• Cultivate a collaborative partnership with the IT organization, promoting a shared responsibility for data stewardship and finding opportunities to collaborate in handling data projects.
• Establish a collaborative framework with the management team to define and implement KPIs, deliver against the value creation plan and enable effective data-driven business management.
   

• 20 + years of general experience and 12+ years of experience in leading teams with data scientists, data engineers, software engineers, cloud architects, and business analysts to deliver data and analytics work products
• Recognized as an influential leader in Analytics excellence, with proven impact and experience building a centralized Analytics capability within large enterprise, including integrating and coalescing fragmented data capabilities across an organization.
• Experience with modern data and analytics reference architecture, including ML Ops, model management, data pipeline management, and visualization.
• Must have hands-on experience with solutions development – Framing business problems, analytical modeling, data stewardship, data engineering
• Knowledge of analytics platforms and tools including R, Python and others
• Proven ability to generate sustainable results and increase revenue applying sophisticated customer insights and analytics.
• Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills; ability to present complex, technical ideas clearly and concisely to non-technical audiences
• Experience with major cloud platforms such as Snowflake, Azure, AWS, and GCP.
• Strong financial savvy to attach financial impact to use cases, and run the P&L of their organization to streamline costs and maximize return on investment.
• Preferred Bachelor or Master’s degree or equivalent experience in engineering, business, or finance. Analytics certifications is a plus.

Cengage is committed to working with broad talent pools to attract and hire strong and most qualified individuals. Our job applicants are considered regardless of any classification protected by applicable federal, state, provincial or local laws.
 

Cengage is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities including during our job application process. If you are an applicant with a disability and require reasonable accommodation in our job application process, please contact us at [email protected].
 

Cengage, a global education technology company serving millions of learners, provides affordable, quality digital products and services that equip students with the skills and competencies needed to be job ready. For more than 100 years, we have enabled the power and joy of learning with trusted, engaging content, and now, integrated digital platforms. We serve the higher education, workforce skills, secondary education, English language teaching and research markets worldwide. Through our scalable technology, including MindTap and Cengage Unlimited, we support all learners who seek to improve their lives and achieve their dreams through education.

Compensation

At Cengage Group, we take great pride in our commitment to providing a comprehensive and rewarding Total Rewards package designed to support and empower our employees. Click here to learn more about our Total Rewards Philosophy.

The full base pay range has been provided for this position. Individual base pay will vary based on work schedule, qualifications, experience, internal equity, and geographic location.  Sales roles often incorporate a significant incentive compensation program beyond this base pay range.

In this position,  you will be eligible to participate in the company’s discretionary incentive bonus program.  This position's bonus target amount, which is not guaranteed and is dependent on individual performance and overall company results among other factors, is provided below.