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Lead Analyst owning complex workforce analytics for Lightcast, a labor-market insights company. Translating datasets into strategic client recommendations while mentoring analysts and improving methodologies.
Responsibilities:
- Own end-to-end delivery of complex analytical workstreams from problem framing through final insights
- Translate complex workforce datasets into clear, actionable insights and recommendations for client decision-making
- Develop executive-ready narratives, visualizations, and presentations communicating key findings
- Structure insights to support strategic decisions and transformation initiatives
- Ensure data accuracy, methodological consistency, and alignment with delivery standards
- Review and validate analytical work from Senior Analysts and Analysts
- Document methodologies, data transformations, and analytical assumptions
- Monitor analytical workflows for timeliness, efficiency, and risk mitigation
- Develop templates, standard modules, and reusable analytical assets
- Improve analytical processes, methodologies, and standardization
- Assess analytical feasibility, complexity, and effort for proposed workstreams
- Collaborate with internal teams and clients to align analytical outputs with project objectives
- Mentor analysts and contribute to scalable methodologies and best practices
Requirements:
- 5+ years of experience in analytics, consulting, research, or a related field
- Degree in quantitative field preferred (Economics, Statistics, Data Science, or related field)
- Experience working in client-facing or stakeholder-facing environments
- Experience owning complex analytical workstreams end-to-end, from problem framing to delivery
- Ability to translate complex data into clear insights, narratives, and decision-support recommendations
- Ability to manage multiple analytical workstream components with strong attention to detail and quality control
- Ability to navigate ambiguity while balancing analytical rigor, speed, and client context
- Experience creating client-ready visualizations, presentations, and analytical storytelling
- Strong communication skills with technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Strong background in quantitative analysis, data interpretation, and quality assurance
- Advanced proficiency in SQL, Python, or similar analytical programming tools
- Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and Google Workspace, especially Excel and PowerPoint
- Experience mentoring analysts and contributing to reusable analytical frameworks or best practices
- Experience in workforce analytics, skills data, HR technology, or labor economics is a plus
- Must be authorized to work in the United States without current or future employer sponsorship
- Must live and work in a state where Lightcast is authorized to operate; the role excludes Alaska, Arkansas, California, Delaware, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wyoming
Benefits:
- Equal opportunity workplace and commitment to diversity of thought and unique perspectives
- Remote work-from-home arrangement
- Mentoring and professional development through analyst mentorship
- No employment visa sponsorship is provided
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