[Remote] Strategy Analyst (REMOTE)

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Cengage is a global education technology company dedicated to helping students achieve their learning goals. The Strategy Analyst role involves supporting pricing strategy, commercial analysis, and generating business insights, while collaborating with cross-functional teams to influence pricing decisions and growth initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Develop analyses and recommendations related to pricing optimization, commercial simplification, whitespace opportunities, and market positioning
• Support execution of pricing strategy initiatives through competitive price tracking, market monitoring, pricing diagnostics, and pricing data maintenance activities
• Conduct competitive research and pricing analyses across Higher Education, Workforce Skills, Milady, Gale, ELL, and other Cengage businesses to identify pricing trends, risks, and opportunities
• Support recurring and ad hoc analytical requests tied to strategic business questions, leadership reviews, and commercial initiatives
• Gather, clean, organize, and analyze data from multiple sources to support insight generation and business decision-making
• Partner with Commercial Strategy, Pricing Strategy, Enterprise Analytics, and Finance teams to help translate data into actionable business insights
• Build and maintain analytical models, trackers, summaries, and presentations used to support pricing and commercial strategy decisions
• Assist in identifying key business drivers, market trends, customer behaviors, and commercial performance patterns across Cengage businesses
• Help support strategic analyses related to market opportunity, portfolio performance, customer adoption, and commercial effectiveness
• Develop proficiency with analytical and reporting tools such as Excel, SQL, Snowflake, Power BI, and other business intelligence technologies
• Contribute to executive-ready presentations and business reviews by helping synthesize findings into clear summaries, charts, and recommendations
• Support broader strategic and transformation projects as needed, including business reviews, market analyses, and commercial initiatives

Skills

• A four-year college degree with high achievement and previous experience with the following:
• 1-3 years of professional experience in analytics, strategy, consulting, pricing, finance, business intelligence, commercial operations, or related analytical roles (can include co-op experience)
• Strong analytical and quantitative problem-solving skills with attention to detail and intellectual curiosity
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint, with familiarity or interest in learning SQL, Snowflake, and other analytical tools
• Ability to work with and interpret large datasets to identify trends, patterns, and actionable insights
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to communicate analytical findings clearly and effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Interest in pricing strategy, commercial analytics, market analysis, and strategic business problem solving
• Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively across teams and functions
• Interest in creatively leveraging AI (where applicable) to support analysis and research methods
• Demonstrated initiative, learning agility, and willingness to take ownership of work products and analyses
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and supporting projects with evolving business questions and priorities
• Experience in education technology, SaaS, subscription businesses, pricing analysis, consulting, or commercial analytics environments preferred
• Passion for using data and analysis to help drive business decisions and uncover opportunities for growth and improvement

Benefits

• 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.
• 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

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