Associate Director, Business Intelligence

The Associate Director serves as the primary data steward and bridge across Enrollment, Financial Aid, and Student Accounts/Billing. This experienced, self-motivated professional works autonomously to deliver high-quality data products and strategic expertise, including on-demand and automated reporting, advanced analytics, data modeling, and robust data-level testing. This role requires a strong blend of functional higher education business knowledge and advanced technical expertise. Key technical competencies include database languages (SQL, Python), advanced spreadsheets (Excel, Google Sheets), and modern business intelligence/visualization platforms (Tableau, Power BI, Cognos).

This role serves as a gatekeeper for our organization's data so stakeholders can understand critical student data to make operational and academic related decisions. This role requires not only knowledge of business processes and relevant data but also requires technical skills and experience. This role supports Student Services and serves in a strategic role focused on using data and information to support the goals of the university.

Core & Leadership Competencies

• Strategic Communication and Customer Focus: Exceptional ability to synthesize complex, high-volume data into clear, non-technical summaries, and actionable insights for executive leadership and university partners.
• People Leadership and Development: Proven success in mentoring and developing technical staff, fostering collaborative team dynamics, and elevating data capabilities.
• Analytical Problem-Solving: Highly curious, detail-oriented, and proactive in architecting scalable solutions to data anomalies.
• Cross-functional Collaboration and Teamwork: Strong relationship-building skills to partner effectively with technical product teams, engineers, and functional student service stakeholders.
• Openness to Change, Applying Technology, Adaptability & Innovation: Eagerness to evaluate and integrate emerging trends, including modern BI features, advanced data architecture, and the practical application of AI in the data analytics space.

Full-Time Equivalent Hiring Range: $113,200 to $141,500; salary commensurate with relevant experience.