Data Governance & Analytics Manager

Position Summary

The Data Governance & Analytics Manager serves as a strategic partner within the Institutional Research office, guiding the stewardship, accuracy, and effective use of institutional data across the university.

Key Responsibilities & Oversight

• Data Management & Governance: Implement a framework that outlines the authority and decision-making processes for data-related activities, and the appropriate management of institutional data.
• Engage governance teams by aligning subject matter experts, IT and IR specialists, data domain stewards, and other stakeholders in a matrix model.
• Ensure that the entire network has the resources and shared organizational structure to allow seamless building upon the work of others within the model.
• Facilitate communication and coordination among governance teams, subject matter experts, data stewards, IT, and other stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain a comprehensive catalog of dashboard-related data, including standards, definitions, lineage, and governance guidelines.
• Dashboard Strategy & Development: Define clear ownership by identifying primary stakeholders and data stewards responsible for maintaining visualizations.
• Develop and document a standardized process for requesting, prioritizing, and developing new visualizations to ensure alignment, avoid duplication, and promote consistency in data usage.
• Evaluate existing vendor-provided and internally developed dashboards to assess the effectiveness of current analytics tools and processes.
• Identify unmet needs, usability issues, and opportunities for consolidation, enhancement, or development to ensure analytics solutions remain relevant and actionable.
• Design and develop cross-functional and executive-level dashboards.
• Optimize Institutional Research Data & Content: Maintain and enhance the Institutional Research (IR) data portal, public website, and internal site, ensuring intuitive navigation and timely, accurate content.
• Ensure that IR dashboards are visually consistent, branded, user-friendly, and aligned with institutional priorities.
• Curate and maintain the IR data library, ensuring accessibility and version control of key institutional data assets.

Qualifications

• Required: Master’s degree in Information Systems, Data Science, Higher Education, Public Policy, or a related discipline.
• Required: 3–5 years of progressively responsible experience in data governance, data stewardship, institutional research, or data management within a complex organization.
• Required: Demonstrated ability to interpret data within an organizational and functional context, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and appropriate use across stakeholders.
• Required: Experience operationalizing data governance practices, including defining data standards, coordinating data stewards, documenting data definitions, and ensuring data quality.
• Preferred: Skill in translating business or academic questions into clear data requirements, documentation, and dashboard specifications.
• Preferred: Demonstrated commitment to data accessibility, equitable representation in dashboards, and user-centered design principles.