Director of Advancement Analytics - Pasadena, United States - California Institute of Technology

California Institute of Technology

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Director of Advancement Analytics

Caltech

Job Category:
Fulltime Regular

Exempt Overtime Eligible:
Exempt

Benefits Eligible:
Benefit Based

Caltech is a world-renowned science and engineering institute that marshals some of the world's brightest minds and most innovative tools to address fundamental scientific questions.

We thrive on finding and cultivating talented people who are passionate about what they do. Join us and be a part of the diverse Caltech community.

Job Summary

The purpose of Advancement and Alumni Relations (AAR) is to foster a thriving and engaged community of support for Caltech.

By connecting the people who share and support Caltech's mission and values, we will ensure the Institute receives the necessary resources to achieve Caltech's aspirations and sustain its excellence in teaching, research, and scholarship in perpetuity.

AAR team members embrace and uphold the values of diversity, integrity, respect, focus, and pride.

Reporting to the Executive Director of Advancement Information Services, the Director of Advancement Analytics is responsible for developing and managing end-to-end Analytics to support Caltech's operations, strategy, and divisions.

The Director of Advancement Analytics will build, deploy, and maintain the department's analytics offerings, services, and products.

In this role, the Director of Advancement Analytics will lead, mentor, and develop a team of direct reports in establishing a leading, best-in-class program for Advanced Analytics, leveraging the necessary analytical methods, algorithms, technologies to support Caltech's mission.

Additionally, they are expected to establish high-functioning, collaborative relationships with stakeholders across Caltech.

Essential Job Duties

Analytics (40%):

Leads the analytics efforts to ensure our leadership and management is making business decisions based on data, trends, and models. Develops solutions based on business need.
Produces descriptive/diagnostic/predictive/prescriptive analytics for actionable insights, supporting several units.
Identifies where to focus energy and resources to raise $2B and diversify the base of support through analytics.
Translates data into usable and visualized information for the entire Institute community.
Develops a core suite of analytics that are designed to translate data into usable, actionable information for the formation and execution of strategies and measures of success.
Provides training and support on data/analytical models, visualization tools, and overall analytical platform.
Works closely with leadership, as well as other staff, to design and deliver analytics that will support datadriven decision making.

Predictive Analytics and Model Development (30%):

Lead forecasting and predictive analytics activities to bring key data-driven business insights to leaders within the organization.
Develop, validate, deploy, and maintain machine learning and statistical models.
Collaborate with teams across Caltech to assess opportunities, gaps, growth, and improvements.
Work crossfunctionally to ensure information and insights are being cascaded throughout the organization.
Create near/long term outlook and work with business units to create accurate forecasts and lead the strategic planning process.
Generation and management of dashboards and forecasting models (Time Series, ARIMA, LSTM, etc.).
Coordinate with stakeholders to develop forecasting research, e.g., conjoint and discrete choice exercises.
Produce ad hoc analysis upon request from business unit stakeholders.

Project Management (20%):

Provides project management oversight, working with team members and others as directed to determine project scope, potential project lead, and timeline, with responsibility for managing projects to execution.
Manages multiple projects simultaneously and keeps a comprehensive plan of all work in progress. Analyzes requests for assistance, project realistic deadlines for project completion, and completes work on schedule.
Identifies and engages third party vendors, manages budgets and outcomes, and serves as the lead.
In conjunction with the Executive Director of Advancement Information Services, helps prioritize projects and solutions for IMSS and AAR.
Develop and distribute a suite of core analytics and dashboards throughout the Department, leveraging Agile Development.

Leadership/Management (10%):

Leads the Analytics team and manages its many and varied responsibilities.

With input and feedback from the Assistant Vice President for Advancement Services:

Sets strategic priorities and plans to achieve these priorities for the team and direct reports.
Ensures that individual and team resources are optimally used to achieve longterm goals and annual targets.
Manages the work and projects of all direct reports.
Mentors, trains, and acts as a resource to the team as a handson leader and developer of vis