Senior Data Analyst (m/w/d)

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Strengthen our Data Platform Team in full-time (40 hrs./week) as Senior Data Analyst (m/f/d) within Germany or UK remotely or at one of our office locations.

This role focuses on transforming complex data into strategic insights, enabling smarter decisions and fostering cross-functional collaboration across a rapidly scaling organization.

• Business Analysis & Insights: Conduct deep-dive and ad hoc analyses to uncover patterns, trends, and actionable insights that guide decision-making across departments. Proactively identify opportunities for improvement in processes, products, and outcomes using data.

• Analytical Framework Development: Build and evolve robust frameworks for measuring business performance, success metrics, and goal tracking. Partner with cross-functional teams to align metrics with strategic objectives and KPIs.

• Data Reporting & Visualization: Design and maintain clear, compelling dashboards and reports in a modern BI visualization tool. Translate complex data findings into digestible formats for various audiences.

• Stakeholder Collaboration: Partner closely with stakeholders across the business to understand needs, scope analysis, and deliver strategic insights. Act as a trusted advisor and thought partner in data-driven initiatives.

• Upskilling & Enablement: Lead training sessions and workshops for peers and business users to improve data literacy and promote self-serve analytics. Contribute to a culture of data curiosity and confidence across the organization.

• Collaboration with Analytics Engineering: Work closely with analytics engineers to align data models and transformations with analytical needs. Contribute to the design of the semantic layer and shape the structure of business-facing data.

• Nice to have: Participate in shaping or validating data models and pipelines in collaboration with the engineering team, using SQL and dbt to define transformations for reliable analysis and reporting.

• Nice to have: Deep curiosity about analytics in the age of AI: you study or experiment with generative AI in an analytics context to understand how it might enhance decision-making, automation, and business insight.

• Minimum of 3 years of experience in business analytics, data science, or a similar analytical role.

• Strong SQL skills and comfortable working with a modern data stack such as dbt, Looker, BigQuery, Snowflake, or Redshift.

• Familiarity with the basics of source control and code versioning.

• Strong business acumen, with the ability to connect data insights to a company’s strategic direction, interpret financial metrics, and read a P&L. You think commercially and strategically.

• High attention to detail, ensuring precision, accuracy, and integrity in every analysis.

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate complex data into actionable business insights and effectively influence decisions.

• Nice to have: Background in management or strategic consulting (with structured thinking and top-down problem-solving) and/or experience in fast-paced, high-growth tech or EdTech environments.

• Be you at IU: We support and empower you to achieve your personal and professional goals. After all, your happiness significantly contributes to a positive and productive environment.

• Work wherever you want…: Our digital DNA makes remote work the standard. Whether from home or up to six months a year from abroad – you decide where you are most productive.

• … and flexible in terms of time: It’s your job; We trust you and give you the greatest possible freedom to organize yourself.

• Take your knowledge to a new level: Where else, if not with us? Enjoy free access to all our e-learning platforms. In addition, we will finance you a complete technology course of your choice.

• Make your journey sustainable: Whether it’s a DeutschlandTicket subsidized down to less than 9 euros or a Jobrad (bike leasing) offer, enjoy the freedom of mobility for both work and personal activities, while also making an eco-friendly choice.

• 33 days to rest: Taking breaks is important! In addition to 30 flexible vacation days per year, we also give you an extra day off on your birthday, as well as days off on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve.

Who are we? IU International University of Applied Science (IU) is Germany’s largest university of applied science – and we are not just an excellent choice for studying, but also an outstanding Great Place to Work®! As an Edutech company, we rely on state-of-the-art technology and data-driven approaches. That’s why AI-driven voice assistants and generative AI systems have long become part of our daily work routine, helping us to focus on exciting projects. Here at IU over 4,000 employees are dedicated to making a difference.

Become part of our Data Platform team! We’re passionate, competitive, open to all things new – and we love data. We live to code anything that makes IU students and IU services better.

Sounds like the perfect job for you? Then apply now! Simple, fast and even without a cover letter. If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact kata.jarosz@iu.org.

Please note that all applications must be submitted through our online form; applications via email cannot be considered.

Words are followed by actions: We take our “Culture Of Everyone” very seriously and would like to take this opportunity to expressly point out that you are welcome to join us, regardless of your origin, religion, gender, age or sexual orientation. Even if you have a disability, our doors are wide open to you. We look forward to a diverse community here at IU!