Director of Admissions Systems and Analytics, Darden School of Business

The University of Virginia Darden School of Business, one of the world's leading business schools, seeks a Director of Admissions Systems and Analytics
, to join its Admissions leadership team.

With strong momentum in the residential MBA, Part‑Time MBA and executive MBA formats, the Director joins Darden at an exciting time. Darden delivers top‑ranked graduate degree programs—Full‑Time MBA, Part‑Time MBA, Executive MBA, MSBA, and Ph.D.—and Executive Education & Lifelong Learning from the Darden School Foundation. The School’s faculty is consistently ranked No. 1 in the world for teaching excellence and is renowned for influential scholarship supported by research centers and Darden Business Publishing, one of the largest case publishers globally.

With a growing presence at UVA Darden DC Metro in Rosslyn, Darden is expanding its reach at the intersection of business, policy, and global enterprise.

The Director of Admission Systems and Analytics is product owner and function lead responsible for leading all activities in the admission office related to configuration and management of the admissions technology platform (Technolutions Slate); process workflows and automations; data stewardship and data quality; and data analytics products (Databricks and Power BI) in support of data‑driven recruiting and admissions strategies to help Darden’s Office of Admission achieve enrollment and institutional goals.

The Director specifically serves as the “Slate Captain” for Darden’s Technolutions Slate instance and is responsible for managing the platform’s vision and roadmap, user experience and stakeholder management, including close collaboration with Strategic IT, Data & Analytics, Communications and Marketing, and UVA Information Technology staff to develop and maintain necessary data and process integrations such as SIS (People Soft), Darden Data Hub, Darden Registrar, etc.

In addition, this role represents Darden Admissions at University‑wide meetings and professional conferences related to technology and data. The Director is responsible for assessing and fine‑tuning the enrollment database and related reporting systems to optimize efficiency and capacity to provide individualized and highly personal support to and communication with both internal and external constituents. The Director leads higher‑end reporting and analytics for the admissions process in partnership with the Data & Analytics team and ensures that the enterprise maximizes functionality of the database/CRM features in Slate and data analytics ecosystem (Databricks + Power BI).

This position may be fully remote or in‑person (either Charlottesville or Rosslyn).

• Provides strategic leadership and planning to Office of Admissions staff, working closely with the Senior Assistant Dean of Admissions and other senior staff, to manage and implement data quality, data standardization, and operational policies to execute the mission of the Office of Admissions
• Enable and motivate admissions team to most effectively leverage and deploy technology solutions, providing training and then ensuring accountability for admissions staff use of technology tools at the highest levels of effectiveness to improve team performance.
• Directly supervises and evaluates the performance of admissions systems and analytics staff; trains and motivates direct reports to provide exceptional client service
• Works closely with admissions marketing team, providing technical supervision and creative guidance
• Establishes performance goals and procedures in collaboration with Director of Enrollment to ensure the timely completion of recruitment, review, selection, and enrollment of the first‑year class.
• Cultivate relationships with peer schools in MBA industry.
• Monitors advances within peer schools and opportunities for Darden.
• Attends MBA Admissions IT peer school meetings.

• Build and maintain an admissions analytics roadmap, in collaboration with the Data & Analytics team.
• Design and develop operational reports in Slate, analytics models and reports/dashboards in Databricks and Power BI (following…