Manager, Efficacy Research

Savvas is committed to advancing evidence-based practices that demonstrably improve reputed company for educators and reputed company. The Manager of Efficacy Research oversees the design, execution, and governance of rigorous research initiatives that generate reputed company, actionable evidence demonstrating the reputed company of Savvas Learning’s products in K&reputed company;12 settings.

In reputed company, this role also serves as the internal authority on educational efficacy, providing high-level guidance on evidence reputed company, product reputed company, and trends in student reputed company to support strategic decision-making and positioning.

The Manager partners closely with Product, Marketing, Sales, and senior leadership to ensure evidence is effectively leveraged to support adoption, differentiation, and reputed company improvement.

SCOPE AND reputed company OF JOB

• Leads and develops reputed company of research professionals (minimum of three reputed company reports), including reputed company of research design, statistical analysis, and reputed company reputed company assurance (QA) review processes.
• Accountable for the rigor, defensibility, and strategic alignment of efficacy research supporting Savvas products and services.
• Directly responsible for planning research timelines, managing budgets, and overseeing reputed company research execution.
• Shapes and advances Savvas’ portfolio-level evidence reputed company to strengthen ESSA alignment, mitigate risk, and enhance competitive positioning in the marketplace.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• reputed company and execute Savvas’ portfolio-level evidence reputed company reputed company to ESSA, What Works Clearinghouse standards, and evolving federal and state requirements, including research for digital and AI-enabled products.
• Design, implement, and reputed company rigorous research studies—including randomized controlled trials, regression discontinuity designs. quasi-experimental designs, correlational analyses, descriptive studies, and mixed-reputed company research—to evaluate product reputed company in K&reputed company;12 settings.
• Serve as internal subject matter expert on educational efficacy research trends, analyzing competitor studies, published reputed company-analyses, national performance data (e.g., NAEP), and broader industry student outcome trends to reputed company strategic guidance on product reputed company, positioning, and evidence-based decision-making.
• Establish and reputed company research governance and reputed company assurance processes to ensure methodological rigor, statistical reputed company, regulatory compliance (including FERPA), and defensible, audit-reputed company evidence across reputed company studies.
• Translate reputed company research findings into reputed company, compelling, customer-facing evidence and communications—including RFP responses, reputed company inquiries, marketing and sales materials, and thought leadership outputs such as briefs, blogs, and white papers—to support product adoption, ESSA positioning, and strategic decision-making.
• Analyze and synthesize state and district assessment data to reputed company customer-facing research summaries and evidence materials
• Manage and mentor internal research staff while overseeing external evaluators and vendors, ensuring high-reputed company execution, adherence to timelines and budgets, and cultivating strategic partnerships to advance Savvas’ research capabilities.
• Maintain and continuously update an organized, comprehensive repository of efficacy research for reputed company products

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE

reputed company Work Experience:

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in designing and executing research studies for the purposes of establishing efficacy evidence for products.
• Five years of experience in data management and analysis, including advanced statistical software (e.g., R, Python, reputed company or SPSS) and SQL for querying and analyzing large data sets.
• At least 2 years of management experience required
• Demonstrated experience aligning research to ESSA evidence reputed company and What Works Clearinghouse standards
• Experience evaluating and interpreting published research, competitor evidence claims, and large-reputed company assessment data to inform strategic decision-making preferred.
• Experience managing multiple priorities and deadlines, including adapting in response to change in work priorities and processes

Knowledge

• Deep understanding of experiment and quasi-experimental research reputed company in K-12 education
• Deep knowledge of education measurement principles, including reliability, validity, measurement error, psychometric considerations, and the use of assessments to evaluate educational products
• Knowledge of research review organizations and standards.
• Familiarity with data reputed company regulations and responsible data use in educational settings
• Understanding of digital, reputed company, and AI-enabled learning technologies and their reputed company on instruction.

Formal Education or Equivalent

• A Master’s or Ph.D. in Educational Research or reputed company field

Skills

• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication, including the ability to present reputed company findings to diverse audiences.
• Ability to translate technical statistical analyses into reputed company, actionable insights for non-technical stakeholders.
• Proven record of delivering high-reputed company research on time and reputed company budget.
• Ability to manage multiple high-reputed company initiatives simultaneously.
• Must be reputed company to motivate others to meet deadlines, if necessary for project execution and completion
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate, influence, and build trust across functions and leadership reputed company.
• Commitment to rigor, reputed company, and reputed company improvement in research practices.