Weekend User Experience Analyst Jobs in Minnesota

Company Description

About Covista
Covista is America's largest healthcare educator, serving more than 97,000 students and supported by a community of 385,000 alumni across five accredited institutions. Through personalized, tech-enabled education powered by 10,000 faculty and colleagues, Covista expands access to healthcare careers and addresses the U.S. healthcare workforce shortage at scale. Covista is the parent company of American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine, Chamberlain University, Ross University School of Medicine, Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine and Walden University.
Our colleagues come from a wide range of backgrounds, business, academia, healthcare, government and nonprofits, and are part of a culture where doing exceptional work and making a meaningful difference for students and society aren't separate goals-they're one and the same. This means creating an environment where colleagues can develop new skills, build careers that match their ambitions and see the tangible impact of their work on healthcare education and workforce development. Colleagues who deliver results and embrace new tools to work smarter are valued for their contributions. But what makes working at Covista distinctive is our impact. Our faculty and colleagues don't just support healthcare education-they shape it. This isn't abstract purpose work. It's solving real problems for real people in real communities while advancing careers.
We operate on a hybrid schedule with four in-office days per week (Monday-Thursday). This approach enhances creativity, innovation, communication, and relationship-building, fostering a dynamic and collaborative work environment.
For more information, visit covista.com and follow us on LinkedIn, Instagram and YouTube.

Job Description

Opportunity at a Glance

The Senior Manager, Experience Strategy & Web Performance is the designated owner of institutional web channel(s), accountable for end-to-end website experience, performance and business outcomes. This role owns user experience (UX), website conversion and strategic enhancements, with direct responsibility for delivering against channel KPIs and ongoing optimization.

This leader manages UX and CRO capabilities within their team and operates in a highly matrixed environment, partnering closely with Web Managers, Analytics, Technology, Marketing and Search leadership. While execution is delivered through partner teams, this role owns experience direction, governance and performance outcomes for their channels.

Responsibilities

Channel Ownership

• Act as the single accountable owner for assigned institutional web channel(s), responsible for performance, KPIs and continuous optimization.
• Translate institutional goals and priorities into web strategy and quarterly roadmaps.
• Define how the website experience should evolve to support business objectives and user needs.

Experience Strategy

• Own the endtoend website experience, ensuring usability, clarity and effectiveness across key user journeys.
• Lead UX and CRO functions, setting direction and managing managers and specialists responsible for execution.
• Ensure UX and CRO operate as an integrated system across experience improvements.
• Identify and prioritize highimpact enhancements that improve experience and performance.
• Establish experience principles, design standards and frameworks guiding UX, CRO and site improvements.
• Guide experience evolution through a mix of research, design, data and experimentation.
• Own and maintain a prioritized backlog of web work aligned to business goals, performance data and strategic roadmap.
• Ensure work is clearly defined, sequenced and actionable for execution teams.

Analytics, Performance & Business Impact

• Independently analyze website, funnel and business performance using analytics tools and operational data.
• Identify trends, diagnose root causes and distinguish between experience, traffic quality and execution issues.
• Oversee tagging, tracking and experiment setup to ensure data accuracy and usability.
• Develop and drive action plans tied to measurable business outcomes.
• Communicate performance insights, risks and recommendations effectively to senior and executive leadership.

Web Governance & Matrixed Partnership

• Own the web governance model, ensuring adherence to compliance, brand, content quality, accessibility and mobile standards.
• Partner with Search leadership to ensure onsite experience supports user intent and traffic quality.
• Collaborate with Web Managers, Analytics, Technology, Marketing and Enrollment teams to align execution with experience strategy.
• Influence outcomes across teams in a highly matrixed environment without direct ownership of all execution.

• Completes other duties as assigned.

• Performs other duties as assigned

• Complies with all policies and standards

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Marketing, Digital Media, Communications, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), User Experience, Business, Information Systems or related field required.  
• Master's Degree in MBA, UX/HCI, Digital Strategy, Analytics, or related field preferred.
• At least 7 years of experience leading website, UX, digital experience, or performance-focused roles within a strategy scope.  

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Proven experience managing UX and CRO teams in enterprise environments.
• Strong understanding of:
  • Website user experience and usability principles
  • Website conversion and on-site user behavior
  • Enterprise CMS platforms (e.g., Sitecore, AEM, Drupal)
  • Experimentation platforms (e.g., Optimizely)
  • Web analytics tools and data interpretation
• Demonstrated ability to analyze data, diagnose issues and drive performance improvements.
• Knowledge of web governance best practices, including accessibility and compliance standards.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to connect experience decisions to measurable outcomes.
• Experience operating effectively in complex, highly matrixed organizations.
• Strong executive communication and influence skills.
• Self-directed, adaptable and comfortable navigating ambiguity and change.

Additional Information

In support of the pay transparency laws enacted across the country, the expected salary range for this position is between $80,336.75 and $145,077.09. Actual pay will be adjusted based on job-related factors permitted by law, such as experience and training; geographic location; licensure and certifications; market factors; departmental budgets; and responsibility. Our Talent Acquisition Team will be happy to answer any questions you may have, and we look forward to learning more about your salary requirements. The position qualifies for the below benefits.
Covista offers a robust suite of benefits including:

• Health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance
• 401k Retirement Program + 6% employer match
• Participation in Covista's Flexible Time Off (FTO) Policy
• 12 Paid Holidays
  For more information related to our benefits please visit:  https://careers.covista.com/benefits
  You are also eligible to participate in an annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.

Equal Opportunity - Minority / Female / Disability / V / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation