ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT FOR STRATEGIC ANALYSIS AND INSTITUTIONAL REPORTING (UTRGV Employees Only)

Position Information

Posting NumberSRGV9173

Working TitleASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT FOR STRATEGIC ANALYSIS AND INSTITUTIONAL REPORTING (UTRGV Employees Only)

Number of Vacancies1

LocationMcAllen, Texas

DepartmentStrategic Analysis and Institutional Reporting

FTE1.0

FLSAExempt

Scope of Job

To provide leadership and direction to the Office of Strategic Analysis and Institutional Reporting. To serve as the University’s senior leader for strategic analysis, institutional intelligence, enterprise analytics, and executive decision support. Oversee analytical studies strategic planning support activities, performance measurement, forecasting, benchmarking, and external reporting functions to inform and support executive decision making and advance institutional priorities. Provide leadership in the development of data governance standards, enterprise analytics capabilities, and institutional performance monitoring to support the University’s long-range planning, operational effectiveness, and competitive positioning.

Description of Duties

• Serves as a strategic advisor to executive leadership on institutional priorities, performance outcomes, long-range planning, and organizational effectiveness.

• Leads institutional strategic analysis, forecasting, benchmarking, environmental scanning, and scenario planning to support executive decision-making.

• Presents analysis, forecasts, and institutional performance results to executive leadership, governing bodies, state agencies, legislators, and other stakeholders for decision-making.

• Represents the University on relevant committees, task forces, and professional organizations.

• Identifies and evaluates emerging trends in higher education, demographics, workforce demands, public policy, funding models, and market conditions that affect institutional strategy and performance.

• Directs university-wide strategic analysis, institutional reporting, and performance management activities to support planning, accountability, and continuous improvement.

• Oversees the development and maintenance of institutional dashboards, key performance indicators, executive scorecards, data visualization tools, and enterprise reporting systems.

• Provides leadership for enterprise data governance, data quality, data accessibility, institutional reporting, and the strategic development of the University’s data warehouse and analytics infrastructure.

• Ensures the accuracy, integrity, and compliance of official institutional data submissions, reports, and publications for internal stakeholders and external agencies.

• Directs the Office of Strategic Analysis and Institutional Reporting, including personnel management, professional development, resource allocation, budgeting, and operational effectiveness.

• Collaborates with University divisions and external partners to support accreditation, legislative initiatives, grant-funded projects, policy analysis, and other strategic institutional priorities.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

Supervision Received

General supervision from assigned supervisor.

Supervision Given

Specific supervision of assigned staff.

Required Education

Master’s degree from an accredited university with course work in research and/or statistics.

Preferred Education

None.

Licenses/Certifications

None.

Required Experience

• Seven (7) years of increasingly responsible experience in institutional research, strategic analysis or a related field,or

• Ten (10) years of the required experience with a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited University.

Preferred Experience

None.

Equipment

Use of standard office equipment.

Working Conditions

Needs to be able to successfully perform all required duties. Work is performed primarily in a general office environment. Some travel and weekend work is required. Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. UTRGV is a distributed institution which requires presence at multiple locations throughout the Rio Grande Valley.

As part of their essential duties, employees in these roles are expected to maintain a consistent, in-person presence on campus at their assigned locations. Limited exceptions may apply for positions that are approved as hybrid or fully remote in accordance with UTRGV policies.

Other

Requires knowledge of:

• Large complex institutions of higher education and their data reporting responsibilities to the general public and governing/regulatory bodies.

• Large-scale databases or data archives.

• Quantitative methods for decision-making in the public sector.

• Definitions of all major data elements used in official reporting by the public universities of Texas.

• The role of reported data in the legislative appropriations process for public universities.

• Relevant Federal, state and UT System laws, rules and regulations.

Requires ability to:

• Develop and continuously adjust an office work-plan which effectively and strategically utilizes available office resources.

• Gain and maintain the trust of all people involved in supplying data and using analytic results.

• Present, both orally and in writing, the results of analytic studies to high-level decision-makers.

Physical Capabilities

N/A

Employment CategoryFull-Time

Minimum SalaryCommensurate with Experience

Posted SalaryCommensurate with Experience

Position Available Date10/02/2026

Grant Funded PositionNo

If Yes, Provide Grant Expiration Date

Posting Detail Information

EEO Statement

It is the policy of The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley to promote and ensure equal employment opportunities for all individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information or protected veteran status. In accordance with the requirements of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended, our University is committed to comply with all government requirements and ensures non-discrimination in its education programs and activities, including employment. We encourage women, minorities and differently abled persons to apply for employment positions of interest.

Special Instructions to Applicants

Dear Applicant,

Human Resources will not be held responsible for redacting any confidential information from the documents you attach with your application. The confidential information includes the following:

Date of Birth

Gender

*Ethnicity/Race

Please make sure that you omit this information prior to submission. We are advising that Human Resources will be forwarding your application to the department as per your submission. The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley reserves the right to discontinue accepting applications prior to the stated close date of this position, after meeting the posting requirement of three (3) calendar days.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at (956) 665-2451 and/or [email protected].

Additional Information

UTRGV is a distributed location institution and working location is subject to change based on need.

All UTRGV employees are required to have a criminal background check ( CBC ). Incomplete applications will not be considered.

Substitutions to the above requirements must have prior approval from the VP of HR & Talent Development .

Quick Linkhttps://careers.utrgv.edu/postings/52723

Posting Supplemental Questions

Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).

• • Are you a current UTRGV employee?

• Yes

• No

• • Are you now, or previously, employed by The University of Texas System or any of its institutions?

• Yes - I currently am employed by the UT System or its institutions

• Yes - I have previously been employed by the UT System or its institutions

• No - I have never been employed by the UT System or its institutions

• • Please select your highest level of completed education.

• 6th grade education

• 10th grade education

• High School Diploma or GED

• Associates Degree, Technical, or Trade School Degree/Certification or 60 Hours of College Hours

• Bachelors Degree from an accredited university

• Masters Degree from an accredited university

• Ph. D. or other terminal degree from an accredited university

• None of the above

• • Please provide the field of study for your education:

(Open Ended Question)

• • Please indicate the number of years of work experience you have directly related to the position in which you are applying for:

• Less than 1 year

• 1 year

• 2 years

• 3 years

• 4 years

• 5 years

• 6 years

• 7 years

• 8 years

• 9 years

• 10 years

• Over 10 years

• • Do you meet the minimum requirements for this position?

• Yes

• No

Applicant Documents

Required Documents

• Resume

Optional Documents

• Cover Letter/Letter of Application

• Curriculum Vitae

• Unofficial Transcripts

• Reference Letter 1

• Reference Letter 2

• Reference Letter 3

• Certifications and Licenses

• Training Certificates

• Other Document

• List of 3 References

• Unofficial Transcripts 2

• Unofficial Transcripts 3

• Letter of Interest

• Unofficial Graduate Transcripts

• Additional Document