About Niche

Niche is the leader in school search. Our mission is to make researching and enrolling in schools easy, transparent, and free. With in-depth profiles on every school and college in America, 140 million reviews and ratings, and powerful search tools, we help millions of people find the right school for them. We also help thousands of schools recruit more best-fit students, by highlighting what makes them great and making it easier to visit and apply.

Niche is all about finding where you belong, and that mission inspires how we operate every day. We want Niche to be a place where people truly enjoy working and can thrive professionally.

About The Role

We are looking for a highly motivated Director of Reporting & Analytics to join our data-driven Product org and drive business growth by surfacing key insights that inform strategic decisions. You’ll manage and grow a team of Product Analysts and BI Analysts who work closely with Product and Marketing teams, reporting on core business metrics, A/B test analysis, investigations on changes in trends, and proactive analysis to surface areas of opportunity. You and your team will communicate results and recommendations through insightful visualizations, reports and presentations with actionable information. You will identify and develop more efficient reporting tools and processes that provide easy access to data and increase the productivity of our analysts and their stakeholders.

 We are seeking a proactive thought leader with a strong foundation in statistics, an affinity for translating data to key insights, effective communication skills, and a desire to solve data problems that fuel our business! 

What You Will Do

During the First Month:

• Learn about Niche by meeting with various team members to learn more about our company through our Onboarding meetings
• Collaborate with various team members to learn about the company
• Work with Product and BI Analysts to learn about our currents tools, workflow, and analytical processes
• Shadow team members to learn more about how we collaborate with other areas of the business and how your role fits with stakeholders and teams
• Gain context and understanding of our business goals and focus areas
• Learn how we query data from our databases and external data sources, like Google Analytics
• Understand how we clean and analyze data using R and Python
• Take over as direct manager for analysts on the product team and establish group meetings and recurring 1:1s
• Take on role as hiring manager for openings within your team

Within 3 Months:

• Gain a deep understanding of our organization, how different teams work, our company goals and your teams’ role in driving our goals
• Gain deep understanding of PDO (Product Development Org)’s workflows, focus areas, goals and your teams’ role within
• Build a deep understanding of the business and its goals to help you ask and answer transformational questions with data
• Build up an expertise in our current reporting tools
• Identify areas for improvements in our reporting tools and workflows and develop plans for implementing change
• Work with direct reports to develop and make progress on individual and team goals
• Proactively surface insights that inform business opportunities and actionable steps
• Partner with engineering as a key stakeholder in a larger company initiative to make our data more accessible

Within 6 Months:

• Provide the insights that inform overall product and business strategy
• Own and optimize processes to efficiently scale analytics workflows
• Make significant progress in the consistency and accessibility of reporting and analytics across the organization
• Take steps toward establishing a new data visualization platform
• Grow the skills and size of your team to support business needs

What We Are Looking For

• Passion for using data and research to solve problems
• Ability to translate vague requirements into prioritized problems to solve
• Demonstrated success in delivering measurable impact on business goals
• Expert knowledge of statistics, analytics, data, A/B testing and visualization software
• Expert knowledge of SQL, R, Python, Google Analytics and AWS/Cloud computing
• Demonstrated success in delivering measurable impact on business goals
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, including communicating complex analysis to different audiences
• 3+ years of Management experience

Are you excited about the position and its responsibilities, but hesitant because your experience doesn't align 100% with the posted requirements? We believe you are more than a resume, so go for it! You won’t want to miss the opportunity to play a part in helping students find where they belong.

Why Niche?

• We are a fully flexible workforce empowering our employees to choose to work remotely, in our Pittsburgh office or whatever combination suits you
• Full time, salaried position with competitive compensation in a fast-growing company
• Best-in-class 100% paid employee health plan, including vision and dental and supplemental coverage
• Free unlimited mental health consultations so you can prioritize you and your family’s mental wellbeing
• Stipend that allows you to build your work from home office in a style and function that suits your personal preferences
• Professional Development stipend each year for continuous learning and growth
• Ability to join our diversity committee (Niche Diversity Initiative) to shape company-wide programs and events
• 20 PTO days, 10 Paid Holidays, and 3 Volunteer Days Off per year
• Parental leave for all employees (12 weeks fully paid) in addition to short term disability for birthing parents
• Meaningful Stock options and 401(k) with employer match
• Your ideas and work will make an immediate impact on our company and millions of users
• You will join a team that cares about you, our mission, our work - and celebrates our wins together!

Niche will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship now or in the future for this opening.  

We are currently hiring in states where we currently have employees: AZ, CA, CT, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MO, NE, NJ, NY, NC, OH, OK, OR, PA, TX, VA, WA, DC.

Candidates only.  No recruiters or agencies, please. Sorry, we do not offer relocation assistance.

Niche is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive, innovative environment with the best employees. Therefore, we provide employment opportunities without regard to age, race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable law.

All interviews are being held remotely. If there are preparations we can make to help ensure you have a comfortable and positive interview experience, please let us know.