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Business Intelligence

The Business Intelligence Manager leads a team(s) responsible for data management, modeling, architecture, and/or analysis activities; manages the information lifecycle needs of the University; leads the enhancement of business intelligence capabilities; prioritizes data project or initiative requests; manages the design and implementation of big data solutions; promotes the continual research and application of existing and emerging data science principles, theories, and techniques; contributes to the development of an institutional analytics strategy.

• Lead team(s) responsible for business intelligence functional areas including data management, data modeling, data architecture, or analysis and reporting; develop policies and procedures that guide data practices throughout the organization
• Oversee the development and execution of data analysis plans, architectures, and policies and procedures in order to manage the information lifecycle needs of the organization
• Lead, design, and implement institutional research studies that require the use of advanced analytic and modeling techniques; determine the appropriate tools, techniques, and methodologies to extract data that produce meaningful results
• Evaluate and enhance the University's business intelligence capabilities; expand capabilities through the use of predictive modeling and machine learning techniques
• Oversee the design of business intelligence solutions, systems, and applications; optimize the performance of enterprise business intelligence tools and backend architecture
• Lead and provide technical guidance for the design and implementation of data storage and governance systems
• Collaborate with cross functional teams in order to leverage resources and expand project scopes
• Evaluate data requests; prioritize projects and initiatives; establish project timetables, allocate resources, and ensure deliverables are met
• May direct the development, implementation, and maintenance of an institutional analytics strategy; evaluate and promote innovative analytic methodologies, tools, and theories
• Develop training plans and serve as subject matter expert for University analytics teams
• Direct team(s) including hiring, training, evaluating, assigning work, and providing development opportunities

Level:

– Senior Manager

Base Description:

– Manages direct reports where primary duty is the management of a working unit.

Level Summary:

– Demonstrates advanced skills in critical functions related to unit's success. Demonstrates advanced knowledge of emerging technologies and processes. Monitors completed work of others to ensure effectiveness and adherence to requirements. Sets clear expectations and holds team accountable. Establishes a shared team/unit vision. Demonstrates ability to evaluate and enhance team/unit practices that promote a strong commitment to inclusionary practices. Coaches others using appropriate strategies. Demonstrates diplomacy. Demonstrates ability to serve as liaison between senior-level management and staff. Resolves complex, controversial, or unprecedented issues and problems.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

– Oversees large team or teams of individual contributors and/or supervisors/managers
– Leads a department or functional area

Fiscal Responsibilities:

– Monitors and tracks large budgets
– Plans, forecasts, and/or develops budgets
– May approve budgets for specific area
– Typically has final signature authority for specific area

Problem Solving:

– Encounters highly varied and complex problems that impacts the team and possibly the unit
– Develops creative and/or novel approaches to resolve problems that are difficult in nature
– Independently resolves complex and/or unprecedented issues and problems

Independence of Action:

– Work results are not clearly defined
– Generally sets own goals and determines how to accomplish results with few or no guidelines to follow
– Monitors completed work of others to ensure soundness of approach, effectiveness of meeting requirements, the feasibility of recommendations and adherences to requirements
– Delegates more advanced tasks to others

Communication and Collaboration:

– Communicates with both internal and external audiences
– Collaborates closely with team members and various areas across the University
– Fosters collaboration between units and engages others' coordinated efforts to reach desired outcomes with broad scope

• Comp Grade – 16
• Minimum – $123,200.00
• MidPoint – $157,100.00
• Maximum – $191,000.00

• Business Analysis
• Data administration
• Data architecture
• Data integration
• Data integrity
• Data Interpretation & Visualization
• Data modeling
• Metadata management
• System design
• Systems management
• Systems thinking
• Technical analysis