Auraria Director of Strategy

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Welcome to the Auraria Campus located in the Platte River Valley in downtown Denver. The Auraria Campus is the service provider for 38,000 students and approximately 5,000 faculty and staff working at and attending the Community College of Denver, Metropolitan State University of Denver, and the University of Colorado Denver. Learn more about us through this text.

Auraria employees enjoy an excellent benefits package which includes paid vacation, holidays, and sick leave, multiple medical, dental and vision options, discounted RTD Pass, Benefit Hub and outstanding retirement plan. Learn more through this text.

So, if you're interested in a great job working alongside great people, this may be the opportunity for which you've been waiting for.

The Director of Strategy leads AHEC’s efforts to modernize organizational performance tracking, data reporting, and strategic decision‑making. This position is responsible for developing and maintaining the systems, tools, and infrastructure that support agency‑wide analytics, service level agreements (SLA), key performance indicators (KPI) tracking, and strategic dashboards aligned with the Board‑approved strategic plan.

Working closely with the Chief of Staff, department directors, and institutional partners, this role transforms raw data into actionable insights that drive transparency, accountability, and continuous improvement. The Director serves as AHEC’s in‑house expert on data integration and visualization technologies, building automated data pipelines, dashboards, and reports that make performance metrics accessible and meaningful across all divisions.

This position requires advanced technical and analytical skills—including proficiency in modern data analysis languages and tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, SQL, Python, R)—paired with strong strategic judgment and project management capability. The Director will design sustainable data governance practices, support departmental metric development, and cultivate a culture of evidence‑based decision‑making throughout the organization.

Please note: This position is 100% in‑office.

• Maintain and improve upon existing dashboards and tools to track strategic priorities set at the departmental level and associated with the Board approved Strategic Plan.
• Design, build, and maintain dashboards and visualizations tied to KPIs outlined in AHEC‑wide Service Level Agreements.
• Translate qualitative progress and quantitative KPIs into concise, actionable insights for executives, the CEO, and the Auraria Board of Directors.
• Develop efficient, automated data workflows (Power BI, Tableau, SWL, Python, R, or equivalent) to streamline reporting.
• Establish data collection and validation processes that support strategic storytelling, transparency, and accountability.
• Establish a sustainable system for ongoing data collection, storage, and validation in collaboration with IT, Finance, and departmental data owners.

• Lead agency‑wide processes for developing, aligning, and assessing SMART goals at the departmental and strategic‑initiatives levels.
• Facilitate strategic planning cycles, including stakeholder workshops, needs assessments, and mid‑cycle refinements.
• Synthesize departmental submissions into cohesive organizational priorities and themes for executive decision‑making.
• Develop frameworks to measure progress toward Board‑approved strategic objectives, including baselines, milestones, and desired outcomes.
• Identify strategic risks, dependencies, and opportunities across divisions and provide recommendations to leadership.
• Prepare narrative briefings, recommendations, and synthesize reports that summarize trends, resource implications, and performance gaps.
• Partner with the Chief of Staff to prepare data‑driven briefings and board materials that communicate progress toward institutional and campus wide priorities.
• Facilitate recurring review sessions with leadership and directors to assess progress, identify trends, and recommend data‑informed strategies for improvement.
• Collaborate…