Senior Data Scientist, Research

Job Title:

Senior Data Scientist, Research Agency Texas A&M University System Offices Department Chief Strategy Officer
- Proposed Minimum Salary:
Commensurate

- Job Location:

College Station, Texas
- Job Type: Staff.

The System Offices is one of several system members within the Texas A&M University System representing one of the largest systems of higher education in the nation, with a network of 12 universities, a comprehensive health science center, eight state agencies, Texas A&M–Fort Worth and the Texas A&M - RELLIS Campus. The Texas A&M University System mission is to provide education, conduct research, commercialize technology, offer training, and deliver services for the people of Texas and beyond.

The System Offices, within the Texas A&M University System, provides an outstanding benefits package including, but not limited to: competitive health benefits; paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays; a defined benefit retirement plan to include an employer contribution through Teachers Retirement System of Texas (TRS); if applicable, a defined contribution retirement plan to include an employer contribution through an approved ORP vendor: additional voluntary tax deferred annuity (TDA) options;

tuition assistance; and wellness programs to promote work/life balance.

Salary:
Commensurate with experience. Position is eligible for remote work.

The Senior Data Scientist, Research provides advanced analysis and reporting to help A&M System leadership, research administrators, and member institutions understand research activity, strengths, opportunities, and outcomes across The Texas A&M University System. The position develops research measures and indicators; conducts System-wide performance, benchmarking, and comparative analyses; and analyzes research expenditures, proposals, awards, publications, commercialization, collaboration, and other outcomes. The position supports the development and use of enterprise analytics platforms and decision-support tools to identify research expertise, infrastructure, strengths, and opportunities for strategic initiatives and cross-member collaboration.

The position also coordinates research data and reporting activities and collaborates with research administration and institutional research professionals across the System.

• Administrate the adoption and development of the Research Intelligence Platform.
• Develop and document research measures and indicators.
• Conduct System-wide research performance, benchmarking and comparison studies.
• Analyze research expenditures, proposal activity, awards, publications, commercialization, and other research outcomes.
• Identify research strengths, expertise, infrastructure, and collaboration opportunities across System members.
• Support opportunities for strategic research initiatives and cross-member collaborations.
• Report to the Board and executive leadership on research activity and outcomes.
• Coordinate research data submissions and reporting schedules.
• Collaborate with vice presidents for research, research administration offices, and institutional research staff across the System.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor's degree in data science, statistics, economics, higher education administration, public policy, computer science, information systems, mathematics, operations research, social sciences, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ten years experience conducting advanced quantitative analysis, developing performance metrics, and translating analytical findings into strategic recommendations, with specific experience in research analytics, institutional research, research administration, data science, program…