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Senior Data Analyst

Inside Higher Ed
Columbus, OH Full Time
POSTED ON 1/9/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/6/2026
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Job Title:Senior Data Analyst

Department:Dentistry | Information Technology

The College of Dentistry (CoD) Information Systems IT department invites you to be a key part of our team as a Senior Data Analyst. In joining our team, you’ll support the research, academic, and patient care missions of our college. In this role you will help maintain and innovate operations from a data analytics and data governance standpoint. This new position will have the opportunity to develop new reporting and data driven decision making as our college transitions to the Epic Electronic Health Record Application. In partnering with other college faculty and staff you will assist in extracting data, normalizing data, and helping present data to key stakeholders. Working within Epic and Tableau, your role will develop new dashboards and visualizations, create data definitions, and support a centralized data governance model. Within this role you will have access to exciting project opportunities, cross-unit collaboration, and the university’s professional development resources to support your growth and success. This position reports to the Assistant Dean of Information Technology at the College of Dentistry.

What You’ll Do

  • Understand data needs to maintain existing reporting services while developing new capabilities that drive business value.
  • Lead functional design for capturing, extracting, storing, and disseminating data across the organization. Help assess data quality and completeness. Use both qualitative and quantitative methods to assess data requests.
  • Develop and maintain Tableau Dashboards to meet key stakeholder objectives. This could include supporting clinical operations, academic progress, or strategic projects to support the Colleges Strategic Plan.
  • Consult with clinics, academic leaders, and research areas to analyze requests and define business requirements. Use project management fundamentals to manage timelines, objectives, scope, communication, change management, and implementation.
  • As a data owner, work to define data values so all members of the college of dentistry, the Medical Center, and external collaborators are clear on data definitions. Support the data retention policies and lifecycle process.
  • Support our end users through tickets, phone calls, walk-ins, user education, or through strategic projects.
  • This position has regular weekly on-site responsibilities.

Work Schedule

Monday - Friday, 7:30 am - 4:30 pm. Evenings and weekends only if needed.

Flexible scheduling and some remote work days are possibly available for this position.

Targeted hiring pay range is between $81,800 - $106,900 dependent on experience and education.

Skills Needed

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, plus 4 years of experience leading projects or work in the field of data analytics is required; 4-8 years of relevant experience is preferred.
  • Professional experience in developing data visualizations through tools such as Tableau.
  • Professional experience with query languages such as PL/SQL, MySql, and T-SQL and databases like SQL Server, Oracle and/or MySQL are required.
  • Familiarity with Python development.
  • Demonstrated ability to perform quantitative and qualitative data analysis.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Such as leading a presentation of data findings or working with key stakeholders on defining requirements.
  • Ability to communicate complex technical information to non-technical stakeholders.
  • Proven ability to document work in the form of SOPs, READMEs, process mapping, workflow diagrams, and code comments.

Ohio State University will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.

The final candidate must successfully complete a background check and a drug and alcohol screening.

Additional Information

Location:Postle Hall (0024)

Position Type:Regular

Scheduled Hours:40

Shift:First Shift

Final candidates are subject to successful completion of a background check. A drug screen or physical may be required during the post offer process.

Thank you for your interest in positions at The Ohio State University and Wexner Medical Center. Once you have applied, the most updated information on the status of your application can be found by visiting the Candidate Home section of this site. Please view your submitted applications by logging in and reviewing your status. For answers to additional questions please review the frequently asked questions.

The university is an equal opportunity employer, including veterans and disability.

As required by Ohio Revised Code section 3345.0216, Ohio State will: educate students by means of free, open and rigorous intellectual inquiry to seek the truth; equip students with the opportunity to develop intellectual skills to reach their own, informed conclusions; not require, favor, disfavor or prohibit speech or lawful assembly; create a community dedicated to an ethic of civil and free inquiry, which respects the autonomy of each member, supports individual capacities for growth and tolerates differences in opinion; treat all faculty, staff and students as individuals, hold them to equal standards and provide equality of opportunity with regard to race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.

Salary : $81,800 - $106,900

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