Senior Associate Data Visualization Specialist -- Gies College of Business

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign•Urbana, IL

About The Position

The Senior Associate Data Visualization Specialist is part of the Data Strategy, Analytics and Reporting (DSAR) group within IT Partners at the Gies College of Business. The role brings data to the forefront of the college’s mission through clear, effective, and compelling visualizations. It designs, builds, and manages Power BI visualizations and reports using administrative and academic data, working with college clients to understand their objectives and data needs. The specialist helps ensure dashboard products are consistent, accessible, high-quality, performant, efficient, integrated, and scalable, and establishes best practices for dashboard design, documentation, and security. The role also trains end users, serves as the college’s Power BI subject matter expert and escalated support, coordinates data projects with IT Partners leadership and project managers, and represents the college in campus data and visualization communities. This is a 100% full-time Civil Service Information Technology Technical Associate position appointed on a 12-month basis. The expected start date is as soon as possible after December 1, 2026. The budgeted salary range is $77,000 to $81,000.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
Two years of work experience in IT-related functions, such as hardware/software support, programming, network design, network engineering, IT systems integration, or a closely related field. Relevant college coursework may substitute for experience: 30 semester hours equals one year; an associate degree (60 semester hours) equals 18 months; 90 semester hours equals two years; and a bachelor’s degree (120 semester hours) equals three years.

Nice To Haves

Technology- or data-science-related degree.
Experience with Microsoft Power BI, Tableau, or a similar data visualization platform.
Working knowledge of SQL.
Experience in graphic or infographic design, or data storytelling.
Familiarity with campus administrative and academic datasets.

Responsibilities

Imagine, design, build, and manage Microsoft Power BI visualizations that communicate relevant administrative and academic data and enable exploration.
Work with college clients to understand strategic objectives and data needs and provide visualizations and reports that address them.
Understand available administrative and academic data in the context of unit needs.
Ensure consistency, accessibility, quality, and performance in Gies Data Dashboard products and services.
Ensure efficiency, integration, and scalability in the design and organization of Gies Data Dashboard products.
Define best practices for dashboards and reports, including design standards, data documentation, and security.
Train data end users to consume, explore, and extract data using Power BI.
Serve as the Power BI subject matter expert and escalated support resource for the college and IT Partners.
Coordinate and prioritize data-related projects with IT Partners leadership and project managers, collaborating with DSAR employees to complete projects within deadlines.
Manage workflow and project tracking in approved project management applications.
Represent the college in campus communities of practice and working groups focused on data and data visualization.
Collaborate with data specialists in other colleges as required through IT Partners agreements.
Contribute to campus strategy and operational best practices for data visualization.