LSAC’s mission is to advance law and justice by promoting access, equity, and fairness in law school admission and supporting the learning journey from prelaw through practice. 

The Director of Reports and Analytics is an IT leader that has the primary enterprise accountability of the organization’s data and analytics (D&A) assets to drive value for business stakeholders. This includes creation and management of data and analytics strategy, and execution of related programs and practices that drive measurable business outcomes. This role involves establishing, leading and operating the D&A function; developing talent and mature D&A culture; building trust and managing data; and evolving technology capabilities. 

Salary range: $140,000 - $148,000, depending on experience

Essential Job Functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position. The individual employed in this position will be required to:

• Maintain authority and accountability for leveraging the value of enterprise information assets, and of the analytics used to render insights for decision making, automated decisions and augmentation of human performance. Be the corporate leader of data-driven insights and use cases that help support strategic and tactical business opportunities.
• Build partnerships with executive leadership to establish the vision for managing data as a business asset — to use data and analytics capabilities to maximize the value derived from data assets.
• Define data and analytics vision, strategy and associated practices. Support the organization’s data and analytics strategy in collaboration with the CIO and business stakeholders.
• Institute an enterprise operating model for data and analytics that is consistent with the capabilities and competencies required to execute the strategy.
• Foster the creation of a data-driven culture, related competencies and data literacy across the enterprise. Lead these transformation efforts by developing D&A talent and maturing the capability of the organization.
• Oversee delivery models, methods and practices for creation of data products and to ensure consistent application and use of data and analytics solutions.
• Establish and maintain trust in data assets by instituting governance mechanisms for data and algorithms used for analysis, analytical applications and automated decision making.
• Lead data-driven innovation for the enterprise, including investigation, adoption and exploitation of artificial intelligence.
• Lead research, strategy creation and development of new data products or services to expand markets, monetize data (directly and indirectly) and impact enterprise profitability.
• Expand the organization’s research and analytics offerings, especially in emerging analytical approaches, skills and technologies, focusing on accelerating digital business innovation and transformation.
• Identify new kinds, types and sources of trusted data to enable business value innovation throughout the organization.
• Create and oversee a centralized data management service for sourcing external data to ensure quality, traceability, timeliness, usability and cost-effectiveness.
• Define processes for the effective, integrated introduction of new data.

Competencies

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Holds a strong sense of accountability for both individual and team objectives.
• Embraces a forward-thinking mindset, contributing to a culture of continuous improvement and creativity.
• Excellent time management, prioritization, attention to detail and organization skills
• In-depth understanding of data analysis and report development, as well as reporting rationalization, consolidation and automation.
• Extensive background in understanding the data requirements of law school admissions personnel.
• Demonstrated experience in strategic planning, project management and development.

Education and Experience

• Minimum 10 years of experience in technology and business/industry.
• Minimum 5 years leading a reports and analytics team

Additional Information

Supervisory Responsibilities

• This role does have people management responsibilities.

Position Type

• The LSAC standard business hours are Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 4:45 p.m. ET. While these are the standard office hours for LSAC, as an exempt employee, the employee will be expected to work the hours necessary to satisfactorily complete their assignments in a responsible and professional manner.

Work Environment

• This job operates in a remote and professional office environment. Whether remote or in-office, this role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.

Travel Requirements

• There is no travel expected for this position.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee must regularly write, read, and communicate effectively.

Additional Information:

Please note that this job description may not contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Job responsibilities may change at any time with or without notice.

Except as otherwise provided by law, all terms of employment are subject on an at-will basis and can change at any time.