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Full-Time Continuous Improvement Analyst - On-Site (WGU Camp

WESTERN GOVERNORS UNIVERSITY

SALT LAKE CITY, UTFull-time$75–113K/yrSeen 6 days agoSeen in employer's feed 6 days ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$75–113K/yr
Location
SALT LAKE CITY, UT
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Continuous Improvement Analyst plans, organizes, and monitors process-improvement projects and supports technology that aids improvement. The role leads project teams, keeps stakeholders informed, and ensures projects meet performance indicators, stakeholder requirements, policies, and deadlines. It also extracts, compiles, and analyzes data, prioritizes data requests, interprets complex datasets, and provides recommendations for strategic planning and execution. This is an in-office position at WGU’s Salt Lake City campus.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Process ImprovementData AnalysisAnalytical SkillsProduct Management

Full job description

If you're passionate about building a better future for individuals, communities, and our country-and you're committed to working hard to play your part in building that future-consider WGU as the next step in your career. Driven by a mission to expand access to higher education through online, competency-based degree programs, WGU is also committed to being a great place to work for a diverse workforce of student-focused professionals. The university has pioneered a new way to learn in the 21st century, one that has received praise from academic, industry, government, and media leaders. Whatever your role, working for WGU gives you a part to play in helping students graduate, creating a better tomorrow for themselves and their families. The salary range for this position takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. At WGU, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their position, and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is: Grade: Professional 308 Pay Range: $75,200.00 - $112,700.00 Job Description The Continuous Improvement Analyst is responsible for planning, organizing, and monitoring process improvement, as well as building and supporting technology to aid in process improvement. This individual ensures projects meet or exceed key performance indicators and stakeholder requirements, policies, and deadlines. The business analyst leads teams assigned to their projects, and ensures stakeholders are well informed of area activities and barriers to success. The Continuous Improvement Analyst will extract, compile, and analyze data to support research and data needs. They will respond to and prioritize multiple data requests, interpret complex data sets, and provide data-driven recommendations that inform strategic planning and execution. The Business Analyst will be actively involved in developing, refining, and supporting goals and initiatives. Please note this is an IN-OFFICE position at the WGU Campus in Salt Lake City, UT. The analyst is responsible for planning, organizing, facilitating, training participants and monitoring process improvement, as well as building and supporting technology to aid in process improvement. This individual ensures projects meet or exceed key performance indicators and stakeholder requirements, policies, and deadlines. The business analyst leads teams assigned to their projects, and ensures stakeholders are well informed of area activities and barriers to success. The analyst will extract, compile, and analyze data to support research and data needs. They will respond to and prioritize multiple data requests, interpret complex data sets, and provide data-driven recommendations that inform strategic planning and execution. The analyst will be actively involved in developing, refining, and supporting goals and initiatives. Primary Responsibilities * Uses strong analytical and product management skills to gain a thorough understanding of departmental needs and translates those needs into specific initiatives and short- and long-range plans. * Gathers and critically evaluates information from multiple sources, reconciles conflicts, decomposes high-level information into details, summarizes low-level information into a general... For full info follow application link. Western Governors Univeristy is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, nat ional origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation or any other classification protected by federal, state or local law.

How this job compares

Set against the 5,139 open Business Analyst jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$75–113K/yr
  • Utah median$87–140K/yr44 salary ranges
  • US median$87–143K/yr3,412 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $94K, is 17% below the Utah median midpoint ($114K) — in the middle half of Business Analyst salary ranges in Utah.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 59 open Business Analyst jobs in Utah and 5,139 across the US. 7% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Utah
Experience
Business Analyst postings that state a minimum ask for 4 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 5 years (4,095 postings).
Education
2,274 of the 5,139 open Business Analyst jobs (44%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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