Strategic Impact Analyst

At Boundless Learning we are empowering our customers to deliver exceptional experiences that expand opportunities for learners around the world. We put learner success at the heart of everything we do, empowering our partners to deliver personalized, learner-centric experiences that boost access and create economic mobility.  At Boundless Learning you’ll have the opportunity to collaborate with passionate, diverse teams, where your ideas are valued, and your expertise is respected. Join us on this meaningful journey towards transforming education and making a lasting difference in the lives of learners worldwide.

The Strategic Impact Analyst is responsible for quantifying and communicating the value of Boundless Learning’s products and services - with a primary focus on driving impact within our existing partner portfolio. This includes modeling partner-specific and market-wide return on investment, generating strategic insights from our advisory work, and creating tools and narratives that support sales, marketing, and partner engagement. In addition, this role would help build business cases for new programs or business models, using tools like the Opportunity Matrix and Learning Solutions Assessment, and developing ROI narratives that support partner decision-making. The role ensures our insights aren’t just informative—but clearly tied to impact.

The role ensures our insights are not only strategic and credible, but also actionable and directly tied to the success of our current partners, with an emphasis on partner retention, expansion, and outcomes. The role will also support Boundless Learning’s efforts to unify messaging across our Learner Lifecycle Services, Learning Design Solutions, technology platforms (LXS), academic delivery (Short Courses and Academy), and the Strategy & Advisory suite. It will play a critical role in helping internal teams and external partners make data-informed decisions that drive growth, adoption, and long-term value.

Key Responsibilities

• ROI Modeling & Forecasting
  Build and maintain ROI models that reflect product-specific and partner-specific outcomes, integrating inputs from Sales, Forecasting, Product, and Strategy teams. Tailor these models for various audiences (e.g., higher ed, associations, corporate learning buyers).
• Business Case Development
  Leverage the Opportunity Matrix, Learning Solutions Assessments, and other research outputs to create business cases for new programs or service models within existing partnerships.
• Partner-Facing Value Stories
  Develop executive-ready ROI case study narratives and supporting materials for use in sales presentations, solution briefs, advisory engagements, and marketing materials.
• Insights Integration
  Leverage outputs from Strategy & Advisory engagements (e.g., Learning Solutions Assessments, Opportunity Matrix) to surface trends, benchmarks, and post-engagement ROI insights.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
  Serve as a central point of collaboration across Research & Insights, Planning & Forecasting, Sales, Partnerships, and Product—ensuring consistency and clarity in value messaging.
• Tool & Asset Development
  Contribute to the design of scalable value-enablement tools (e.g., ROI calculators, forecasting templates, partner reporting dashboards) for use across Boundless Learning’s solution set.
• Strategic Influence
  Provide input into product roadmap, pricing, and go-to-market strategy by bringing a ROI lens to conversations around performance and value delivery.

Key Collaborators

• Sales & Partnerships: Support go-to-market strategy, pre-sale ROI modeling, and value messaging.
• Planning & Forecasting: Integrate demand, enrollment, and revenue projections into ROI models.
• Product (including sub-teams: LDS, Academy, Short Courses, etc.): Share insights to inform roadmap development, feature prioritization, and value proposition.
• Research & Insights: Partner with analysts and strategists to generate, interpret, and communicate advisory outputs.

Qualifications & Experience

• 5–10 years in strategic analysis, consulting, or ROI/value-focused roles (e.g., SaaS value engineering, educational product strategy, business intelligence)
• Strong analytical acumen, with fluency in ROI modeling and business impact forecasting
• Skilled at synthesizing complex data into actionable narratives
• Experience working cross-functionally, ideally in a matrixed or client-facing environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; comfort presenting insights to executive audiences
• Familiarity with education, workforce development, or edtech industries is strongly preferred
• Strong proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, and at least one analytics or BI tool (e.g., Tableau, Power BI)

Success Measures

• Partner-facing business cases directly support new programs or service expansions
• ROI models are adopted and used in renewal, sales and advisory conversations
• Stakeholder feedback confirms clarity and value of partner-facing ROI messaging
• Clear improvement in internal alignment around how Boundless defines and tracks impact
• Positive partner and internal feedback on clarity, credibility, and value of messaging
• Demonstrated influence on product, pricing, or service design through data-backed recommendations

Working Conditions

• Based in North America, preference will be given to candidates local to the Chicago office
• Travel (including international) of up to 25% may be required for client visits and / or to attend education technology conferences. 
• This role engages with teams and clients globally and will require working outside of core working hours.