Assoc Director of Strategic Initiatives and Data Analytics

Assoc Director of Strategic Initiatives and Data Analytics

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Assoc Director of Strategic Initiatives and Data Analytics

New Jersey’s academic health center, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS) takes an integrated approach to educating students, providing clinical care, and conducting research, all with the goal of improving human health. Aligned with Rutgers University–New Brunswick and collaborating university wide, RBHS includes eight schools, a behavioral health network, and five centers and institutes that focus on cancer treatment and research, neuroscience, advanced biotechnology and medicine, environmental and occupational health, and health care policy and aging research.

Our faculty are teachers, clinicians, and scientists with unparalleled experience who advance medical innovation and provide patient care informed by the latest research findings. We offer an outstanding education in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, public health, nursing, biomedical research, and the full spectrum of allied health careers.

Our clinical and academic facilities are located throughout the state—at Rutgers University–New Brunswick, including Piscataway; and at locations in Newark, Scotch Plains, Somerset, Stratford, and other locations. Clinical partners include Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, Newark’s University Hospital in Newark, and other affiliates.

Through this community of healers, scientists, and scholars, Rutgers is equipped as never before to transform lives.

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey is seeking an Associate Director of Strategic Initiatives and Data Analytics within the Analytics Rutgers School of Graduate Studies–Biomedical and Health Sciences. The Associate Director of Strategic Initiatives and Data Analytics supports the Executive Director for Research Training and Development in advancing the School of Graduate Studies – Biomedical and Health Sciences (SGS–BHS) mission through data-driven strategy and evidence-based decision-making.

This position holds primary responsibility for the identification, collection, analysis, and synthesis of data that informs senior leadership’s strategic planning, grant development, program effectiveness, and student success. Areas of emphasis include federal training grant support, graduate student engagement and outcomes, alumni outreach, and leveraging learning management system (LMS) analytics. The Associate Director ensures that data systems are robust, comprehensive, and aligned with institutional goals, providing actionable insights that strengthen graduate education and professional development.

• Support the collection, organization, and analysis of faculty and student data for federal training grant applications, renewals, and reports.
• Track and report graduate student engagement, participation, and learning outcomes within the Canvas LMS and other instructional technology platforms, with attention to course robustness and instructional quality.
• Develop and implement a comprehensive data collection and reporting framework for monitoring student outcomes, progression, and program effectiveness across SGS–BHS graduate programs.
• Support strategic planning by contributing data analysis and evidence-based recommendations to guide institutional priorities.
• Create and manage a data-informed communication and outreach strategy to strengthen alumni relations and engagement with SGS–BHS.
• Benchmark SGS–BHS graduate programs against peer institutions, identify emerging trends, and translate findings into actionable recommendations.
• Collaborate with faculty, staff, and administrative stakeholders across the University to…