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Lead Research Analyst - 1078

Lightcast· Enterprise – Skills
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RemoteFull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Senior, hands-on role in the Professional Services Research & Insights team focused on end-to-end analytical delivery, translating large workforce datasets into actionable insights, developing scalable methodologies, and mentoring analysts.

Responsibilities

  • Own end-to-end delivery of complex analytical workstreams from problem framing through final insights.
  • Translate complex datasets into clear, actionable insights and recommendations for client decision-making.
  • Develop executive-ready narratives, visualizations, and presentations that clearly communicate key findings.
  • Ensure insights are structured 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 to maintain quality and rigor.
  • Maintain thorough documentation of methodologies, data transformations, and analytical assumptions.
  • Monitor analytical workflows to ensure timeliness, efficiency, and risk mitigation.
  • Develop templates, standard modules, and reusable analytical assets for current and future engagements.
  • Identify opportunities to improve analytical processes, methodologies, and standardization.
  • Support the assessment of analytical feasibility, complexity, and effort for proposed workstreams.
  • Collaborate with internal teams and clients to ensure analytical outputs align with project objectives.

Qualifications

  • 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.
  • Demonstrated experience owning complex analytical workstreams end-to-end, from problem framing to delivery.
  • Strong 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.
  • Demonstrated 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 both 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.

Skills

Required:SQLPythonClient-facing communication
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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