Nevada System of Higher Education

Director

• Lead data initiatives tied to NSHE's Success by Design strategic plan
• Direct the full data lifecycle, including design, collection, analysis, reporting, and distribution
• Advise NSHE leadership, the Board of Regents, and state legislators on data use for policy and decision-making
• Provide testimony, briefings, and policy analysis during legislative sessions and Board of Regents meetings
• Identify external funding opportunities and support institutional grant applications
• Represent NSHE in regional and national data and research networks
• Supervise the Senior Data Engineer and externally funded departmental position
• Coordinate cross-training and shared production duties for data warehouse support, reporting, and website maintenance
• Develop succession and continuity plans
• Manage budgets for externally funded data projects, including expenditures, invoices, and supporting documentation
• Direct training, onboarding, and technical support for institutional research staff across NSHE
• Update reports and build institutional consensus around content and available data
• Support integration of systemwide tools and visualizations
• Lead modernization and automation, including appropriate AI integration
• Oversee analysis and reporting for enrollment, remedial programs, diversity initiatives, faculty workload, and other research requests
• Interpret complex data using descriptive statistics through advanced data mining
• Oversee SLDS data exchange with the Nevada Department of Education and DETR
• Serve as designated committee representative under Nevada Revised Statutes 400
• Support Academic and Student Affairs and Budget and Finance departments with data requests
• Ensure production of Board- and regulatory-mandated reporting
• Negotiate and maintain data-sharing agreements and memoranda of understanding
• Serve as accountable authority for student data privacy and FERPA compliance
• Ensure data integrity through security protocols and audits
• Establish data validation rules, definitions, and collection standards
• Oversee data quality and resolution of systemic reporting issues
• Represent the department to external data partners and governance bodies
• Share accountability for data warehouse operations, submissions, audits, loads, and portal processing
• Produce scheduled and ad hoc reports, including writing and reviewing SQL queries
• Maintain the Institutional Research website, dashboards, CCN, and APIS content management systems
• Maintain cross-trained backup knowledge for critical departmental functions

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