Assistant Vice President of Data Science, Recruitment & Enrollment (Remote)

The Assistant Vice President of Data Science, Recruitment & Enrollment for the University of Arizona Global Campus (UAGC) is a full-time employment position reporting to the Senior Vice President of Enrollment . This position provides leadership in analyzing student and prospective student behavior patterns and making actionable recommendations based on statistical models, data mining, machine learning algorithms, business understanding and common sense. This position will collaborate closely with business leaders and key stakeholders across the University to identify and understand the business challenges and opportunities and develop solutions that can be tested and implemented at operational scale using modern tools and techniques. This position requires deriving meaningful information from multiple data sources (structured and unstructured), and communicating insights and quantifying impact for leadership to drive decision making and support strategy development.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Develop predictive and prescriptive algorithms to drive action in student facing platforms to improve effectiveness and optimize resources.

• Drive business change by developing business cases highlighting key improvement opportunities.

• Lead the creation and implementation of best practices for statistical data modeling, analysis, and machine learning.

• Partner with cross functional business partners to leverage customer intelligence to optimize the student experience.

• Partner with technology teams to accelerate platform capabilities and integration.

• Engage with the executive team to understand the business priorities.

• Work with other functional teams to implement new features for data collection.

• Use various methodologies to design and evaluate advanced statistical models from large volumes of data.

• Assess the potential automation of mundane tasks and implement using AI and machine learning models.

• Lead projects and initiatives that inform both day-to-day tactics and long-term strategic vision. This involves managing the full lifecycle of the solution including requirements analysis, platform selection, technical architecture design, application design and development, testing, and deployment of the proposed solution.

• Develop cross-channel analytics platform that diagnoses and improves performance across the value chain.

• Conduct cross-channel digital ROI Analytics and make recommendations for marketing/recruitment ROI improvement, spending optimization, targeting, and retention programs.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

While performing the duties of the job, the employee is regularly required to use a telephone and computer. The employee may frequently interact with fellow employees and/or clients. The requirements of this job may be completed with or without reasonable accommodation.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Strong technical and analytical skillset (expertise/proficiency in SAS, SQL, predictive modeling, R, etc.).

• Working knowledge in at least one high level programming language (e.g. – Java, Python, NET, PHP, etc.).

• A strong foundation of calculus, linear algebra, statistics, and/or probability.

• Demonstrated experience managing structured and unstructured data streams from disparate sources to implement operational solutions.

• Highly analytical and creative thinker.

• Advanced subject matter expertise in data modeling, business intelligence delivery tools, and analytical and reporting systems in customer focused industries.

• Data visualization experience using Power BI and analytics-based storytelling using Tableau, QlikView, etc.

• 5-7 years of industry experience with focus on customer centric and/or digital data.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Advanced skills in statistical programming and coding

• 8+ years of experience in the Data Science and Analytical domains.

• Masters degree in one of Computer science, Economics, Mathematics, Statistics, Electrical Engineering, Physics, Computational Biology, Bioinformatics

For more information regarding this position, please contact us at [email protected] .

UAGC shall, in all solicitations or advertisements for all employees placed by or on behalf of UAGC, state that all applicants who are qualified will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, pregnancy, marital status, registered domestic partnership status, age, physical disability, mental disability, genetic information, gender identity, military or veteran status, service in the uniformed services, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state or local laws.

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