Reporting jointly to the Registrar’s Office and Institutional Research & Decision Support (IR&DS) and under minimal supervision, the Student Reporting Project Manager will manage/oversee the most advanced project and analytical work in a wide range of student reporting activities to ensure that campus stakeholders have access to accurate and useful reports with common data definitions and consistency across reporting systems through the application of effective data management, security, stewardship, and governance processes. The position will report directly to the Deputy University Registrar (Student & Academic Services) and the Director of Decision Support and Business Intelligence (IR&DS).

Core Duties
●    Lead and own organization-wide complex business intelligence reporting and analysis initiatives; ensure initiatives directly support the organizational mission and are delivered on schedule and budget.
●    Provide complex analysis and recommendations regarding student data management and the design of dashboards and reports; develop interactive queries and dashboards for central and distributed users.
●    Lead data stewardship efforts and develop the metadata supporting the applicable student reporting systems. Define and enforce interface design standards and best practices. Audit compliance and provide direction in non-compliance situations.
●    Coordinate the development and enrichment of an enterprise data model assuring reporting system development builds upon the existing data foundation and data model conflicts are resolved.
●    Troubleshoot business intelligence environment problems and opportunities for improvement and coordinate with application teams to resolve application bottlenecks and performance issues.
●    Mentor and support training new and existing staff in report design and development.
●    Coordinate the planning, development, and presentation of training for users of reporting tools and analysis.
●    May plan, mentor, coordinate, monitor and review the work of other information analytics-type staff during all phases of a project.
●    Engage staff who support students, faculty, and academic operations to identify their issues, priorities, and recommendations for how to improve Stanford’s data and reporting infrastructure. Organize and connect with the user community to encourage widespread adoption of optimal student and academic reporting practices.

Areas of Responsibility:
●    Oversee and coordinate the development of a central reporting portal that enables campus users to find the information they need across a multitude of reporting tools for student and academic data.
●    Manage and organize the ecosystem of reporting on student records, class, instruction, and degree program reports. 
●    Perform inventory analysis of existing reports and reporting systems to drive content for the central reporting portal and retire outdated or expired reports.
●    Partner with Data Governance to standardize definition/taxonomy for student, class, and degree data reporting.
●    Manages development of various levels of reporting needs (including and not limited to both operational and analytical reporting) for new SAS systems (degree audit, curriculum management, graduate admissions, etc) with campus users and proposes a uniform approach and project plan to be executed across Student & Academic Services, Institutional Reporting & Decision Support and University IT.
●    Identify student reporting needs through the duration of the project lifecycle, from the creation of the project charter to implementation. 
●    Lead and serve as the subject matter expert in providing optimal paths to fulfill student academic reporting requests. Triage and facilitate reporting requests by identifying the appropriate next steps (ranging from leveraging existing reports to bringing in applicable teams to acquire new requirements as well as corresponding new designs and development)
●    Manage and prioritize competing reporting requests to determine optimal development timeline and sequence satisfying operational needs, academic cycle restrictions, analytical requirements, and UIT resources allocation.
●    Articulate/Communicate regular student reporting updates to the wider user community regarding downstream impacts due to business processes and/or data change(s).
●    Manage the development of training and guidance to the campus community on multiple aspects of student reporting from new reports, wayfinding to existing reports, to creating ad-hoc reports as appropriate. 
●    Execute regular security audits to review the authority roles used to access systems (and potentially one central portal) to ensure alignment across SIRIS, Tableau, BI, and other applications
●    Partner with IR&DS, the Privacy Office & Compliance team (SSC) to communicate appropriate use and access to student data
 

Minimum Requirements:
Education & Experience:
Bachelor’s degree and seven years of relevant experience or combination of education and relevant experience. Work experience in a quantitative discipline such as economics, finance, statistics, or engineering.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
●    Excellent organizational leadership, planning, and change management skills
●    Exceptional interpersonal, negotiation, facilitation, and political acumen skills. Able to influence people, solve problems, troubleshoot, think creatively, and resolve conflicts.
●    Strong project management skills and ability to understand and apply the software development lifecycle.
●    Ability to work with little or no direction in environments resistant to change or unable to change quickly
●    Extensive background and experience with report and analysis design.
●    Demonstrated ability to review business processes and translate into BI reporting and analysis solutions.
●    Strong, demonstrated, ability to work across multiple, distributed, siloed, functional groups.
●    Extensive experience in data analysis and root cause analysis and proven problem solving and analytical thinking capabilities.
●    Strong written and oral communication skills; proven presentation experience and comfort with senior management audiences and effective facilitation skills with diverse groups.
●    Proven ability to Influence change/innovation initiatives at all levels, with the ability to interact at the most senior levels of the organization.
●    Demonstrated ability with enterprise application and database driven applications.
●    Substantial experience with relational and dimensional logical data modeling.
●    Skilled in multi-technologies in Business Intelligence (BI) and should be able to contribute to all phases of a project.
●    Knowledge of computer system capabilities, business processes and workflow.
●    In-depth knowledge of and ability using MS Office; analytical and business intelligence programs such as OBIEE, business objects, Informatica, Tableau, Matlab, SAS, R, SPSS etc.
●    Advanced ability to effectively facilitate training sessions, one on one, or with a group across all constituencies.
●    Experience with the application of User Interface and User Experience best practices.
●    Ability to prioritize workload and work with minimal supervision.

Physical Requirements
●    Frequently perform desk-based computer tasks, seated work, and use light/ fine grasping.
●    Occasionally lift, carry, push pull objects that weigh up to 10 pounds.
●    Rarely stand, walk, use a telephone and write by hand.

Working Conditions
●    May work extended or non-standard hours based on project or business needs. Occasional local and overnight travel required.
●    The university requires all staff to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 and provide proof of vaccination prior to their start date unless granted a medical or religious accommodation.
●    This is a hybrid position requiring 2 days onsite.

Work Standards
●    Interpersonal Skills: Demonstrates the ability to work well with Stanford colleagues and clients and with external organizations.
●    Promote Culture of Safety: Demonstrates commitment to personal responsibility and value for safety; communicates safety concerns; uses and promotes safe behaviors based on training and lessons learned.
●    Subject to and expected to comply with all applicable University policies and procedures, including but not limited to the personnel policies and other policies found in the University’s Administrative Guide, http://adminguide.stanford.edu.

The expected pay range for this position is $125,000 to $155,000 per annum.
Stanford University provides pay ranges representing its good faith estimate of what the university reasonably expects to pay for a position. The pay offered to a selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the qualifications of the selected candidate, departmental budget availability, internal equity, geographic location and external market pay for comparable jobs.

How to Apply:
We invite you to apply for this position, please submit your résumé and a one-page cover letter along with your online application.

Why Stanford is for You
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●    Freedom to grow. We offer career development programs, tuition reimbursement, or audit a course. Join a TedTalk, film screening, or listen to a renowned author or global leader speak.
●    A caring culture. We provide superb retirement plans, generous time-off, and family care resources.
●    A healthier you. Climb our rock wall, or choose from hundreds of health or fitness classes at our world-class exercise facilities. We also provide excellent health care benefits.
●    Discovery and fun. Stroll through historic sculptures, trails, and museums.
●    Enviable resources. Enjoy free commuter programs, ridesharing incentives, discounts and more

The job duties listed are typical examples of work performed by positions in this job classification and are not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, tasks, and responsibilities. Specific duties and responsibilities may vary depending on department or program needs without changing the general nature and scope of the job or level of responsibility. Employees may also perform other duties as assigned.
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