Director, Higher Education Data Strategy & Analytics (EdTech)

Location: Remote in the United States; employees near hirify.global offices may choose fully remote or hybrid work with Tuesdays and Wednesdays in the office. Occasional business travel is required.

Salary: $80,000–$125,000 annually, adjusted by location, experience, qualifications, impact, and market data.

Company

A self-sustaining nonprofit focused on expanding educational and career opportunities through mission-driven work.

What you will do

• Own the strategy, roadmap, and data-quality standards for the Common Data Set partnership, AP Credit Policy survey, and Annual Survey of Colleges.
• Modernize data collection processes, improve validation, efficiency, quality, completeness, and institutional participation.
• Build an affordability market measurement framework with segmentation, prioritization, targeting, reports, dashboards, and opportunity scoring.
• Develop usage and benchmarking reports for Financial Aid Programs and Services, including CSS Profile, Net Price Calculator, and MyIntuition.
• Analyze international student mobility and produce reports, data tools, and actionable intelligence supporting SAT and AP recognition policies.
• Present recommendations to leadership and cross-functional stakeholders, managing decision-making across product, research, financial aid, and strategic outreach teams.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in data-intensive areas such as data policy, analysis, survey collection, and interpretation.
• Ability to understand broad business context, solve complex challenges, and translate general inquiries into specific analytical questions and tasks.
• Experience presenting complex information visually, including with Tableau or Power BI.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and SQL, plus a programming language such as R, Stata, or SAS.
• Experience in higher education, such as admissions, financial aid, or institutional research.
• Experience managing external partnerships, leading technology roadmaps, and influencing cross-functional stakeholders.
• Track record of influencing internal and external partners to adopt recommendations and delivering technology or process roadmaps.
• Passion for expanding educational and career opportunities; clear communication; curiosity about emerging technologies and willingness to adopt AI-driven solutions; learner’s mindset; collaborative approach; and drive for impact and excellence.
• Authorization to work in the United States is required.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with the Common Data Set, NCES-IPEDS surveys, and higher education data and reporting.

Culture & Benefits

• Mission-driven work focused on educational and career opportunities.
• Remote work is available, with hybrid work offered to employees near hirify.global offices.
• Comprehensive compensation and benefits package with transparent compensation discussions.
• Salary adjustments by location to support compensation fairness.
• Collaborative environment emphasizing diverse perspectives, respectful feedback, continuous learning, and data-informed impact.

Hiring process

• Applications are reviewed immediately and remain open for at least five business days, until the position is filled.
• Typical stages include application review, recruiter phone or video screen, hiring manager interview, performance exercise such as live coding, panel interview, leadership conversation, and reference checks.