Program Analyst; Berkeley Institute Data Science; BIDS

Program Analyst (7398) Job #82113 - Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS)

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Departmental Overview:
The Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) was founded in 2013 to build on Berkeley’s strength in data science with a multidisciplinary emphasis. BIDS aims to facilitate and enhance the development and application of cutting‑edge data science techniques in the biological, physical, social, and engineering sciences. Today, BIDS is part of the new College of Computing, Data Science and Society (CDSS), where it serves as a hub for interdisciplinary research, tool development, and exchange of ideas between methodologies in computing, statistics, and AI.

Reporting to the Assistant Dean for Interdisciplinary Initiatives, the Program Analyst manages a wide variety of analyses, strategies, and implementations to support the development and success of interdisciplinary initiatives in CDSS.

Application Review Date:
The First Review Date for this job is 11/10/25 – Open until filled.

• 20% Proposes and provides staffing for policy and planning committees, task forces, and working groups to meet the academic and operational goals of the college’s interdisciplinary mission. Provides analysis and committee support for strategic and ad‑hoc efforts, including industry engagement, funding strategy, and efforts around CDSS research themes. Implements actions and events as recommended. Collaborates with the leadership of key units and programs, such as BIDS, the Bakar Institute of Digital Materials for the Planet (BIDMaP), and others.
• 10% Proposes a strategy for programmatic and structural needs to promote interdisciplinary collaboration, specifically related to faculty‑defined priorities for interdisciplinary research and identified intellectual themes. Incorporates recommendations from faculty committees, center directors, and individuals. Coordinates with faculty experts and stakeholders to generate content.
• 15% Performs ad‑hoc, analytical studies as needed for the wide variety of programs and complex issues for the wide variety of topics that faculty committees are handling. Determines, in collaboration with committee chairs, what materials will be constructive in advance of meetings and in follow‑up; prepares materials and distributes to maximize committee productivity and limit faculty administrative burden. Provides analyses of internal and external corporate engagement programs as benchmarks.
  
  Performs budget, financial, academic, data, and systems analysis. Collaborates with executive leadership, academic leadership, program coordinators, and managers, to enhance corporate engagement strategy, communication, and implementation in CDSS.
• 15% Develops proposals to fund programming in collaboration with college leadership and/or leadership of interdisciplinary centers and institutes, and involved faculty. For philanthropic proposals, collaborates closely with Development. Researches complex programs, benchmarks similar processes, distils scientific data, and communicates plans clearly in writing.
• 15% Collaborates with events staff, faculty committees, faculty stakeholders, and the college leadership team to plan lectures and events. Liaises between faculty committees, which will set objectives, and the events staff to meet the objectives of each event. Coordinates implementation with cross‑organizational departments or external entities. Prepares briefings, content, draft questions for panels, and talking points or scripts for leadership, including the dean.
  
  Establishes and maintains contacts internally and with external constituents for the collection and exchange of data.
• 5% Conducts post‑implementation analysis to determine the need for further enhancements, finer distinctions, and/or additional process/policy components for the purpose of maintaining and improving event quality and stakeholder engagement over time. Tracks progress and prepares reports, including…