Website Udacity

Location: Remote
Category: Data & Analytics
Employment Type: Full-Time

Udacity, now proudly an Accenture company, is entering a bold new chapter—and we want you to be part of it. 🚀 As organizations worldwide accelerate their digital transformation, the need for highly skilled, future-ready talent has never been greater. Udacity stands at the center of this movement, delivering immersive, industry-backed learning experiences in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Autonomous Systems, Cloud Computing, Data Science, Web Development, and more.

Our mission is simple yet powerful: forge futures in tech through radical talent transformation. Through our cutting-edge Nanodegree programs and enterprise-grade learning solutions, we help individuals elevate their careers and empower companies to close skill gaps at scale. As we expand our reach globally, our Analytics Team plays a pivotal role in driving learner success, business value, and strategic decision-making.

We are looking for a Principal Data Analyst to join our dynamic Business Analytics group. This role is ideal for a senior analytics professional with deep expertise in data science, product insights, and strategic storytelling. If you thrive at the intersection of data, content strategy, and learner behavior—and want your work to positively shape thousands of learners worldwide—this opportunity is for you.

What You’ll Do

As a Principal Data Analyst, you will report directly to the Director of Data and become a core driver of our long-term analytics vision. Your work will influence content strategy, enhance learning outcomes, and guide strategic priorities across Udacity’s growing portfolio.

Your responsibilities include:

🔹 Lead High-Impact Curriculum Analytics

Conduct advanced analysis of Udacity’s curriculum, course performance, and learner behavior to optimize content design, ensure industry relevance, and fuel learner success for both consumer and enterprise programs.

🔹 Develop a Strategic Analytics Roadmap

Partner with content, learning, and product leaders to translate business goals into actionable data insights. You will play a central role in shaping the analytics strategy for Udacity’s entire content ecosystem.

🔹 Define and Monitor Key Performance Indicators

Work with senior stakeholders to establish KPIs that measure curriculum health, engagement, ROI, and learning impact—ensuring data-driven decision-making across teams.

🔹 Centralize Learner Feedback and Experience Signals

Integrate feedback, performance metrics, and behavioral data to identify learning gaps, content pain points, and areas for improvement, informing prioritization and roadmap updates.

🔹 Build Scalable Methods to Measure Content Effectiveness

Develop frameworks that connect learner outcomes, engagement metrics, and content performance to measure overall program quality and success.

🔹 Contribute to AI-Driven Analytics Systems

Collaborate on building intelligent systems that leverage NLP, embeddings, and predictive modeling to classify learner feedback, understand learning behaviors, and forecast success.

🔹 Communicate Insights That Drive Strategy

Act as a trusted thought partner across Content, Product, and Business teams—translating complex analytics into clear, influential insights that shape strategic decisions.

🔹 Mentor and Lead Analytics Initiatives

Provide mentorship to junior analysts and lead cross-functional analytics programs to elevate data maturity across Udacity.

What We’re Looking For

Required Qualifications:

  • 8+ years of experience in data analytics or data science roles

  • Strong background in product, content, or learning analytics—preferably in EdTech or SaaS

  • Expertise in Advanced SQL (Athena, Presto, Redshift, etc.)

  • Strong proficiency in Python for analytics, ML, and automation

  • Experience with BI tools like Tableau, PowerBI, or equivalent

  • Knowledge of experimentation, A/B testing, and causal inference

  • Ability to manage large-scale projects and influence senior stakeholders

  • Exceptional communication skills and business storytelling

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience with tools like Amplitude, dbt, Airflow

  • Familiarity with clickstream or sequential data

  • Exposure to NLP, embeddings, or GPT-based feedback analysis

  • Understanding of instructional design or learning science

Why Join Udacity?

At Udacity, you will be part of a mission-driven organization that’s reshaping how the world learns. Our benefits include:

  • Flexible working hours

  • Paid time off

  • Comprehensive medical insurance for you & your dependents

  • Personalized career development

  • Unlimited access to Udacity Nanodegree programs

We celebrate diversity, embrace inclusivity, and welcome all qualified applicants regardless of race, gender identity, disability, veteran status, nationality, or background.

Udacity is an Equal Opportunity Employer and an Affirmative Action Employer of Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities.

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