Senior EVAAS Education Policy Specialist

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About the role

The Education Visualization and Analytics Solution (EVAAS) provides educators with powerful analytics and visualizations for reflecting on practices and planning for students’ future needs and goals. The EVAAS team is a specialized division at SAS that focuses exclusively on education solutions, partnering with state education agencies and districts to support their analytic, consulting, and reporting needs. Our mission is to equip educators with information to make sound instructional choices and use resources strategically, ensuring every student has the best chance to succeed.

EVAAS is looking for a Senior Education Policy Specialist to support EVAAS solutions in states, districts, and schools. In this role, you will deliver customer solutions and strategize future needs through your knowledge of education and government policies. You will collaborate with leaders in state agencies, districts, and internal teams at SAS.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with state education agencies and districts to support their implementation of EVAAS solutions, including anticipating client perspectives in light of local policies and goals and contributing to discussions about strategic considerations related to reporting decisions and business rules.
• Represent SAS EVAAS in meetings, conferences, advisory groups, and stakeholder discussions, providing thought leadership on educational policy, accountability systems, data analytics, and evidence-based decision making.
• Serve as a policy and industry subject matter expert, supporting the development of new analytics, reporting solutions, and product features by leading demonstrations of new and existing product offerings for state and district stakeholders. Translate technical capabilities into practical applications and help clients understand how solutions support their policy objectives and strategic priorities.
• Analyze outcomes-based data and summarize results for internal and external stakeholders.
• Support internal development of new analytics and web reports or features through industry knowledge.
• Embrace curiosity, passion, authenticity, and accountability—values that influence everything we do.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s or PhD preferred in public policy, public administration, education, statistics, computer science, advanced analytics, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 8 years of experience in a related field.
• Proven experience in education, government, analytics, or hosted web applications, including substantial experience collaborating with senior leaders internally and externally.
• Experience working in state education agencies, other government agencies, districts, schools, assessment vendors, education non-profits, research organizations, or other roles focused on education solutions.
• Excellent analytical, creative problem-solving, written, and verbal communication skills. Ability to engage both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Equivalent combination of related education, training, and experience may be considered in place of the above qualifications.

Skills

• Customer focus: Ensuring the customer’s perspective drives strategic priorities, business decisions, and organizational processes. Crafting and implementing service practices that meet customers’ and the organization’s needs.
• Communication: Conveying information and ideas clearly and concisely in an engaging manner. Listening actively to others.
• Building Trusting Relationships: Using appropriate interpersonal styles to establish effective relationships with customers and internal partners. Promoting openness and trust.
• Quality Orientation: Accomplishing tasks by considering all areas involved, showing concern for all aspects of the job, and accurately checking processes and tasks.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, prescription, dental, and vision plans with multiple options, including:
  • PPO with low annual deductible and copays.
  • HDHP combined with a health savings account, with a contribution from SAS (no access to on-site health care center).
• Onsite Health Care Center (HQ) free to employees and family members enrolled in the PPO plan, including a pharmacy. For those not local to HQ, prescriptions are shipped at no additional charge.
• Industry-leading 401k plan.
• Tuition Assistance Program and resources to support professional development.
• Generous time away, including:
  • Vacation time and a variety of paid holidays.
  • U.S. Winter Wellness Break between December 25 and January 1.
  • Volunteer Time Off, parental leave, and unlimited paid sick days.
• Generous childcare benefits for all full-time employees.

To qualify, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States and should not require, now or in the future, sponsorship for employment visa status.