THECB - Director I (Data Analysis)

THECB - Director I (Data Analysis) (00051609) 

Organization

: TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD 

Primary Location

: Texas-Austin 

Work Locations

: TX Hghr Edu Coordinating Board 1801 Congress Ave  Austin 78701 

  

Job

: Management 

Employee Status

: Regular 

Schedule

: Full-time Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00 

Travel

: Yes, 10 % of the Time State Job Code: 781U  Salary Admin Plan: N/A Grade: 00  

Salary (Pay Basis)

: 8,990.00 - 9,823.00 (Monthly) 

Number of Openings

: 1 

Overtime Status

: Exempt 

Job Posting

: Aug 1, 2025, 7:35:02 PM 

Closing Date

: Aug 16, 2025, 4:59:00 AM 

Description

 

General Description:
The Director I position is a senior-Level role overseeing the Data Analysis team in the Student Financial Aid Programs division. The position involves advanced and supervisory work with considerable latitude for initiative and independent judgment under minimal supervision. Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to performance measurement and accountability, legislative analysis, data governance and standards, quality assurance and methodological consistency, and data strategy and modernization. This position reports to the Director III for Policy.

General Duties and Responsibilities:
General duties and responsibilities encompass three main categories of focus: Strategic, Functional, and Administrative.
Strategic
•    Identifies and directs improvements to support the modernization of SFAP data collection, analysis, and reporting; coordinates data management solutions; ensures data infrastructure alignment with divisional objectives.
•    Identifies and directs best practices and opportunities for improving financial aid data collection and reporting by the agency; oversees data initiatives.
•    Develops and directs data quality strategy, promoting quality assurance methodologies.
Functional
•    Provides leadership for the Data Analysis team, aligning operations with agency-wide strategic goals.
•    Oversee SFAP's analysis of financial aid data and calculation of key financial aid components; coordinates financial aid modeling activities.
•    Ensures that data methodologies and output across the department meet high analytical standards. Establishes quality control protocols and evaluation procedures to ensure reliability and rigor.
•    Maintains close working relationships with agency's Data Management and Research Division and other appropriate divisions; implements data sharing protocols with stakeholders.
•    Partners with departmental and team leaders to develop and execute performance metrics and monitoring systems. Ensures analytical output and program data support evaluation, transparency, and continuous improvement.
•    Serves as SFAP's representative on the agency's data governance structure; ensures SFAP data align with the agency's data governance protocols on privacy, metadata, stewardship and related matters.
•    Coordinates and completes data analysis to support SFAP's efforts in the biennial legislative session activities.
•    Coordinates divisional receipt and proper handling of FASFA data; ensures compliance with data security and privacy requirements.
Administrative
•    Leads hiring, supervision, and evaluation of staff.  Fosters professional growth, collaboration, and a culture of innovation, while guiding organizational planning and team development.
•    Manages workflows across the team's portfolios. 
•    Balances team capacity, assigns responsibilities, and ensures the team's activities are delivered with quality and on schedule.
•    Exhibits professional behavior including appropriate workplace conduct, clear communication, ethical decision-making, and effective collaboration in all work interactions.
•    Consistently adheres to Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) standards in all interactions.
•    Perform related work as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
•  Quality Assurance Methods Knowledge: Designs comprehensive quality frameworks, develops customized methodologies, and implements sophisticated quality metrics and monitoring systems.
•  Statistical Methods Knowledge: Implements advanced statistical methodologies, designs comprehensive studies, and translates sophisticated findings into actionable insights.
•  Data Analysis Skills: Leads analytical initiatives, applies advanced modeling techniques, and translates findings into strategic recommendations. Mentors others in analytical techniques.
•  Data Validation and Management Skills: Develops organizational data quality strategies and governance standards and architects quality frameworks for critical data assets. Mentors others in data quality techniques.
•  Data Visualization Skills: Creates complex, interactive visualizations, designs custom visualizations, and integrates multiple views into cohesive dashboards.
•  Database Querying Skills: Designs complex queries with multiple tables and implements advanced SQL functions.
•  Workflow Management Skills: Designs workflow management systems, implements prioritization frameworks, optimizes resource allocation across multiple workstreams, and leads Improvement initiatives.
•  Communication: Ability to use written and verbal communications skills strategically and creatively to achieve goals and outcomes that are mutually beneficial for all parties (e.g., persuading and influencing others, negotiating, resolving conflicts, presenting and facilitating effectively).
•  Critical and Analytical Thinking: Ability to synthesize information from multiple sources and perspectives, identify patterns and trends, challenge assumptions, test alternatives, anticipate consequences, and develop well-reasoned responses.
•  Leadership: Ability to lead and organize others effectively through the development of approaches that enable achievement of the division's mission. This includes fostering a culture of excellence, creativity, efficiency, and innovation among work groups or teams, while building employee commitment to divisional values and promoting shared accountability.
•  Problem Solving: Ability to address complex, multifaceted problems with unclear parameters, develop innovative solutions that balance competing priorities, implement comprehensive approaches, and evaluate long-term effectiveness.
•  Strategic Thinking: Ability to craft and implement solutions that align with the organization's vision and goals, along with an ability to translate short- and long-term strategies into actionable steps to optimally incorporate goals and performance measures.
•  Team Supervision: Ability to communicate, motivate and delegate. Assign tasks and responsibilities and monitors progress. Provides feedback and problem solves for a team to advance initiatives.

Military Crosswalk: https://hr.sao.texas.gov/Compensation/MilitaryCrosswalk/MOSC_ProgramManagement.pdf

 

Qualifications

 

Required Minimum Education and Experience:
•    Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.
•    5+ years of progressive experience in data analysis or management, including data retrieval, analysis, compilation, quality review, and reporting with a proven ability to lead teams.
•    Six additional months of full-time work experience in data science or management, including data retrieval, analysis, compilation, quality review, and reporting may substitute for 15 semester hours of required education, up to four years.
•    A master's degree from an accredited college or university in Higher Education Administration, Public Policy/Affairs, Business Administration or related field may substitute for one year of work experience.

Preferred:
•    Master's degree from an accredited college or university in Higher Education Management, Public Policy/Affairs, Business Administration, or a related field.
•    Experience working in a supervisory or lead role directing and assessing the work of other analysts and/or advanced data analysis skills, industry expertise, data governance knowledge, and data privacy and security expertise.
•    Knowledge and understanding of state and federal laws, rules, regulations, policies, and procedures affecting student financial assistance, particularly the student financial aid programs administered by the Agency, and the ability to appropriately interpret and apply that knowledge.

Physical Requirements and/or Working Conditions:
Work is performed in a standard office environment and requires:
•    Regular, reliable, and punctual attendance at work.
•    Frequent use of personal computers, copiers, printers, and telephones.
•    Frequent sitting; and
•    Frequently works under deadlines, as a team member, and in direct contact with others.

Workforce: 
Must be able to: 
•    Demonstrate knowledge of customer service deliverables.
•    Show flexibility and adaptability toward changes in assignments and work schedules working extended hours as necessary.
•    Adhere to the organization's internal management policies and procedures.
•    Contribute to the agency's performance measures and mission; and 
•    Travel periodically for work assignments and training.

Application Requirements:
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board is an Equal Opportunity Employer. A State of Texas application is required to apply. For more information on how to apply for this position, go to the Coordinating Board’s employment opportunities website at https://www.highered.texas.gov/careers/.

The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board participates in E-Verify for each new employees’ Form I-9 to confirm work authorization. For questions, please call the HR Department at 512-427-6190. For vocal and/or hearing assistance call 7-1-1.

Notes to Applicant:
If you require any reasonable accommodation for the interview process, please inform the hiring representative who calls to schedule your interview. This position has been designated as a security sensitive position. A criminal background investigation will be conducted on the final candidate for this position.

Your job application must be completely filled out. Your application must contain dates of employment, job titles, name of employer and a description of duties performed in a way that demonstrates you meet the minimum qualifications for the position for which you are applying. Resumes do not take the place of the requirement to include this information on the application. If this information is not submitted, your application may be rejected because it is incomplete.

Veterans Information: THECB is committed to hiring Veterans. To receive Veteran’s Preference, a copy of the FORM DD214 -member #4, must be attached when submitting your application.

AN EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER: THECB does not discriminate on the basis, of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability in employment or the provision of services.

Job offer and continuation of employment with THECB is contingent upon:
•    Proof of education and experience listed on the application.
•    Eligibility/authorization to work in the U.S.
•    Satisfactory results from a pre-employment criminal history background check.
•    Compliance with the Selective Service Law for males ages 18-25. Please be advised that under Texas law, names and other information concerning applicants or nominees may be subject to disclosure upon request.

THECB does not allow dual employment with other state of Texas agencies or institutions.

Skills assessment may be conducted at time of interview

No phone calls or emails, please. Due to the high volume of applications, we do not accept telephone calls and cannot reply to all email inquiries. Only candidates selected for interview will be contacted.