Senior Data Analyst

Association For Instnl Rsrch; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading research university in Baltimore is seeking a Senior Data Analyst to develop insights from data and support strategic decision-making through visualization techniques. Ideal candidates will have a Bachelor's degree and five years of related experience, complemented by proficiency in tools like Power BI and SQL. This position offers a collaborative environment focused on data-driven outcomes.

Qualifications

• Requires 5 years of related experience.
• Additional education may substitute for required experience.

Responsibilities

• Translate data into insights to support improved outcomes.
• Design impactful data visualizations for strategic goals.
• Perform quality assurance on data visualizations.

Skills

Data analysis

Data visualization

Collaboration

Communication

Statistical analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Power BI

SQL

SharePoint

Job description

The Sr. Data Analyst is responsible for developing, implementing, and managing a plan to translate data into insights. The Sr. Data Analyst will provide expertise in data analysis and illustrations to articulate and monitor programs, projects, and general business success. The Sr. Data Analyst will serve as a data consultant to the assigned area and to provide complex analysis and reporting on various outcomes.

• Translate data into insights to be used to support positive and enhanced outcomes.
• Collaborate with leadership to plan and implement assessment activities, including consultation on data collection, data analysis, reporting of assessment outcomes, and using results to improve programs and services.
• Lead the design of clean, impactful, user‑friendly data visualizations supporting strategic goals.
• Communicate findings compellingly and visually through dashboards, reports, briefing decks, stories, scorecards, executive briefings, etc. for different audiences using software like Power BI and Tableau.
• Provide insights on data patterns and trends, make strategic recommendations from analysis.
• Design and build data visualizations from concept to data analysis to the final step of visualization, informed by principles of good data storytelling.
• Collect and analyze various complex data and information; in collaboration with others, perform statistical analysis and summarize findings in appropriate reports or other communication mediums.
• Use data visualization techniques to distill and clarify complex processes or data sets.
• Conduct quality assurance and review of all data visualizations to ensure accuracy, usability, and adherence to existing branding and style guidelines.
• Create and maintain a library or repository of analysis documents, slides, and links to dashboards.

Job Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Five years of related experience.

Additional education may substitute for required experience, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proficiency in Power BI, Power Query, and DAX coding
• Proficiency in managing SharePoint
• Understanding of relational and dimensional data models and structures
• Experience working with querying tools such as SQL

The Johns Hopkins University was America’s first research university, founded for the express purpose of expanding knowledge and putting that knowledge to work for the good of humanity. Today, Johns Hopkins has approximately 6,500 faculty, 6,200 undergraduate students, and 17,600 graduate students across 230 degree programs at the baccalaureate, master’s, and doctoral levels. JHU has multiple campuses in Baltimore and campuses serving graduate students in DC, Italy, and China.

Salary: Dependent on qualifications and experience.

State/Province/Region: MD

Institution: Johns Hopkins University

Reports To: Director

Staff # Reporting to Position: 0

Reports In Office: Undergraduate Student Analytics

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