Data Analytics Manager: Lead Insights for Student Success

Western Governors University; United States; On-site; USD 117,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonuses

Healthcare plan

Tuition benefits

Paid time off

Job summary

Western Governors University seeks a Manager, Data Analytics to lead a team of data analysts and translate business questions into actionable insights. You will support equity and student outcomes across the university.

You will partner with Academic Delivery and School Analytics to drive complex analytics initiatives, develop reports and dashboards, and foster data-informed decision making through storytelling and governance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in a related field.
• At least 5 years in data analytics, BI, or data science.
• 1 year of people leadership experience.
• Strong SQL proficiency with complex queries.
• Experience with Tableau or Power BI.
• Proficient in Excel and data manipulation.
• Experience with OKRs/SMART metrics.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of data analysts.
• Collaborate with Academic Delivery and School Analytics to define analytics needs.
• Drive analytics initiatives from planning to execution.
• Develop reports, dashboards, forecasts, and insights.
• Improve data pipelines with Data Engineering.
• Use data storytelling to drive action and outcomes.
• Support data literacy and governance.

Skills

Advanced SQL

Tableau/Power BI

Forecasting methods

Descriptive statistics

Experimentation

Hypothesis testing

Diagnostic analytics

Agile

JIRA/Trello

Excel

Data storytelling

Data visualization

Python/R

Education

Bachelor's Degree in a related field

Tools

JIRA

Trello

Lucidchart

Miro

Job description

Western Governors University seeks a Manager, Data Analytics to lead a team of data analysts and translate business questions into actionable insights. You will support equity and student outcomes across the university.

You will partner with Academic Delivery and School Analytics to drive complex analytics initiatives, develop reports and dashboards, and foster data-informed decision making through storytelling and governance.