Business Intelligence And Analytics Architect

Description:

University Information and Technology (UIT) is Oregon State University’s enterprise IT organization, with an operating budget of approximately $36M/yr and with additional project/program funding. UIT is led by the Vice Provost for Information Technology, who is also OSU’s Chief Information Officer (CIO)and the university official with responsibility for setting university-wide IT policy and guiding the university’s central and distributed IT enterprise.

The Business Intelligence and Analytics Architect (BI/Analytics Architect) plays a critical role at Oregon State University during an exciting time of transformation, growth and innovation on the Data and Information Architecture (DIA) group within University Information Technology. The BI/Analytics Architect is responsible for shaping and leading the evolution of OSU’s Business Intelligence and Analytics practice. Their work supports all lines of business and mission areas. The incumbent will nurture the growth and development of the BI/Analytics team in direct support of the strategic data goals of the organization and serve as a leader in the maturation and evolution of the university’s BI and Analytics practice and impact. The incumbent will have a deep understanding and applied expertise in Business Intelligence, Analytics and data warehousing architecture and concepts, as well as extensive experience working at large complex institutions. They will have a track record of designing and implementing complex BI, reporting and analytics data solutions and managing teams to deliver high-quality work. Creativity and ingenuity are valued characteristics in this position. The incumbent is both a technical expert and plays a key leadership role as we build a world class business intelligence (BI) and data analytics practice that drives advanced data-informed decision making and enables a vibrant and empowered community of data users at OSU.

Their work includes:

• Provide vision and direction to modernize and evolve the BI and Analytics practice; partner with the rest of the DIA team and Enterprise Architecture group to evolve and mature OSU’s data technology and architecture to meet current and future needs.

• Formulate strategies to grow and leverage the OSU data platform to solve complex business issues with sustainable, scalable and thoughtful BI and Analytics products and services.

• Partner with the Office of Information Security and the Data Trustees to ensure the highest levels of security while also providing readily available data in the format that meets the stakeholder needs.

• Lead the transformation of BI and Analytics services relative to the Administrative Modernization Program

• Evaluating, experimenting and implementing modern Artificial Intelligence (AI) based data technologies in a cost-effective manner.

• Ensure and lead the creation and adoption of high-quality documentation, data management practices, design and quality standards, and operational excellence for the BI and Analytics team.

• Oversee, monitor, manage and improve the quality and delivery of the BI and Analytics products and services.