Senior Product Data Analyst, Academia
A platform for academics to share research papers
Job no longer available
A platform for academics to share research papers
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
201-500 employees
Company mission
To accelerate research, advance science, and transform the world.
Role
Who you are
- The following is an ideal list of skills for this position. Please feel free to apply even if you don't meet all of the requirements below
- 3+ years of relevant experience doing product analytics and/or data analytics
- Excellent SQL skills. This includes working with tables up to a few TB large, using CTEs, and using window functions
- Industry experience with descriptive statistics and A/B testing approaches. Experience with Python or R for data analysis
- Open to learning new languages and tools as needed
- Experience with various parts of our stack mentioned in the “About the data team” section is a plus
What the job involves
- Partner with product managers, software developers, and executives to identify underlying questions, uncover insights, and generate product recommendations
- Own A/B testing data and analyses for your embedded product team. Communicate findings and recommendations to stakeholders
- Automate recurring questions using different elements of our data stack
- The data team includes folks from various backgrounds including academia, consulting, government, and tech
- Product data analysts (PDAs) are embedded on various product teams, some of which currently include author products, publishing, user segmentation, mobile apps, and SEO
- PDAs rotate product team assignments up to a couple of times a year, creating opportunities to work on various products at different maturity stages
- The team shares what they're working on a few times a week to enhance transparency and create space for within-team collaboration. We also have weekly lunches together as well as a journal club to discuss various topics. Identifying opportunities for learning on your own and with others is highly encouraged
- Our stack includes Redshift for our data warehouse; Sisense/Periscope for dashboarding; DBT for data transformations; and SQL plus Python or R for analyses
Our take
Academia.edu is pitched as a social media platform to help researchers and academics share papers for free - with over 185 million registered users and over 30 million visitors per month, it has remained an active and popular platform since its founding in 2008.
The company has had a chequered relationship with the academics it proposes to serve (and the institutions it intends to disrupt). Some claim the new paywalled suite of features runs counter to the free and open-access model; others baulk at its use of the .edu domain usually reserved for academic institutions (they registered before its use became restricted).
To overcome these obstacles, the platform continues to evolve as a key player for researchers. With future plans to launch high-impact open-access journals, develop an advanced paper recommendation system, and increase daily academic engagement. It's an exciting future, however, only time will tell how these new developments will be received.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
4% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Feb 2022
$23m
SERIES D
Mar 2019
$16m
SERIES C
Total funding: $56.8m
Company benefits
- Comprehensive Healthcare Coverage: 100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your dependents
- Generous Time Off: 21 paid vacation days, 12 paid company holidays, and unlimited sick days; paid parental leave and other leaves for life’s needs; 6-week paid sabbatical every 4 years
- Flexible Work Arrangements: Flexible daily schedules within a hybrid work environment, annual remote-office budget, and monthly WFH internet stipend
- 401k plan, and stock options
Company HQ
Financial District, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Richard Price
(Founder & CEO)Studied PPE at Oxford, going on to complete a PhD in Philosophy. Founded two other businesses: LiveOut.co.uk, and PeopleRadar.co.uk. For 7 years was a Fellow of All Souls College at Oxford University.
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