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**Open Date** 11/03/2025

**Requisition Number** PRN43531B

**Job Title** Technical Business Analysts

**Working Title** Technical Business Analyst

**Career Progression Track** P00

**Track Level** P2 - Developing

**FLSA Code** Computer Employee

**Patient Sensitive Job Code?** No

**Standard Hours per Week** 40

**Full Time or Part Time?** Full Time

**Shift** Day

Work Schedule Summary

In-person, Monday – Friday, 8:00AM-5:00PM

**VP Area** Academic Affairs

**Department** 00999 - Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute

**Location** Campus

**City** Salt Lake City, UT

**Type of Recruitment** External Posting

**Pay Rate Range** $55,000 - $75,000

**Close Date** 12/02/2025

Priority Review Date (Note - Posting may close at any time)

Job Summary

The Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute, a top-ranked division of the David Eccles School of Business, is seeking a highly detailed, execution-focused **Business Data Analyst** to be the core technical producer for the Institute’s foundational data work. This role is critical for transforming the vast amount of raw data **Lassonde has amassed over its 25-year history** into a reliable, standardized, and usable asset.

This is a **real-world, hands-on digital transformation opportunity** that provides unparalleled experience in data engineering, governance, and organizational impact. The successful candidate will build a **powerful professional portfolio** by delivering the technical foundation for a major institutional strategy.

The ideal candidate is a technical specialist with a **love for data and checklists** , committed to rigorous technical quality assurance. They will perform the hands-on data engineering required to ensure the Institute’s long-term data holdings are clean, validated, and ready to power strategic decisions. The role will maintain a **comprehensive understanding of the digital tools available and approved** within the University ecosystem.

Learn more about the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute at**https://lassonde.utah.edu**.

Responsibilities

The Analyst will serve as the technical engine, focused on achieving data quality and integrity across the Lassonde data environment:

+ **Data Transformation & Engineering**

+ **Data Preparation & Blending** : Utilize technical skills, including Python and tools like **Google Colab** , to execute data transformation, blending, and preparation scripts. The goal is to harmonize datasets from Lassonde’s disparate sources and legacy systems into a unified structure.

+ **Survey Integration:** Serve as the primary technical resource for survey data (e.g., from **Qualtrics** ) extraction and preparation, ensuring data is correctly structured, tagged, and ready for integration into the Institute’s central data repository.

+ **Cleaning & Normalization** : Implement rigorous data cleaning and **normalization** protocols to standardize formatting, correct inconsistencies, and eliminate redundancies in the Institute’s long-term data holdings.

+ **Audits, Quality Assurance, and Maintenance**

+ **Data Audits:** Execute comprehensive **data audits** on key Lassonde datasets to identify gaps, anomalies, and inconsistencies, ensuring the reliability of the Institute’s data for future strategic use.

+ **Checklist-Driven QA:** Operate as a meticulous **producer with a love of data and checklists** , developing and adhering to detailed quality assurance processes for all recurring data preparation tasks to maintain consistent and accurate results.

+ **Maintenance & Storage:** Ensure all cleaned and validated data is stored in designated, internal repositories in a manner that is immediately **processable and usable by the Lassonde team.**

+ **Marketing, Sales and Data Software Support & Integration**

+ **Data Repository Management:** Establish and maintain internal storage repositories for all available Lassonde data assets (using database tools like **Airtable** ), ensuring they are accessible for analysis and future integration.

+ **Central System Data Liaison:** Interface with the University’s central data system (e.g., **Salesforce** ) to build methods and tools for adding Lassonde-prepared data and ensuring its appropriate use within that environment.

+ **Communications Data Enablement:** Create clear pathways and tools to feed Lassonde’s cleaned data into various communications platforms (e.g., email, SMS , etc.) used by the Institute’s marketing team.

+ **Integration Preparation & Tool Agility:** Design and build methods for automatically connecting data between primary Lassonde data collection sources ( **Qualtrics** is a key example) and the Institute’s central systems. This includes rapid acclimation to current systems (e.g., **Salesforce, Pardot, MarketingCloud, Emma, TextRequest, Acuity, Google Forms,** etc.) and assessing their capabilities against business objectives.

+ **Documentation & Context**

+ **Comprehensive Documentation:** Produce clear, concise **documentation** for all data cleaning scripts, validation processes, and final data schemas, enabling seamless future maintenance and knowledge transfer within the Lassonde team.

+ **Mission Alignment:** Act as a technical partner, ensuring the quality of Lassonde-owned data supports the mission of achieving entrepreneurial ambitions faster and with more success.

+ **Strategic Reporting and Data Visualization**

+ **Reporting Alignment:** Work backward from high-level reporting requirements (for university rankings, internal presentations, and external audit reviews) to ensure all data preparation and transformation methods are aligned for **strategic reporting output.**

+ **Data Visualization Basics:** Possess the ability to generate basic **data visualizations and dashboards** to quickly and clearly communicate data quality, project progress, and key findings to non-technical stakeholders.

+ **Data-to-Impact Pathway:** Maintain a clear focus on the **data-to-impact pathway** , ensuring the prepared data seamlessly supports the Institute’s communication and performance tracking goals.

+ **Collaborative Problem-Solving & Strategic Agility**

+ **Creative Problem Solver:** Eagerly work in a **team dynamic** , participating in strategy sessions to find quick, pragmatic solutions that benefit the overall data flow and team efficiency.

+ **Bottleneck Resolution:** Maintain an eye on **data bottlenecks** that are easily resolved for other team members, implementing solutions to improve daily workflows.

+ **Constraint Management:** Demonstrate a forward-thinking mindset by anticipating how current technical decisions will affect the strategy down the road, and adjusting approach based on technical and organizational constraints.

+ **Technical Humility:** Possess the willingness to recognize when a technical limitation or skills limitation is reached and proactively **seek help and support** from other campus staff, consultants, or other technical resources.

+ **Other Tasks as Assigned:** Be willing to support other projects and initiatives as time allows, possibly including enterprise software management, marketing automation support, and website management.

Minimum Qualifications

**EQUIVALENCY STATEMENT :** 1 year of higher education can be substituted for 1 year of directly related work experience (Example: bachelor’s degree = 4 years of directly related work experience).

Requires a bachelor’s (or equivalency) + 4 years or a master’s (or equivalency) + 2 years of directly related work experience.

Preferences

+ Bachelor’s degree in related area.

+ Demonstrated proficiency in **Python** for data manipulation and scripting.

+ Experience with cloud-based collaboration and analysis environments, such as **Google Colab** .

+ Expertise in the data lifecycle, specifically **data transformation, preparation, cleaning, validating, blending, and maintenance.**

+ Direct, hands-on experience with survey data extraction and preparation (e.g., **Qualtrics** ).

+ Proficiency in developing and implementing **data audits** and **normalization** techniques.

+ Exceptional attention to detail and a commitment to technical rigor and documentation.

+ **A “Love of Data and Checklists”:** A meticulous producer committed to data accuracy and technical rigor.

+ **Passion for Impact:** Driven by the opportunity to apply technical skills to a real-world digital **transformation** project that directly affects thousands of students and alumni.

+ **Resume Builder:** Motivated to leverage this experience to build an exceptional portfolio and professional network by working on foundational enterprise-level data strategy.

+ **Experience with Software:** Experience or confidence using, supporting, and connecting data and marketing software already used or preferred by the Lassonde Institute (e.g., **Salesforce, Tableau, Qualtrics, Acuity, Pardot, Emma, TextRequest, Google Forms, Airtable** , etc.)

+ A natural affinity for the mission of the Lassonde Institute and the field of entrepreneurship.

**Type** Benefited Staff

Special Instructions Summary

Additional Information

_The University of Utah values candidates who have experience working in settings with students from diverse backgrounds and possess a strong commitment to improving access to higher education for historically underrepresented students._

_Individuals from historically underrepresented groups, such as minorities, women, qualified persons with disabilities and protected veterans are encouraged to apply. Veterans’ preference is extended to qualified applicants, upon request and consistent with University policy and Utah state law. Upon request, reasonable accommodations in the application process will be provided to individuals with disabilities._

_The University of Utah is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer and does not discriminate based upon race, ethnicity, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, pregnancy-related conditions, genetic information, or protected veteran’s status. The University does not discriminate on the basis of sex in the education program or activity that it operates, as required by Title IX and 34 CFR part 106. The requirement not to discriminate in education programs or activities extends to admission and employment. Inquiries about the application of Title IX and its regulations may be referred to the Title IX Coordinator, to the Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, or both._

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