Manager, Academic Affairs Data Analytics

University of Miami • Coral Gables, FL

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About The Position

The supplied posting lists the title Manager, Academic Affairs Data Analytics, but its job summary and duties describe an Enterprise Data Architect 1 - Central role. The position designs and supports business intelligence applications and architecture to maximize the usefulness, availability, and accuracy of data. It collaborates with business stakeholders to design, implement, and test data-centric applications, data warehouses, and data integration environments. The role defines and supports the University’s data architecture roadmap and standards, translates business requirements into technical designs, and coordinates data warehouse development and evolution. Specific duties may vary by department, and other related responsibilities may be assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
• Minimum 6 years of relevant experience.
• Ability to learn new procedures, technologies, and protocols and adapt to changing priorities and work demands.
• Ability to work collaboratively and contribute to a team environment.
• Skill in using office software, technology, and relevant computer applications.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Define, create, and implement the University’s strategically aligned data architecture roadmap, including short-, mid-, and long-term plans and objectives.
• Define and document the technical architecture of the data warehouse and BI, including physical components and their functionality; provide guidance and integration for BI products and services.
• Participate in business objectives including information access and regulatory and enterprise reporting.
• Work with business and system analysts, data users, design developers, ETL developers, and other stakeholders to execute project tasks.
• Maintain and enforce best practices for ETL information transfer, data modeling, and warehouse design.
• Develop and recommend integration architectures that minimize data redundancy and maximize use-in-place data.
• Translate business requirements into technical designs that meet criteria for successful BI implementations.
• Establish data and architecture standards for BI initiatives across the organization.
• Assist in developing and maintaining standards for naming, describing, governing, managing, modeling, storing, cleansing, and transforming data.
• Evaluate new data sources for adherence to quality standards and ease of integration.
• Troubleshoot and resolve performance issues with the data infrastructure.
• Review and suggest improvements to data architecture processes, policies, and vision.
• Explore emerging technologies and stay current on vendor product capabilities.
• Coordinate multiple architects responsible for data warehouse development, integration, administration, and evolution.
• Adhere to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguard University assets.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager