Job Description

Location: Chicago, IL

Job Description:

• Designs, develops, and maintains both recurring and ad hoc reports/dashboards to solve operational and analytical problems.
• Collaborates with partner teams to gather business requirements and translate them into analyses and data delivery tools that support decision-making.
• Develops optimization strategies to enhance efficiency and improve data delivery processes.
• Partners with internal training and knowledge teams to assist in the creation of training materials and disseminate best practices.
• Analyzes large datasets to extract actionable insights that support business decision-making.
• Identifies trends, patterns, and opportunities in data to provide actionable business recommendations and presents findings and insights to stakeholders through visualizations and presentations.
• Manages multiple Business Intelligence (BI) projects simultaneously, ensuring timely delivery and alignment with business goals.
• Seeks opportunities for professional development that will enhance job performance including attending webinars, seminars, building networks within the University and with colleagues at peer institutions.
• Works with users to ensure deliverables are meeting or exceeding expectations. Provides support and communicates issues to users as defined by IT standards. Monitors access control and troubleshoot BI and analytic applications.
• Participates in planning, testing, and roll-out of patches and upgrades to the BI and analytic software. Participates in the development and interpretation of BI and analytics system standards and procedures.
• Perform other related work as needed.

Preferred Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelorâ™s degree.
• Major in statistics, business, social sciences, computer science or similar major.

Experience:

• Minimum of two years experience analyzing, visualizing and synthesizing complex data sets.

Technical Skills or Knowledge:

• Broad experience working with Salesforce CRM.
• Knowledge and understanding of higher education advancement industry.

Preferred Competencies

• Strong project management skills, with an aptitude for leading end-to-end project delivery.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to articulate technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
• Work across various teams and projects simultaneously, advancing unified strategy.
• Outstanding interpersonal and communications skills characterized by the ability to listen, speak, and write effectively.
• Act with integrity, professionalism, and confidentiality.
• Work collegially and collaboratively in a team setting.
• Self-motivated, take initiative, and think strategically. Prioritize multiple projects and independently follow through with detail.
• Comfortable with ambiguity.

Working Conditions

• This position has a hybrid work schedule which includes weekly in office presence.
• Standard office environment.
• Travel to campus and/or non-campus locations for University business.
• Work evenings and weekends as needed.
• This position is located in Hyde Park at 5235 South Harper Court.

Application Documents

• Resume/CV (required)
• Cover Letter, addressed to Hiring Committee (preferred)

The University of Chicago is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity/Disabled/Veterans Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national or ethnic origin, age, status as an individual with a disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or other protected classes under the law. For additional information please see the University's Notice of Nondiscrimination.

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