Project Manager for Strategic Data Initiatives
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte is seeking applications for a Project Manager for Strategic Data Initiatives to work with the Graduate School. The Graduate School at UNC Charlotte fosters excellence in all dimensions of post baccalaureate studies and is the primary advocate for graduate education and for graduate students at the University. Established in 1985, the Graduate School offers 21 doctoral, 65 master’s degree programs, and more than 30 graduate certificate programs in a wide variety of fields and specialties ranging from architecture, biomedical engineering, computing, engineering, and health administration to history, teacher education, creative writing, business, nursing and social work. The Graduate School has over 700 members of the Regular Graduate Faculty teaching and mentoring more than 5,500 graduate students who come from nearly every state in the union and from a variety of countries in Europe, Asia, Africa, Central and South America.
Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in project management, information technology, data science, assessment, or a related field. At least three years of experience with data management, large data sets, process improvement, and project management.
Essential Job Duties: The Project Manager for Strategic Data Initiatives leads the Graduate School’s efforts to develop and support a comprehensive dashboard aimed at improving student success metrics. This role involves refining initial requirements, creating a detailed project plan, and proposing a technical implementation strategy. The overarching goal of this position is to streamline and enhance a student’s path to graduation, including the development of technical solutions that support degree auditing, coordination for DegreeWorks, and development of processes to bring greater transparency and support to student success. This role is primarily a project management role but requires familiarity with data analysis. The position has decision-making authority for the creation of technical solutions to processes, the collection and interpretation of data for process improvement, as well as consultation with faculty. Review of program-level data through the program review process is expected to generate improvement recommendations.
Salary and benefits are competitive; interested individuals should apply on-line at https://jobs.charlotte.edu/postings/58335. Applicants are subject to background checks.
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer and an ADVANCE Institution that strives to create an academic climate in which the dignity of all individuals is respected and maintained. Women, minorities, veterans, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, gender identity or sexual orientation.
