Assistant Vice President for Data Strategy and Institutional Analytics

🇺🇸 New Brunswick, NJ

🕑 Full-Time

💰 $144K - $220K

💻 Information Technology

🗓️ October 6th, 2025

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Edtech.com's Summary

Rutgers University is hiring an Assistant Vice President for Data Strategy and Institutional Analytics. This position leads the Data Strategy and Institutional Analytics team, collaborates with senior academic leadership to deliver insights shaping institutional policies and planning, and advances Rutgers' capabilities in predictive modeling, AI, and machine learning to support institutional priorities and innovation.

Highlights

Lead Data Strategy and Institutional Analytics team to drive innovation and advanced analytics.
Collaborate with Executive VP for Academic Affairs and senior leadership on policy, planning, and decision-making.
Partner with Office of Institutional Research and Decision Support (OIRDS) for reporting, compliance, and technology integration.
Advance data stewardship frameworks and translate complex analyses into actionable academic insights.
Minimum qualifications include a Master’s degree in applied mathematics, statistics, social sciences, or equivalent, plus 7 years’ institutional research experience with 3 years managing staff.
Preferred qualifications include a Ph.D., 10 years working in institutional research, and experience with AI, statistical languages, visualization tools like Tableau or Power BI, and machine learning frameworks.
Salary range: $143,712 to $220,090, with competitive and flexible compensation packages.
Full-time, exempt position under the Admin Assembly union, with comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, retirement plans, and educational benefits.
Responsibilities include leading high-impact projects, guiding long-range academic planning, and strengthening institutional analytics capacity.
Reports to Vice President for Institutional Research & Decision Support within the Office of the Executive VP for Academic Affairs.