Executive Director, Institutional Research

Location: Prairie View

* Leads and coordinates the activities of the university Data Governance Committee to ensure coordination and comprehensive testing by power users and data owners across campus as the primary protocols to be followed by all university constituents before changes to any institutional data system can be made, including new and existing integration or sun setting of data platforms.
* Proven understanding of the data ecosystem—from data entry points to data warehouses, to queries and reports, to dashboards, including query and report validation to crate actionable information for end users.
* Serves as the Education Advisory Board (EAB) Edify platform implementation lead for Institutional Research that joins all institutional data via data governance initiatives and the promotion of data stewardship across the institution.
* Engage with data owners, requestors, and users to define reporting needs and analyze business findings and improve efficiencies.
* Proficiency working in client/server environments, including extract, transform, and load (ELT) processes and editing and testing for data integrity, system security and control, and backup and recovery processes.
* Oversees the Operational Data Store (ODS) used by IRE as a composite information system for the storage of archival data that is accessed by SQL extraction queries to provide reporting information.
* Develops technologically driven enhancements for providing internal constituents with access to data and information for decision making (currently provided through the reporting tools of Tableau and Argos).
* Builds systems and processes to ensure data quality, consistency, and accuracy.
* Oversees adherence to best practices in reporting standards, coding, and data management through reviews and quality assurance processes.
* Monitors and directs the processes of data collection and validation for online data reports, interactive data dashboards, and daily operations reports.
* Troubleshoots problems, identifies solutions, and proposes improvements in efficiency pertaining to the operation of databases and reporting tools (ODS, Tableau, Argos, Excel, etc.).
* Oversees the collection of data through national and other surveys (NSSE, FSSE) as well as the centralized point for collection of data for internal and/or ad-hoc purposes using institutional tools (Qualtrics) to ensure appropriate data is collected about students throughout the entire student life cycle from first point of contact through post-graduation.
* Provide direction in the design and implementation of analytical systems and processes.
* Oversees the production of mandatory federal, state and TAMU System reports and other external regulator reporting requirements, including institutional and program-specific accreditation reports.
* Manages data infrastructure, designing data models that consolidate data from various sources, and collaborating with campus stakeholders to deliver actionable insights that support data-informed decision-making.
* Leads the technical aspects of institutional research projects, ensuring that solutions meet project requirements.
* Oversees data visualization by making large and/or complex data more accessible, understandable and usable by transforming, improving and integrating data.
* Compiles and analyzes data and prepares reports in relation to questions, research needs, and strategic planning and presents it in a user-friendly format for straight-forward analyses of information for use in decision-making by university constituents.
* Analyzes user/requestor/constituent requirements and uses proven methodologies to design and implement information management to meet requirements while being able to communicate complex and technical information in a clear and concise manner.
* Demonstrates strong leadership and organizational skills to manage multiple projects concurrently.
* Works collaboratively and/or independently toward project completion.
* Collaborates with cross-functional teams, including academic and administrative departments, IT, and leadership.
* Acts as the keyholder/ contact/ and lead for all data sharing agreements and MOUs, including Houston GPS, the National Student Clearinghouse, etc.
* Ensures decision-makers have timely and useful information.
* Explores emerging technologies and methodologies to enhance data accessibility and expand the use of institutional data.
* Develops and manages the unit’s processes and procedures for responding to data needs in an efficient manner.
* Interacts with constituents to clarify data needs, trains them in utilizing data resources, and interpreting data results.
* Participates on research grant-writing teams to submit funding proposals to advance the mission of the department and the University.
* Master’s degree in an appropriate discipline.
* 10 years of experience with data governance to ensure accurate, reliable, and consistent institutional data.
* Proficiency in data management and engineering practices, including data…