Strategy Analyst; REMOTE

The Strategy Analyst is an individual contributor role responsible for supporting pricing strategy, commercial analysis, and business insight generation across Cengage Group.

This role follows a hybrid onboarding approach before transitioning to a primarily remote schedule. During the first 3–6 months, candidates must work on‑site in Boston one day per week to support training, collaboration, and team integration. After onboarding is complete, the position becomes fully remote (work from home), with a monthly in‑person team meeting in Boston to stay connected and aligned.

• Develop analyses and recommendations related to pricing optimization, commercial simplification, whitespace opportunities, and market positioning.
• Support the 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 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 synthesizing findings into clear summaries, charts, and recommendations.
• Support broader strategic and transformation projects as needed, including business reviews, market analyses, and commercial initiatives.

• A four‑year college degree with high achievement and previous experience in analytics, strategy, consulting, pricing, finance, or related roles.
• 1–3 years of professional experience in analytics, consulting, pricing, finance, or related analytical roles (co‑op experience acceptable).
• Strong analytical and quantitative problem‑solving skills with attention to detail.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint, and interest in learning SQL, Snowflake, and other analytical tools.
• Ability to work with and interpret large data sets to identify trends, patterns, and actionable insights.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast‑paced environment.
• Excellent communication skills to present analytical findings clearly to technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Interest in pricing strategy, commercial analytics, market analysis, and strategic problem‑solving.
• Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills to work effectively across teams and functions.
• Interest in creatively leveraging AI to support analysis and research.
• Self‑starter with learning agility and willingness to take ownership of work and analyses.
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and supporting projects with evolving business questions.
• Preferred:
  Experience in education technology, SaaS, subscription businesses, pricing analysis, consulting, or commercial analytics environments.

10% Annual:
Individual Target $67,000.00 - $87,000.00 USD.

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