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• Oversee the implementation and maintenance of Edify, integrating with various systems (e.g., Banner, Canvas, Reach CRM).
• Deliver Edify reporting and analytics solutions that inform strategic planning, student success initiatives, and operational improvements.
• Establish data-quality frameworks and collaborate with business units to define enterprise data governance standards for use long-term.
• Work across campus to identify new and disparate data sources. Make recommendations to consolidate or eliminate unnecessary sources.
• Analyze and assess business processes and their relationships to institutional data.
• Embed data governance and analytics into recurring institutional decision‑making processes by partnering with functional areas to ensure decisions are informed by consistent definitions, shared metrics, and trusted data assets.
• Uphold data quality and validation standards to promote consistency, accuracy, and institutional trust in reporting.
• Review data architecture compliance with relevant regulations (e.g., FERPA) and address concerns to bring into compliance.
• Determine and regularly reassess priorities for data governance and analytics initiatives in Edify based on institutional decision-making needs, capacity, risk, and strategic impact.
• Oversee the creation and maintenance of data glossaries and metadata management.
• Communicate complex data concepts to non-technical audiences through presentations and workshops.
• Participate and make policy recommendations in institutional data governance committees and task forces (generally chaired by the Chief Data Officer).
• Represent UDA on assigned campus committees and meetings.

1. Bachelor’s degree in social sciences, data science, mathematics/statistics, higher education, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
2. Experience in institutional research or analytics environments.
3. Intermediate knowledge of business intelligence tools (such as Tableau) and scripting languages (such as R and SQL).
4. Demonstrated quantitative and qualitative reasoning skills.
5. Experience designing and applying statistical methods to research projects.
6. Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities.

1. Advanced degree in social sciences, data science, mathematics/statistics, higher education, or related field.
2. Experience operating in an Ellucian Banner ERP environment.
3. Experience working in a higher education setting, with a demonstrated understanding of how an institution of higher learning operates.
4. Demonstrated experience in teaching, training, or development.
5. Experience with data integration and data warehousing, preferably in Edify.
6. Familiarity with data governance frameworks.

Montana State University is entering a period of ambitious change in its use of data, and engaged in significant, positive transformation. Under the leadership of the Chief Data Officer, University Data and Analytics (UDA) works collaboratively across the University community to support and expand the strategic use of data.