Director, Data Analytics

With an overarching mission to eliminate ageism and ensure the dignity and quality of life of approximately 1.8 million older New Yorkers the NYC Department for the Aging is deeply committed to helping older adults age in their homes and creating a community-care approach that reflects a model age-inclusive city.

The Office of Planning and Analytics (OPA) an office in the NYC Agings Bureau of Planning & Strategic Initiatives (PSI) plays a key role in support of the agencys performance monitoring data tracking guidelines compliance and modernization addition to being responsible for producing a wide range of data reports and special analyses OPA strengthens the efforts of NYC Aging its providers and oversight agencies to track progress in delivering services to older New Yorkers.

OPA seeks a motivated organized and detail-oriented individual with excellent data management analytic quantitative and leadership skills to serve as the Director of OPAs Data Analytics Unit (DAU). The Director will play a crucial role in providing the strategic leadership and oversight of NYC Agings data infrastructure analytic functions and reporting systems. This position is responsible for developing and executing a comprehensive data strategy that ensures data integrity accessibility and actionable insights to inform decision-making policy development and service improvement. The Director leads a team of data analysts and reporting specialists and works cross-departmentally to support a data-driven culture throughout the organization.

Key Responsibilities
- Strategic Leadership
- Develop and implement an enterprise-wide data strategy encompassing analytics reporting and data governance.
- Serve as the senior advisor on data and analytics guiding executives and program leaders in evidence-based decision-making.
- Establish policies and standards for data collection integration quality security and usage.
- Foster innovation through advanced analytics predictive modeling and business intelligence initiatives.
- Data Management and Infrastructure
- Work with the Office of Information Technology (OIT) to oversee design implementation and maintenance of data systems warehouses and pipelines ensuring high data quality reliability and scalability.
- Follow-up with OIT to ensure appropriate tools and technologies support analytic and reporting needs.

Analytics and Insights
- Support the development of analytic frameworks dashboards and models that provide actionable insights into organizational performance and outcomes.
- Supervise design and execution of analyses that support program evaluation forecast trends and identify opportunities for improvement.
- Ensure analytics outputs are accurate timely and aligned with organizational priorities and stakeholder needs.
- Ongoing and ad-hoc reports and performance management data.
- Ensure consistent and documented data definitions and methodologies to promote comparability and transparency.
- Translate complex analytic findings into clear compelling reports and visualizations for senior leadership and external audiences.

Team and Collaboration
- Supervise and mentor a team of analysts data managers and reporting professionals.
- Promote professional growth collaboration and data literacy across the organization.
- Build strong partnerships within the Bureau and with other internal departments.

CITY RESEARCH SCIENTIST - 21744

Qualifications :

1. For Assignment Level I (only physical biological and environmental sciences and public health) A masters degree from an accredited college or university with a specialization in an appropriate field of physical biological or environmental science or in public health.
To be appointed to Assignment Level II and above candidates must have:
1. A doctorate degree from an accredited college or university with specialization in an appropriate field of physical biological environmental or social science and one year of full-time experience in a responsible supervisory administrative or research capacity in the appropriate field of specialization; or
2. A masters degree from an accredited college or university with specialization in an appropriate field of physical biological environmental or social science and three years of responsible full-time research experience in the appropriate field of specialization; or
3. Education and/or experience which is equivalent to 1 or 2 above. However all candidates must have at least a masters degree in an appropriate field of specialization and at least two years of experience described in 2 above. Two years as a City Research Scientist Level I can be substituted for the experience required in 1 and 2 above.

NOTE:
Probationary Period
Appointments to this position are subject to a minimum probationary period of one year.

Additional Information :

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic including but not limited to an individuals sex race color ethnicity national origin age religion disability sexual orientation veteran status gender identity or pregnancy.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time