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Position Title:

Associate Director, Career Technology, Digital Strategy & Data Analytics

Position Type:

Full time

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Categories:

Staff Exempt

Job Summary:

This role provides strategic oversight for the Center for Career Advancement's technology and data ecosystem, driving the integration, accessibility, and optimization of platforms like Handshake, uConnect, Hiration, and emerging AI tools to deliver a personalized, user-centered experience. By leading real-time data collection and developing actionable dashboards, the position tracks student engagement, experiential learning, and post-graduation outcomes to address equity gaps, measure program impact, and guide continuous improvement. Crucially, it relies on deep cross-campus collaboration-partnering with academic colleges, Institutional Research, the Dominguez Center for Data Science, Communications, Advancement, Athletics, and Academic Affairs - to integrate technology, align strategy, and leverage data-driven insights that elevate career readiness and overall student success.

Job Duties:

Reporting Relationship:

• Reports to the Freeman Family Associate Vice President and Director of the Center for Career Advancement (CCA)

Work Setting:

• On campus, student facing role

Work Schedule:

• 40 hours per week, 52 weeks per year

• May work some nights and weekends to promote events and programs for the Center for Career Advancement (CCA)

What You Will Do:

• Provide strategic oversight of career portfolio of technologies, including Handshake, uConnect, Hiration, and emerging tools, ensuring seamless integration, data integrity, accessibility, and a user-centered experience.

• Lead the collection, analysis, and reporting of real-time career engagement and placement success data to inform strategy, assess impact, and drive continuous improvement. Develop dashboards and actionable insights to identify engagement trends, address equity gaps, and enhance student success.

• Partner with University Communications, Institutional Research, the Dominguez Center for Data Science, University Advancement, the Freeman College of Management, College of Engineering, and College of Arts & Sciences, Athletics, Academic Affairs, and other campus stakeholders to integrate technology, leverage data, and develop innovative solutions that enhance student career outcomes, improve engagement, and support data-informed decision-making across the Center for Career Advancement.

• Advance the Center's use of artificial intelligence and emerging technologies to transform career services, enhance personalized student support, improve career readiness, and leverage data to assess engagement, experiential learning, and internship and post graduation career outcomes.

• Lead the ongoing development and optimization of uConnect and other career technology platforms, partnering with the CCA Communications and Marketing team to integrate career outcomes data, enhance the digital user experience, and increase student engagement with career resources and opportunities.

• The job description's listed responsibilities and tasks are not exhaustive, additional non-essential tasks and responsibilities may be assigned as needed.

What You Will Bring: Required:

• Bachelor's degree in data science, information systems, public administration or related field

• Four (4) years of work experience in data management, analytics, governance and or a related field

Preferred, but not required:

• Masters degree in a related field

• Experience in higher education or a similarly complex, decentralized organization

• Prior experience with Tableau, PowerBi, or other business intelligence and data visualization software

Knowledge Areas and Skills:

• Ability to understand data and analyze reports

• Demonstrated expertise in creating and executing data strategies that align with organizational goals

• Strong understanding of data platforms, analytics, and reporting, with the ability to collect, analyze, interpret, and communicate student engagement and career outcomes data through meaningful dashboards, reports, and data-informed insights

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to translate technical concepts for diverse audiences

Physical Requirements:

• Office environment/no specific or unusual physical or environmental demands

Job Exempt:

Yes

Salary Range:

65,680.00-82,100.00

The offer rate will be based on a review of the candidate's credentials compared to the qualifications of the position, internal equity, and our overall compensation philosophy.

This role is not budgeted for visa sponsorship, all candidates must be authorized to work in the US without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.

Benefits:

Eligible full- and part-time employees are compensated beyond base salary through our total rewards package that includes (but is not limited to):

• Flexible scheduling options determined by role;
• Medical, prescription drug, vision, dental, life, and long-term disability insurance options
• An outstanding 10% employer contribution to your retirement plan (no contribution requirement for non-exempt positions)
• Generous paid time off, including vacation and sick time, a community service day, and 19 paid holidays (including two full weeks off for Winter Break!)
• Full-time and part-time members of the faculty and staff are eligible for tuition remission for themselves. Additionally, full-time members of the faculty and staff are eligible for tuition remission for their spouse/spousal equivalent and are eligible for various tuition programs for their children. Credit for full-time benefits eligible employment at other institutions of higher education will be applied to waiting periods.
• A comprehensive employee wellness program including program incentives
• A myriad of other benefits, including parental leave, an employee assistance program, fitness center membership, and the power of your Bucknell ID card

To learn more about Bucknell's benefits, clickhere! (*Eligibility criteria and waiting periods may apply.)

Inclusive Excellence:
Bucknell is committed to fostering an environment that embraces diversity, equity and inclusion, and seeks candidates who will contribute to a climate that supports the growth and development of a diverse campus community.We endeavor to enhance our capacity to value and capitalize on the cultural richness that diversity brings. We encourage all individualsto apply and donot discriminate inadmissions, employment, educational programs and/or activitieson the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, age, religion, disability, pregnancy, sex/gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, marital or family status, military or veteran status, or genetic information.

E-Verify

Bucknell University participates with the United States Customs and Immigration Services (USCIS) E-Verify program. We will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.

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