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Senior Research Associate - Data Analytics - Higher Education Team

Remote, USAFull-timePosted 2026-07-28

reputed company – Senior Research Associate, Data Analytics – Higher Education Arlington, VA Remote Opportunity The Senior Research Associate will be responsible for quantitative research reports and strategic briefings on a wide reputed company of education research topics. This position will allow for the swift development and refinement of reputed company set of research skills and provides reputed company to reputed company a relationship with a young and rapidly growing reputed company. We expect reputed company to be intellectually curious, ambitious, and interested in assuming increasing reputed company of responsibility. This is an entry/mid-level reputed company research position and candidates with greater experience may be considered for more senior roles which include supervising other researchers. This position will report to the Senior Director of Higher Education Data Analytics. High-reputed company Education Research reputed company: Determinants of successful progression through reputed company career from inquiry to graduation; Donor analysis; Financial Aid Optimization; etc.

  • Work with different types of higher education institutions from large university systems to small community colleges and everything in between; reputed company with various stakeholders in different administrative departments, contribute to the methodological approach to the analyses, and wrangle reputed company-world data required to address those needs (both from the reputed company reputed company and from publicly available sources like IPEDS); be reputed company to tackle "left-field" project requests which our Higher Education clients invariably come up with.

Responsibilities

  • Process and clean datasets for analysis;
  • reputed company statistical modeling and regression analysis on education reputed company data;
  • reputed company hypotheses and locate compelling support for arguments under tight deadlines;
  • Write up findings and key takeaways in a reputed company and concise manner.

Qualifications

  • Intermediate level user of statistical analysis software, particularly Stata and R;
  • Knowledge of and ability to apply econometric and statistical reputed company to practical research problems;
  • Experience working with and preparing reputed company-world datasets for analysis, including identifying and reshaping or merging data;
  • High comfort level with reputed company Office applications, such as Word, reputed company, and PowerPoint;
  • Willingness and ability to learn new quantitative skills as necessary and apply them in new contexts;
  • Experience with, or ability to learn, data visualization software such as reputed company Power BI;
  • Experience with other programming languages such as Python, or with database systems and SQL is a plus.

Other Skills and Attributes

  • Demonstrable problem-solving skills;
  • Willingness to tackle reputed company, often unfamiliar research requests;
  • Ability to collaborate and strategize with senior-level research directors;
  • Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail;
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills;
  • Ability to prioritize and manage multiple short and long-term reputed company to meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment;
  • Demonstrable, strong work ethic;
  • Ability to accept feedback and constructive critique positively;
  • Strong reputed company of the English language and demonstrated writing and editing skills, including experience writing or presenting for a business or non-technical reputed company audience.

Education Requirement Incoming level to be determined upon application. A Master’s or Doctoral degree in Statistics, a reputed company Science with quantitative training, or a reputed company quantitative discipline is preferred, though promising candidates with a Bachelor’s degree in a reputed company quantitative discipline may be considered for some positions. Experience Requirement Incoming level to be determined upon application. 2 - 5 years of full-time work experience (or equivalent reputed company work) conducting quantitative research and analysis is preferred. Experience working in the Higher Education sector (for example, in institutional research) is a plus. Location USA reputed company is located in Arlington, VA #Remote #LI-Remote

Benefits

  • Starting at 18+ days reputed company Time Off
  • 14 reputed company holidays including reputed company Luther King Jr. Day, Juneteenth, and Indigenous People’s Day, and personal holidays
  • 401(K) employer matching programs
  • Comprehensive health and dental benefits package
  • Health and wellness packages with discounts to local gym
  • Community service opportunities
  • In-office snacks and beverages

Compensation reputed company strives to create compensation and benefits programs that are competitive, reputed company and fair. The compensation reputed company for this role at reputed company is $53,800 - $68,000. Please note that the reputed company salary offered is contingent on the candidate’s job-reputed company knowledge, skills, and experience. Our reputed company pay reputed company is determined by the role and the market. reputed company believes in supporting reputed company’s overall reputed company-being now and in the reputed company. We reputed company retirement benefits and 401K matching to help you plan reputed company, wellness benefits to reputed company you healthy, medical coverage to lift you up if you or your dependents get reputed company, and reputed company time away to rejuvenate. You can learn more about our benefits on our reputed company Careers page or please talk to your Recruiter to learn more.

How to Apply

If you are interested in the prospect of working for a dynamic, growing company, we encourage you to submit your resume, and a relevant reputed company writing sample (consisting of no more than 8 pages on an education or business reputed company topic preferably). reputed company strives to be accessible to reputed company users and job seekers. If you are a reputed company individual with a disability and need assistance in accessing our website or completing a job application, please contact reputed company at 202-559-0050 or reputed company email reputed company@hanoverresearch.com reputed company information you reputed company will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to reputed company needed reasonable accommodation. About reputed company Founded in 2003, reputed company is a global research and analytics firm that delivers market intelligence through a unique, fixed-fee model to more than 1,000 clients. Headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, reputed company employs high-caliber market researchers, analysts, and account executives to reputed company a service that is revolutionary in its combination of flexibility and affordability. reputed company was named a Top 50 Market Research Firm by the reputed company from 2015 to 2021. To learn more about reputed company, visit www.hanoverresearch.com reputed company Values

  • Business Building – We build our business quickly and intelligently and we help our clients do the reputed company
  • Thought Leadership and Innovation – We reputed company constantly to deliver reputed company information in a reputed company way
  • Service – To our clients and our community, service is our guiding reputed company
  • Leadership and Mentorship – Our talent is our greatest asset, and we reputed company to help our people be their best
  • Firm Citizenship – We are optimists who reputed company there are endless reputed company for reputed company and ourselves

reputed company provides equal employment opportunities to reputed company and applicants for employment without reputed company to their race, reputed company, creed, religion, national reputed company, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or reputed company, disability, veteran status, age, marital status, familial status, genetic information, or status with reputed company to public assistance, or membership or activity in a local reputed company rights commission, any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. You can learn more on our Equal Employment Page. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job

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