Senior Research Data Scientist - Remote Analytics Leader

Texas A&M University System Offices; College Station (TX); Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive health benefits

Paid vacation, sick leave, and public/

Holidays

Defined benefit retirement plan

Tuition assistance

Wellness programs

Job summary

The Senior Data Scientist, Research at Texas A&M University System Offices provides advanced analysis and reporting to help system leadership understand research activity, strengths, opportunities, and outcomes across the Texas A&M University System.

The role develops research measures and indicators, conducts performance benchmarking, and analyzes expenditures, proposals, awards, publications, and collaborations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in data science, statistics, economics, higher education administration, public policy, computer science, information systems, mathematics, operations research, social sciences, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ten years experience conducting advanced quantitative analysis, developing performance metrics, and translating analytical findings into strategic recommendations, with specific experience in research analytics, institutional research, research administration, data science, program evaluation, or a related analytical field.

Responsibilities

• Administrate the adoption and development of the Research Intelligence Platform.
• Develop and document research measures and indicators.
• Conduct System-wide research performance, benchmarking and comparison studies.
• Analyze research expenditures, proposal activity, awards, publications, commercialization, and other research outcomes.
• Identify research strengths, expertise, infrastructure, and collaboration opportunities across System members.
• Support opportunities for strategic research initiatives and cross-member collaborations.
• Report to the Board and executive leadership on research activity and outcomes.
• Coordinate research data submissions and reporting schedules.
• Collaborate with vice presidents for research, research administration offices, and institutional research staff across the System.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Data storytelling

Communication

Analytical thinking

Leadership

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in data science or related field

Master's or Doctorate preferred

Tools

SQL

Python

R

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

The Senior Data Scientist, Research at Texas A&M University System Offices provides advanced analysis and reporting to help system leadership understand research activity, strengths, opportunities, and outcomes across the Texas A&M University System.

The role develops research measures and indicators, conducts performance benchmarking, and analyzes expenditures, proposals, awards, publications, and collaborations.