Senior Institutional Analytics Lead

Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Worcester (MA); On-site; USD 72,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, MA, seeks a Senior Research Analyst to strengthen data-driven decision making across academic and administrative areas. You will perform institutional research, advanced statistics, and data visualization to answer complex questions about student success and institutional effectiveness.

The role emphasizes turning technical analyses into clear, actionable insights for both technical and non-technical audiences, while expanding predictive analytics

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; master's degree preferred in statistics, data science, or related quantitative field.
• Minimum of three years of progressively responsible experience in institutional research or related analytics.
• Experience preparing, integrating, validating, and analyzing large datasets with advanced methods using Python/R/SPSS/SAS.
• Experience developing dashboards and data visualizations, including Power BI.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Institutional Effectiveness: Define research questions, examine progress on priorities, and perform quantitative analyses to support planning and accreditation.
• Data Mining: Apply advanced methods, predictive modeling, and exploratory analysis on student success and enrollment data; validate findings.
• Data Storytelling: Translate analyses into clear reports, dashboards, visualizations, and presentations for diverse audiences.
• Data Preparation and Management: Extract, integrate, validate, and analyze data from multiple systems with reproducible workflows.
• Survey Research: Support survey administration, data integration, analysis, reporting, and process improvement.
• Relationship Building: Collaborate with data stewards, faculty, and offices to improve data quality and evidence-based decisions.

Skills

Statistical analysis

Data visualization

Python

R

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Power BI

SAS

SPSS

SQL

Job description

Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, MA, seeks a Senior Research Analyst to strengthen data-driven decision making across academic and administrative areas. You will perform institutional research, advanced statistics, and data visualization to answer complex questions about student success and institutional effectiveness.

The role emphasizes turning technical analyses into clear, actionable insights for both technical and non-technical audiences, while expanding predictive analytics