Academic Analytics & Insights Analyst

Abundance Network; United States; Hybrid; USD 143,000 - 152,000; Full time

Job summary

Stanford University is seeking an Academic Assessment and Information Analyst to join the Data and Planning team on the Stanford campus. The role supports the Dean’s Office by analyzing key academic drivers and delivering actionable reporting across departments and programs.

The position emphasizes data retrieval, dashboarding in Tableau and related tools, and the use of AI as appropriate to accelerate analyses while maintaining data integrity and confidentiality.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative or analytical field.
• Five to eight years of institutional research or data analysis experience.
• Master’s degree preferred; relevant university experience may substitute.
• Experience querying and reporting large data sets.
• Ability to translate requests into defined analyses.

Responsibilities

• Answer questions by developing research methodology, gathering data and applying statistics.
• Drive collection of new data and refine existing data sources using algorithms and advanced techniques.
• Fully analyze problems, gather data, evaluate alternatives, and propose best actions.
• Explore data from multiple angles, derive meaning, and recommend applications.
• Communicate conclusions and recommendations to senior leadership to influence decisions.
• May interact with senior leaders/faculty with summaries or presentations.
• Design data collection and specify data warehousing structure for future access.
• Predict actions over a time horizon using data insights.

Skills

Data analysis

Data storytelling

Program assessment

Stakeholder communication

Ambiguity navigation

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Tableau Prep Builder

Alteryx

Python

Tableau

Job description

Stanford University is seeking an Academic Assessment and Information Analyst to join the Data and Planning team on the Stanford campus. The role supports the Dean’s Office by analyzing key academic drivers and delivering actionable reporting across departments and programs.

The position emphasizes data retrieval, dashboarding in Tableau and related tools, and the use of AI as appropriate to accelerate analyses while maintaining data integrity and confidentiality.