Thanks for your interest in Success Academy! Running a large, fast-growing, and high-performing network of public charter schools takes a village - families, children, teachers, staff and faculty, advocates, and supporters alike. We are growing fast in New York and expanding to Florida, and we would love to welcome you to our community! We work tirelessly every day to ensure children have access to a fun, rigorous, whole-child education regardless of zip code or economic status. When you join SA, you play a part in giving every student who walks through our doors a fair shot at reaching his or her potential.
About the Role
Strategy & Business Development (BD) helps author and orchestrate the enterprise strategy and provides the analytical capabilities required to drive it forward. The team owns the strategic planning process, manages the organization’s market intelligence capability, leads research and analytical support of key initiatives, and runs Business Development and Partnerships. Working end-to-end across all functions, Strategy & BD is positioned to help Success Academy deliver its most ambitious goals.
We are seeking a Strategy Senior Analyst to play a leading role on this highly visible, high-impact team. The Strategy Senior Analyst will enhance our strategy and execution by generating and communicating the insights needed to drive change at high speed. The ideal candidate combines a sharp analytical toolkit, fast pattern recognition, excellent communication skills, and the ability to work across different altitudes of an organization. From day one, you will work directly with the executive leadership team on the most consequential decisions facing the network. Success Academy is the fastest-growing charter network. The scope and responsibility of this role are built to scale with it—strong contributors are recognized quickly with broader scope, increased ownership, and accelerated growth.
Key Responsibilities
- Translate ambiguity into structured analysis. Convert ambiguous strategic questions into answerable diagnostics, working across functions of the network to surface the underlying drivers and the insights that change decisions.
- Build the intelligence layer the network runs on. Design the analytical frameworks, scorecards, and decision-support tools that drive how we operate, with strong instinct for design, simplicity, and clarity.
- Drive analysis and performance through innovation. Apply the modern toolkit—including the full suite of AI—to data analysis and visualization, accelerating insight generation and strengthening the performance-management systems the network runs on.
- Author key executive communications. Distill complex, multi-source information into actionable insights and recommendations to the Executive Leadership team.
- Partner across the enterprise. Work alongside leaders in growth, marketing, real estate, operations, HR, and finance to surface insights and deliver results.
- Own work end-to-end. Take problems from definition through analysis, recommendation, and implementation.
- Build the operating cadence. Help institutionalize the strategic planning, market intelligence, and decision-support rhythms the network needs to run on as it scales.
Qualifications
- 3–5 years of analytical experience. Post-undergraduate experience at a top-tier strategy consulting firm (MBB or equivalent), Tier-1 investment bank, or comparable analytical environment, with a demonstrated track record of turning data into decisions that drive real action.
- Excellent data analysis and visualization. Quantitative fluency paired with mastery of the modern analytical toolkit—including the full suite of AI tools—to accelerate analysis, bring data to life through clear and compelling visualizations, and strengthen the performance management systems the network runs on.
- Exceptional communication. Able to distill complex information into executive-ready takeaways.
- Intellectual curiosity. Fast pattern recognition and the ability to learn new domains, stakeholders, and tools quickly.
- Detail and altitude. Exceptional attention to detail when the analysis demands it, with the ability to elevate to enterprise-level thinking.
- Partnership and stakeholder management. Builds trust and credibility across functions and levels of the organization, earns the right to be at the table with senior leaders, and influences decisions without formal authority.
- High agency. End-to-end ownership and an enterprise mindset for seeing and building the connections across functions to operationalize the work and compound impact.
- High drive, low ego. Pairs ambition and intensity with humility—no task too small, willing to roll up sleeves and pitch in wherever needed to drive change.
Compensation, Benefits & Perks
At Success Academy, we invest boldly in our Network team with a comprehensive package designed to support your health, financial future, and overall well-being:
- Day-One Health & Wellness: Medical, dental, and vision coverage starting your first day (SA covers 82% of our core medical plan), plus a free One Medical membership and confidential mental health support via EAP/Talkspace.
- Financial Security: 403(b) retirement plan with a 3% employer match, up to $2,400/year in employer HSA contributions, employer-paid life/disability insurance, and Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) eligibility.
- Time to Recharge: Generous paid time off, paid holidays, and paid parental leave.
- Perks & Stipends: A $50/month cellphone stipend ($600/year), pre-tax commuter benefits, backup family care, and performance-based earning incentives.
This is a hybrid position based in our NYC Financial District office, requiring on-site work Tuesday through Thursday and remote work on Monday and Friday.
Success Academy Charter Schools is an equal opportunity employer and actively encourages applications from people of all backgrounds. Compensation is competitive and commensurate with experience. Success Academy offers a full benefits program and opportunities for professional growth.
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We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our organization. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We actively seek applications from people of all backgrounds to strengthen our community and the perspectives needed to flourish in a multicultural world. Success Academy offers a full benefits program and opportunities for professional growth.
Success Academy Charter Schools does not offer employment-based immigration sponsorship.
