Senior Dashboard Development Specialist

University of Dayton Research Institute; Dayton (OH); On-site; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Dayton Research Institute invites applications for a Senior Dashboard Development Specialist in the Office for Decision Support. This full-time role centers on building reliable, accurate, and engaging dashboards across university topics, with emphasis on front-end wireframing, interface clarity, and data-driven decision support.

The Senior Analyst collaborates with stakeholders and data analysts to translate complex data into actionable performance metrics, applying UX principles

Qualifications

• Associates Degree or higher required.
• Three years of experience in institutional research, BI, dashboard development, digital product layout, or related visual analytics roles.
• Experience delivering complex dashboard projects from start to finish including user persona needs, wireframing, unified design themes, and user documentation.
• Strong organizational skills with high attention to detail and ability to manage multiple interactive deliverables.
• Experience in prototyping dashboards, UI configuration, and interactive report building.
• Ability to present visual concepts clearly to diverse technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Proficiency with BI platforms (Tableau, Power BI) including advanced calculations and visualizations.

Responsibilities

• Develop dashboards using advanced equations and visualizations in BI software.
• Partner with stakeholders and data analysts to identify reporting needs and KPIs.
• Translate datasets into visually compelling, actionable dashboards.
• Apply UX principles to reduce visual clutter and improve readability.
• Engage stakeholders to drive data literacy and institutional improvement.
• Work on topics across academics, enrollment, finance, HR, student success, and inclusive excellence.

Skills

Dashboard development

Data visualization

Wireframing

UX design

Communication

Stakeholder engagement

Tableau

Power BI

SQL

Education

Associates Degree or higher

Master’s degree in UX Design, Information Design, Data Science, Visual Analytics, HCI or related field

Tools

Tableau

Power BI

SQL

Job description

Position Summary Transforming Complex University Data into Clear, Actionable Intelligence. The University of Dayton invites qualified applicants to apply for our Senior Dashboard Development Specialist within our Office for Decision Support office. This is a full-time, benefits-eligible position offering a comprehensive benefits package, including medical and dental coverage, retirement, paid time off and holidays, employee wellness programs, and professional development opportunities. Apply today!

The Senior Dashboard Development Specialist Produces Reliable, Accurate, Valid, Useful, Engaging, And Highly Impactful Data Visualizations And Self-service Dashboards Across a Wide Variety Of University Issues. Serving As The Primary Visualization And User Experience Design Specialist Within The Decision Support Team, This Position Focuses Heavily On Front-end Wireframing, Interface Clarity, Content Refinement, And Building Interactive Dashboard Environments. Working As Part Of a Collaborative Team, The Senior Analyst Will

• Develop dashboards using advanced equations and visualizations in business intelligence software.
• Partner with institutional stakeholders and data analysts to identify reporting needs, visual requirements, and key performance metrics that guide university initiatives.
• Translate complex datasets and institutional logic into visually compelling, clean, and intuitive interactive dashboards centered on actionable performance metrics.
• Apply user experience and information design principles to eliminate visual clutter, optimize layout hierarchy, and improve data readability.
• Engage stakeholders in navigating and interpreting dashboard products to cultivate data literacy and drive meaningful institutional improvement.
• Potential University topics will include but not be limited to: academics; enrollment management; finance; human resources; student success; and inclusive excellence.

Minimum Qualifications

• Associates Degree or higher
• Three years of experience, which could include educational or teaching experience, in dedicated institutional research, business intelligence, dashboard development, digital product layout, or relevant visual analytics roles.
• Experience independently completing complex dashboard and visualization lifecycle projects from start-to-finish, including: identifying user persona needs; wireframing and prototyping; implementing unified design themes; refining data-dense interfaces; testing usability layouts; and establishing user documentation.
• Evidence of strong organizational skills, extreme attention to detail and visual layout accuracy, and the ability to manage multiple interactive deliverables simultaneously.
• Experience in dashboard prototyping, user interface configuration, and interactive report building.
• Ability to clearly and concisely present visual concepts and dashboard designs to diverse technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Proficiency with primary business intelligence platforms (e.g., Tableau, Power BI) including performing advanced calculations, developing visualizations, and optimizing for users.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal relationship-building capabilities.
• Collaborative approach to work, with a proven ability to successfully complement backend technical specialists.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in User Experience (UX) Design, Information Design, Data Science, Visual Analytics, Human-Computer Interaction, or a related field.
• A robust digital portfolio that demonstrates use of design principles to effectively communicate concepts, metrics, and analytic results.
• Experience establishing clean visualization layer configurations over enterprise data architectures or similarly complex relational models.
• Familiarity with SQL.
• Familiarity with digital accessibility rules (e.g., WCAG / Section 508 standards for color contrast, readability, and interface navigation).
• Knowledge of higher education institutional research or related topics.
• Demonstrated experience advancing inclusive excellence through objective, transparent, and equitable data framing.
• Ability to demonstrate a commitment to the distinctive characteristics of Marianist universities.

Special Instructions To Applicants To apply please submit a cover letter addressing each minimum qualification and any applicable preferred qualifications that you meet.

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. The University does not provide work visa sponsorship for this position.

Closing Statement Informed by its Catholic and Marianist mission, the University is committed to the dignity of every human being. Informed by this commitment, we seek to increase diversity in all of its forms, achieve fair outcomes, and model inclusion across our campus community. The University is committed to policies of affirmative action designed to increase the employment opportunities of individuals with disabilities and protected veterans in compliance with the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and Vietnam Era Veterans\' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1973.