Director- Institutional Research & Data Port Management (Hybrid)

Overview
Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding and diverse community of learning, discovery, and creation. We strongly encourage applicants whose values align with our institutional values, as outlined in our Strategic Plan. These values include academic excellence, diversity of thought and experience, inquiry and innovation, collaboration and community, and ethical behavior and stewardship. Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers.

About Georgia Tech
Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public research university situated in the heart of Atlanta, a diverse and vibrant city with numerous economic and cultural strengths. The Institute serves more than 45,000 students through top-ranked undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in engineering, computing, science, business, design, and liberal arts. Georgia Tech's faculty attracted more than $1.4 billion in research awards this past year in fields ranging from biomedical technology to artificial intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience, and national security. Georgia Tech ranks among the nation's top 20 universities for research and development spending and No. 1 among institutions without a medical school.

Georgia Tech's Mission and Values
Georgia Tech's mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute has nine key values that are foundational to everything we do:
1. Students are our top priority.
2. We strive for excellence.
3. We thrive on diversity.
4. We celebrate collaboration.
5. We champion innovation.
6. We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression.
7. We nurture the wellbeing of our community.
8. We act ethically.
9. We are responsible stewards.

Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good; breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of our time; making technology broadly accessible; and developing exceptional, principled leaders from all backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create solutions with real human impact.

In support of the Institute Strategic Plan, the Office of Institutional Research and Planning seeks to promote a culture of deliberate innovation through data practices and using analytic tools to drive decision-making. Specifically, we focus on four primary areas: (1) Data Curation and Support, (2) Research Support, (3) Planning Support, and (4) Decision Support and Data Science. Our focus coincides with the focus areas of Georgia Techs Institute Strategic Plan in the following areas: Amplify Impact Lead by Example and Champion Innovation

The Director- Institutional Research & Data Portfolio Management oversees strategic institutional research, data projects, and multi-department initiatives for Institutional Research & Planning (IRP). This role involves collaborating with institute leadership and project managers to ensure visibility within the IRP portfolio.

Job Duty 1 -
Serve at the direction of the Senior Director of Institutional Research and Planning to provide analytical and management support for the IRP data portfolio with a focus on strategic initiatives.

Job Duty 2 -
Provide technical oversight and management for IRP portfolio of work to include executive and institute wide initiatives (e.g., projects, tasks, groups).

Job Duty 3 -
Generate routine project status reports for IRP leadership, strategic initiative leaders, and relevant stakeholders.

Job Duty 4 -
Develop comprehensive documentation for institutional research reports and processes to ensure consistency in data, effective data project management, and accurate institutional research reporting and decision support.

Job Duty 5 -
Analyze and evaluate processes to ensure alignment between IRP operations and the Institute's strategic initiatives.

Job Duty 6 -
Collaborate with IRP senior leadership team to establish systematic methodologies for managing institutional research and data tasks, projects, and information including initiating, tracking, and ensuring the timely fulfillment of all essential institutional research data reporting and decision support.

Job Duty 7 -
Prepare research reports and research briefs including data extraction, data analysis, and data presentation.

Job Duty 8 -
Oversee financial management of IRP operations and institutional research and data project finances, including budget planning and allocation

Job Duty 9 -
Manage direct reports by facilitating institutional research and data task assignment, evaluating performance, goal setting, conducting peer research data checks, providing feedback, making pay recommendations, and leading team meetings.

Job Duty 10 -
Perform other job-related duties as assigned

Educational Requirements
Bachelor's Degree in Business, Analytics, or Computer and Information Technology related fields, or an equivalent combination of education and experience

Other Required Qualifications
Certifications, Licenses or Permits:
Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification

Required Experience
Ten or more years of job-related experience: 10+ years of relevant experience, includes 5+ years of supervisory experience and 5+ years of project management experience

Preferred Educational Qualifications
Master's Degree in Business, Analytics, or Computer and Information Technology related fields, or an equivalent combination of education and experience

Annual salary: $109,136 to $112,000

ABILITIES
The job requires occasional travel up to 10% or more of the time

KNOWLEDGE
Familiarity and proficiency with querying and data visualization tools (e.g., SQL developer, Toad Data Point, Tableau, PowerBI, etc.)

SKILLS
o Critical thinking
o Data extraction and analysis
o Project and portfolio management
o Budgeting, cost control, and financial analysis

The University System of Georgia is comprised of our 26 institutions of higher education and learning as well as the System Office. Our USG Statement of Core Values are Integrity, Excellence, Accountability, and Respect. These values serve as the foundation for all that we do as an organization, and each USG community member is responsible for demonstrating and upholding these standards. More details on the USG Statement of Core Values and Code of Conduct are available in USG Board Policy 8.2.18.1.2 and can be found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section8/C224/#p8.2.18_personnel_conduct.

Additionally, USG supports Freedom of Expression as stated in Board Policy 6.5 Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section6/C2653.

The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. The University is committed to maintaining a fair and respectful environment for all. To that end, and in accordance with federal and state law, Board of Regents policy, and University policy, Georgia Tech provides equal opportunity to all faculty, staff, students, and all other members of the Georgia Tech community, including applicants for admission and/or employment, contractors, volunteers, and participants in institutional programs, activities, or services. Georgia Tech complies with all applicable laws and regulations governing equal opportunity in the workplace and in educational activities.

Georgia Tech prohibits discrimination, including discriminatory harassment, on the basis of race, ethnicity, ancestry, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, disability, genetics, or veteran status in its programs, activities, employment, and admissions. This prohibition applies to faculty, staff, students, and all other members of the Georgia Tech community, including affiliates, invitees, and guests. Further, Georgia Tech prohibits citizenship status, immigration status, and national origin discrimination in hiring, firing, and recruitment, except where such restrictions are required in order to comply with law, regulation, executive order, or Attorney General directive, or where they are required by Federal, State, or local government contract.

More information on these policies can be found here: https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section6/c2714 Board of Regents Policy Manual | University System of Georgia (usg.edu).

This is not a supervisory position.
This position does not have any financial responsibilities.
This position will not be required to drive.
This role is not considered a position of trust.
This position does not require a purchasing card (P-Card).
This position will not travel
This position does not require security clearance.

Successful candidate must be able to pass a background check. Please visit http://policylibrary.gatech.edu/employment/pre-employment-screening