Principal, Data Analytics & Business Intelligence

Job Title: Principal Data Analytics & Business Intelligence Analyst

Job Description: Join Pearson’s RevOps Sales Intelligence team as a Principal Data Analytics & BI Analyst, where you’ll lead high-impact analytics that directly shape sales performance and business growth.

This is a highly strategic role — you’ll partner with leaders across Sales, Finance, and Business Strategy to turn complex data into clear, executive-ready insights that drive decisions.

From day one, you’ll be influencing revenue outcomes, uncovering growth opportunities, and building scalable analytics solutions that power smarter planning and forecasting. If you’re excited by owning end-to-end analytics and seeing your insights translate into real business impact, this role offers that platform.

What You’ll Own

• Lead analytics initiatives that improve sales pipeline health, revenue performance, and forecasting accuracy, driving measurable business outcomes.
• Translate ambiguous business questions into structured analytics frameworks, models, and actionable insights that enable better decision-making.
• Identify and drive cross-business growth opportunities, uncovering performance patterns, whitespace, and expansion levers across products, segments, and regions. 
• Build and scale executive-level dashboards and BI solutions that bring clarity to complex data and empower self-service insights.
• Apply advanced analytics, AI, and automation techniques to accelerate insight generation and improve the quality of recommendations. 
• Partner closely with senior stakeholders to align analytics priorities with strategic goals and revenue impact.

About You

You bring strong expertise in data analytics and business intelligence, and you’re someone who thrives on turning complexity into clarity.

• You bring 7+ years of experience in data analytics, BI, or related fields, ideally within complex, data-rich environments.
• You’re highly skilled in hypothesis-driven analysis, segmentation, and performance diagnostics, with the ability to structure and solve ambiguous problems.
• You have hands-on experience building scalable dashboards and reporting solutions in Power BI or Tableau.
• You’re comfortable working with modern data platforms such as Microsoft Fabric, Azure Data Explorer, or BigQuery.
• You have experience turning insights into business recommendations that influence senior stakeholders.
• You’re someone who collaborates effectively, communicates insights clearly, and raises the bar on data-driven decision making. 
• You thrive in an environment focused on innovation, continuous learning, and impact.

What You’ll Get

• The opportunity to shape business-critical decisions through high-impact analytics and insight generation
• Exposure to senior leadership and the chance to influence cross-functional strategy at scale
• A role where you can build, innovate, and apply advanced analytics and AI techniques in real-world business scenarios
• A collaborative, growth-oriented environment that supports continuous learning and career progression
• Competitive compensation, performance incentives, and benefits aligned to your market

Ready to make an Impact?

Apply now and help shape what’s next at Pearson. 

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