Analytics Lead, Japan Partnerships

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About Udemy
Udemy is an AI-powered skills acceleration platform transforming how companies and individuals across the world build the capabilities needed to thrive in a rapidly evolving workplace. By combining on-demand, multi-language content with real-time innovation, Udemy delivers personalized experiences that empower organizations to scale workforce development and help individuals build the technical, business, and soft skills most relevant to their careers. Today, thousands of companies, including Samsung SDS America, On24, Tata Consultancy Services, The World Bank, and Volkswagen, rely on Udemy Business for its enterprise solutions to build agile, future-ready teams. Udemy is headquartered in San Francisco, with hubs across the United States, Australia, India, Ireland, Mexico, and Türkiye. Udemy recently combined with Coursera to create one of the world’s most comprehensive skills development platforms.

Where we Work

Udemy is a global company headquartered in San Francisco, with additional U.S. offices in Denver and Austin, and international hubs in Australia, India, Ireland, Mexico, and Türkiye. This is a hybrid position, requiring three days a week in the office (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) and flexibility on Mondays and Fridays.

About your skills

• You’re a business analyst who’s passionate about turning raw data into meaningful insight and action. You know that great analysis doesn’t just explain what happened; it helps people understand why it matters and what to do next.

• You’re fluent in SQL, Python and Tableau, and comfortable navigating ambiguous business problems.

• You thrive in cross-functional environments and when working closely with Sales, Customer Success, Partnerships, Marketing, Product, and Finance teams. You’re equal parts technical and communicative, and the intersection of analytics and storytelling excites you.  You enjoy mining data for actionable insights, uncovering patterns in behavior that drive business outcomes, and presenting trends/ad hoc findings to business partners and senior leaders.

• You’re curious, a fast learner, and constantly thinking about how to scale your impact through automation and proactive insight.

About this role

The Analytics Lead for Japan Partnerships is a highly visible and impactful role, focused on supporting Udemy's largest partnerships. You will provide deep, actionable analytics and insights for Japan and indirect partner channels, enabling the channel sales team to optimize partner performance, make data-driven decisions, and accelerate regional revenue growth. As this role will require regular interaction with our Japan-based partner teams, fluency in both Japanese and English is a requirement for this position.

What you’ll be doing  

• Develop, manage, and evolve the key performance indicators (KPIs) and reporting framework for the Udemy Japan Team and partner ecosystem and other indirect/reseller channels.

• Build and maintain dashboards (in Tableau and Databricks) that track Udemy Japan efforts including partner-sourced pipeline, revenue, deal registrations, and partner performance against targets in both Udemy Business and Udemy Consumer.

• Conduct in-depth analysis of the Udemy Japan business, identifying trends, key user behaviors, and opportunities for growth or optimization.

• Support the Japan Partner Account Managers with data and insights for partner-facing events such as Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs) and conferences.

• Act as the primary data and analytics point of contact for the Udemy Japan leadership and the global partner operations team.  Partner with the Director of Japan Business Operations to review and understand use of shared data.

• Analyze the effectiveness of partner initiatives and promotions in the region.

• Assist in forecasting for both Corporate and Consumer business, collaborating with sales, marketing and finance teams.

What you’ll have

• Fluency in both Japanese and English is required to enable communication with our partner in Japan.

• 5-7 years of work experience in analytics or data science roles, ideally with at least 1-2 years of direct experience supporting B2B SaaS, Partnership, or GTM analytics (Customer Success, Sales, RevOps).

• Expert-level SQL skills; experience with Databricks or similar cloud data warehouses.

• Proficiency in data visualization tools, particularly Tableau, with a strong eye for visual storytelling and usability.

• Strong communication and storytelling skills; ability to meet with customers and internal stakeholders to present insights with confidence.

• Experience with segmentation and statistical analysis to support business decision-making is a plus

• Familiarity with Python or other scripting languages is a plus.

• A proactive mindset, strong ownership, and a collaborative approach to working across teams.

Posting Date:  June 11th, 2026

Application Window: We anticipate the application window will be open until June 24th, 2026. Based on business needs, this opportunity may remain posted beyond or closed before the anticipated application window.

Why work here?

You’ll grow here.
Learning is part of the job. You’ll get full access to Udemy courses, a monthly UDay to invest in yourself, and a budget to spend on whatever helps you improve. Many people are diving into AI lately, but what you focus on is up to you.

AI is real here.
We use it in the way we learn and the way we work. You’ll have the space and tools to experiment, apply, and get better at using AI in practical ways.

You’ll own your work.
We trust people to lead, make decisions, and follow through. You don’t need to wait for permission or layers of approval to have an impact.

You’ll build with others.
We collaborate openly and shape ideas together. Everyone has a voice, and good thinking is welcomed from any direction.

You’ll see your impact.
What you build helps people grow their skills, change their careers, or find a path forward. You’ve got the experience, why not use it to help others gain theirs?

Bring your curiosity. We’ll bring the platform and the support. Let’s LEARN together. 

Our Benefits Start with U

Our benefits start with you and were built to provide you and your family with the protection and care you need, making it easy to access the right coverage when you need it most. Benefits vary by region, and we encourage applicants to review our Australia Benefits, India Benefits, Ireland Benefits, Mexico Benefits, Turkiye Benefits & US Benefits, pages to get an understanding of some of the benefits we offer. For details on region-specific benefits, please refer to the information provided during the hiring process. 

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