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At 2U, we are all in on purpose. We are motivated by our mission – to eliminate the back row in education – and connected by our shared passion to deliver world-class digital education at scale. As the parent company of edX, the world’s leading online learning platform, 2U powers more than 4,000 online higher education offerings – from free courses to full degrees. Together with more than 230 colleges, universities, and corporate partners, we are helping to unlock human potential.
What We’re Looking For:
The Director of Executive Education Analytics leads a dedicated Cape Town-based analytics team responsible for the full performance of 2U's Exec Ed portfolio. Reporting directly to the VP of Analytics, this is a senior leadership role with broad scope: you will oversee a team of analysts and managers, own the analytical strategy for the Exec Ed business, and serve as the most senior analytics voice in partner and leadership conversations for this segment. The role sits at the intersection of people leadership, investment management, and business performance - and requires someone who can operate with authority at both the strategic and operational level.
Responsibilities Include, But Are Not Limited To:
1. Team Management & Development
Lead and manage the Cape Town Exec Ed analytics team, including a Senior Manager, Lead Analyst (Portfolio), and Senior Analysts.
Set clear expectations for performance, output quality, and professional development across the team.
Own the hiring, onboarding, and capability development of direct reports and the broader team beneath them.
Create a high-performance team culture that is analytically rigorous, partner-oriented, and accountable to outcomes.
Serve as the escalation point for people, performance, and stakeholder issues within the Exec Ed analytics function.
2. Spend Management & Investment Oversight
Own the analytical oversight of Exec Ed media investment ensuring spend plans are grounded in performance data, aligned to program goals, and executed correctly by media teams.
Hold the team accountable to monthly spend plan production and budget management for every program in the Exec Ed portfolio.
Partner with the Demand Generation and Media teams to ensure investment decisions are informed by full-funnel analytics, not channel metrics alone.
Provide leadership-level visibility into spend performance, variance from plan, and the analytical rationale behind investment decisions.
3. Analytics & Program Performance
Ensure the team delivers rigorous, timely program performance analytics across all Exec Ed offerings - covering funnel performance, submit-to-registration conversion, and cohort-level outcomes.
Own the registration forecasting function for Exec Ed, ensuring forecasts are accurate, consistently produced, and clearly communicated to business stakeholders.
Drive the team toward analytical best practices including the use of consistent methodologies, clean data hygiene, and a push toward automation where appropriate.
Lead or sponsor program performance conversations with senior internal stakeholders, stepping in where Director-level presence is required.
4. Portfolio Performance & Partner Reporting
Maintain a portfolio-level view of Exec Ed program health - tracking trends, identifying systemic risks, and ensuring leadership has a clear picture of the business at all times.
Oversee partner reporting ensuring that analytics delivered to university partners are accurate, well-presented, and reflect the full scope of program performance.
Oversee contact strategy analytics and customer journey analytics for Exec Ed, ensuring the team is building the right frameworks to measure and optimize the learner experience.
Partner with the VP of Analytics and CMO on portfolio-level strategy, cross-functional priorities, and Exec Ed business planning.
5. . Cross-Functional Leadership
Serve as the senior Exec Ed analytics representative in cross-functional forums involving Finance, Media, Demand Generation, and Partner teams.
Partner with the Finance team on program-level financial reporting, forecast alignment, and budget planning.
Coordinate with the Degree Analytics team particularly the Portfolio Analytics function, to ensure consistency in methodology and reporting standards across the organization.
Represent the analytics function in partner-facing conversations where a Director-level presence is required.
Things That Should Be In Your Background:
8+ years of experience in analytics, with at least 3 years leading a team of 4 or more analysts or managers.
Demonstrated ownership of a business analytics function with accountability for both people and outcomes.
Strong command of demand generation analytics, media spend management, and enrollment or registration funnel performance.
Experience engaging with external partners or clients in an analytics capacity - you are comfortable in the room with senior stakeholders.
Ability to operate with autonomy in a Cape Town-based role while maintaining close alignment with US-based leadership.
Excellent communication skills - you present analytical findings clearly and confidently to executive and partner audiences.
Proficiency in analytics and BI platforms (Tableau, Looker, or equivalent) and strong SQL or equivalent querying skills.
Benefits & Culture
Our global employee base is a diverse collection of innovators, dreamers, and doers working together to transform lives through higher education. We believe that every employee can advance our shared purpose, and that life at 2U should be fun and meaningful. If you’re excited by the opportunity to provide over 40 million learners and counting with access to world-class online higher education, then join us – and do work that makes a difference. #NoBackRow
We offer comprehensive benefits (unique per country) and excellent work/life balance.
Full-time, ZA benefits include:
2U Diversity and Inclusion Statement
At 2U, we are committed to building and sustaining a culture of belonging, respect, and inclusion. We are proud of the steps we’ve taken to bring together an employee base that embodies diverse walks of life, ideas, genders, ages, races, cultures, sexual orientations, abilities and other unique qualities. We strive to offer a workplace where every employee feels empowered by what makes us different, as well as by how we are alike.
2U is committed to providing reasonable accommodations during our recruitment process. If you need assistance or accommodations, please reach out to us at: recruitingaccommodations@2u.com.
About 2U LLC
For more than a decade, 2U, Inc. has been the digital transformation partner of choice to great non-profit colleges and universities delivering high-quality online education at scale. As the parent company of edX, a leading global online learning platform, 2U provides over 45 million learners with access to world-class education in partnership with more than 230 colleges, universities, and corporations. Our people and technology are powering more than 4,000 digital education offerings — from free courses to full degrees — and helping unlock human potential. To learn more: visit 2U.com.
About edX
edX is the education movement for restless learners and a leading global online learning platform from 2U, LLC. Together with the majority of the world’s top-ranked universities and industry-leading companies, we bring our community of over 45 million learners world-class education to support them at every stage of their lives and careers, from free courses to full degrees. And we're not stopping there — we're relentlessly pursuing our vision of a world where every learner can access education to unlock their potential, without the barriers of cost or location. Learn more at edX.org.
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