Associate Director of Business Intelligence

C001 New Jersey Institute of Technology; United States; On-site; USD 152,000 - 176,000; Full time

Job summary

New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) seeks an Associate Director of Business Intelligence to lead an enterprise analytics strategy, leveraging MicroStrategy, Snowflake, and Matillion. You will align campus needs with IT strategy and oversee analytics platform management.

The role requires a Master’s degree in Information Systems & Operations Management and at least two years of relevant experience, with responsibilities spanning data governance, performance management, vendor relationships,

Qualifications

• Requires a Master’s degree in Information Systems & Operations Management.
• 2 years of experience in the job offered or related occupation.

Responsibilities

• Lead the enterprise analytics strategy using MicroStrategy, Snowflake, and Matillion.
• Manage the enterprise-scale BI platform and data tools via SQL and validation frameworks.
• Drive data governance with Data Cookbook and cross-department collaboration (Finance, HR, Institutional Effectiveness).
• Provide forward-thinking leadership toward analytics and BI with the specified technology stack.
• Strengthen data systems by documenting architecture, standards, and data model patterns.
• Institute controls and security measures; apply risk management for enterprise applications.
• Implement performance management strategies and monitoring for MicroStrategy, Snowflake, and cloud platforms.
• Direct the BI team; encourage ongoing professional development amid tech change.
• Collaborate with enterprise applications leadership and IST on strategic initiatives.
• Engage regularly with campus partners on analytics, data, and reporting needs.
• Manage vendor relationships and resources.

Education

Master’s degree in Information Systems & Operations Management

Job description

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Title: Associate Director of Business Intelligence Department: Enterprise Applications Reports To: Associate Vice President for Enterprise Applications & Associate CIO

Position Summary

• 1. Lead the implementation of an enterprise wide analytics strategy utilizing and having expertise in the MicroStrategy Business Intelligence tool, the Snowflake Platform and Matillion Integration Product. This implementation incorporates the needs from various campus divisions, aligned with the overall IT strategy.
• 2. Lead the ongoing management of the enterprise scale analytics platform, business intelligence tools and data management tools previously mentioned via expertise in SQL and prior validation frameworks.
• 3. Contribute and support the instituting of data governance using Data Cookbook. Having experience in partnering in the support by working with the Office of Institutional Effectiveness, Finance, HR, and other key members of the campus community.
• 4. Provide innovative and forward thinking leadership towards analytics and business intelligence with the specific technology stack mentioned, champion innovation and create a culture of continuous improvement where new thinking is appreciated.
• 5. Strengthen data systems by ensuring architecture, standards and methods are documented and followed. Knowledge of concepts such as Data Model Patterns, Slowly Changing Dimensions are required.
• 6. Institute appropriate controls and security measures that manage the university’s data. Apply risk management processes to identify, manage, and mitigate risk for all enterprise applications. Ensure appropriate policies and procedures are created and implemented.
• 7. Implement application performance management strategies, database strategies, monitor strategies for MicroStrategy, Snowflake and for modern cloud platforms. Facilitate proactive planning in Smartsheet to improve overall application performance for all relevant applications that are in scope for enterprise analytics.
• 8. Direct the efforts of the business intelligence team with deep and diverse technical capabilities using prior leadership experience, encourage and facilitate on-going professional development in a field where technological change and innovation is constant.
• 9. Collaborate with the enterprise applications group leadership and IST counterparts on strategies that benefit the division and the campus.
• 10. Engage regularly with campus partners, including faculty, staff, students and alumni on topics and issues related to enterprise analytics, data and reporting needs.
• 11. Handle vendor relationships and resources utilizing existing prior Vendor Management experience.

Education and Experience

• Requires a Master’s degree in Information Systems & Operations Management and 2 years of experience in the job offered or 2 years of experience in the Related Occupation.

Related Occupation

• 1. Create training and rollout approach for BI Dashboards for the University community.
• 2. Provide innovative and forward thinking leadership towards analytics and business intelligence with the specific technology stack mentioned, champion innovation and create a culture of continuous improvement where new thinking is appreciated.
• 3. Assist in evangelizing and presenting BI capabilities, plans and benefits to Stakeholders.
• 4. Engage regularly with campus partners, including faculty, staff, students and alumni on topics and issues related to enterprise analytics, data and reporting needs.
• 5. Participate in the requirements gathering, design, development, maintenance, support and documentation of Reporting and Analytics objects including logical data models, operational reports, and dashboards across multiple data domains supported by the team.
• 6. Provide expertise in data modeling, database design, data governance and master data management.

Job Time

Full Time

Expected Salary Range

$151,861.00 to $175,842.00/year

Union

Professional Staff Association (PSA) Range: Professional Staff -31 Compensation: $91,438.00 - $172,395.00 NJIT considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, as well as, market and organizational considerations when extending an offer. This pay range represents base pay only and excludes any additional items such as incentives, bonuses, or other items.

Additional Information

FLSA: Exempt Time Type: Full time Pay Rate: Salary

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