Senior Research Data Analyst - Insights & Data Governance

Northwestern University; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 88,000 - 113,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Retirement benefits

Tuition benefits

Paid vacation and holidays

Job summary

Northwestern University in Chicago seeks a data analytics professional to design, develop, implement and maintain data management and analysis solutions. You will collaborate with marketing, research, and IT to generate metrics and actionable insights.

Responsibilities include planning projects, guiding data governance, developing queries, and mentoring staff to ensure quality reporting and compliance with standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a related field or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 4 years data analysis/report writing or similar experience required.
• Graduate degree in bioinformatics, computational biology, computer science, statistics or related field preferred.
• Experience with data management, governance, and reporting standards is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Manages and plans for data/analysis requests and projects.
• Provides consultation on data management, methodological issues and analyses.
• Develops queries and quality metrics to support reporting.
• Ensures data quality, regulatory compliance and documentation standards.
• Supervises staff and mentors team members, contractors or students.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Data analysis

Data mining

Data modeling

Critical thinking

Judgment

Metadata management

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Graduate degree in bioinformatics or related field

Tools

SQL/MySQL/Postgres

Microsoft Office

SharePoint

Linux

Job description

Northwestern University in Chicago seeks a data analytics professional to design, develop, implement and maintain data management and analysis solutions. You will collaborate with marketing, research, and IT to generate metrics and actionable insights.

Responsibilities include planning projects, guiding data governance, developing queries, and mentoring staff to ensure quality reporting and compliance with standards.