Data and Performance Analyst

Description

The Strategic Data and Performance Analyst serves as the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office’s enterprise analytics and performance measurement resource, responsible for transforming operational, financial, and organizational data into actionable intelligence that supports executive decision-making and strategic planning. The position analyzes data across multiple agency systems, including law enforcement operations, detention operations, human resources, and financial systems, and translates that information into clear, accurate, and useful metrics that help leadership understand agency performance and operational demands.

• Supports the Sheriff, Chief Deputy, and command staff by developing dashboards, analytical reports, and forecasting models that provide insight into workload trends, staffing utilization, response times, jail population dynamics, program performance, and resource allocation.
• Ensures that leadership has a reliable and consistent understanding of operational conditions and emerging risks so that informed decisions can be made regarding staffing, budgeting, infrastructure planning, and service delivery.
• Plays a key role in establishing data governance standards across the organization, including developing standardized definitions for performance metrics, improving data quality and consistency across divisions, automating reporting processes, and creating enterprise dashboards that reduce reliance on manual reporting.
• Helps improve transparency, accountability, and operational efficiency while enabling the Sheriff’s Office to demonstrate measurable performance outcomes to the Commissioners Court and the public.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in data analytics, statistics, public administration, information systems, business, criminal justice, or related field or Three years of professional experience in analytics, business intelligence, or performance measurement
• Master’s degree in data analytics, statistics, public administration, information systems, business, criminal justice, or related field preferred
• Experience in data analytics in the public sector and/or law enforcement preferred
• Prior experience analyzing data from Records Management Systems (RMS) or Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD)
• Experience tracking jail population dynamics, inmate classification, or correctional facility metrics
• Background working within county government, public safety agencies, or municipal budgeting frameworks
• Proven history of developing data dictionaries, standardized metrics, and data quality workflows
• Advanced proficiency in building automated executive dashboards
• High School Diploma or GED equivalent