Manager, Data Analytics

Position Title: Manager, Data Analytics

Department: Technical Unit

Location: Remote in CT, FL, GA, IL, MD, MA, NC, NJ, NY, PA, Puerto Rico, TN, TX, and VA

Key Relationships:

Reports to: Director, Monitoring and Evaluation

Direct Reports: 1

Assignment Type: Full time

Compensation: $63,448 to $72,100

Benefits: Click here to learn more about our benefits!

Application Requirements: Resume, completed application questions.

About Americares:

Americares is a health-focused relief and development organization that saves lives and improves health for people affected by poverty or disaster. Each year, Americares reaches 85 countries on average, including the United States, with life-changing health programs, medicine, medical supplies, and emergency aid. Americares is one of the world’s leading nonprofit providers of donated medicine and medical supplies. For more information, visit americares.org.

Americares Values:

We create global community, treating people as they want to be treated.

We respond effectively and responsibly, putting plans into practice.

We embed ethics and equity in our work and workplace.

We are better together; partnership is at our core.

We ask and listen, to create sustainable solutions for a healthier tomorrow.

We commit to quality, growing and improving to ensure individuals and communities thrive.

About the position:

The Manager, Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning (MERL) will be the day-to-day point of contact within the MERL team for all systems and programmatic data management.

Key Outcomes:

In the first 90 days, the Manager will:

• Learn and live the Americares values.
• Complete all required new hire onboarding trainings.
• Demonstrate a strong grasp of Americares data systems and processes.
• Demonstrate a strong understanding of our reporting requirements.
• Offer day-to-day support in terms of data governance.
• Lead in data visualizations using Tableau.
  
  

In the first 6 months, the Manager will:

• Develop processes and policies to improve data accuracy and quality
• Provide training to program staff on data policies and procedures.
• Assist in developing and overseeing data architecture in collaboration with MERL team leads, IT, and Data Governance.
• Propose new data analysis and visualization that would be strategically informative
  
  

In the first year, the Manager will:

• Improve data accuracy and quality of each of Americares data domains.
• Demonstrate independence and excellence in day-to-day data management.
  
  

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead data aggregation and management for an annual report.
• Lead data visualization and process creation within program teams and advance data-driven decision making.
• Work closely with MERL lead to develop and implement global indicators.
• In collaboration with program teams and other internal stakeholders, develop necessary training resources and coordinate training on outcomes/KPIs
• Develop SOPs, policies, and practices around data quality and standardization.
  
  

These competencies are required for the role:

• Experience with Tableau Creator.
• Experience working with databases and data management, Querying data (i.e. Microsoft Access).
• Ability to identify and solve complex data-related problems, including troubleshooting data quality issues, optimizing data processes, and improving data-driven decision-making.
• Strong interpersonal skills to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, lead data initiatives, and influence decision-making based on data-driven insights.
• Demonstrated attention to detail and accuracy in data analysis, management, and reporting to ensure data integrity and reliability.
• Ability to drive organizational change by advocating for data-driven decision-making culture, promoting data literacy among stakeholders, and overcoming resistance to change.
• Experience with establishing data quality KPIs.
• Experience analyzing data in both excel and SPSS.
• Experience with people management (staff, interns, and/or project teams).
  
  

US work authorization is required for this role.

These competencies would be great to have, but are not required:

• Fluency in languages that are spoken in at least one of our core locations (India, Philippines, Tanzania, El Salvador, Puerto Rico, Colombia, etc.), in addition to English.
• Experience working with data catalogues and business glossary tools (ie. Alation, Collibra, etc.).
• Experience in project management methodologies and tools to effectively manage data projects, including planning, execution, monitoring, and stakeholder communication.
  
  

Additionally, our core competencies as an organization are:

• Ownership and results
• Communication
• Problem solving
• Equity and inclusion
• Teamwork and conflict resolution
• Leadership
• Prioritization
• Management
• Strategy and planning
• Decision making
  
  

We know not all applicants will demonstrate all the competencies we’re looking for, and that women and underrepresented groups tend to not apply unless they meet all the requirements. We encourage you to apply even if you do not check all the boxes above, and we look forward to reviewing your application holistically.

What you can expect, if you move forward in the recruitment process:

• Interview with People and Talent (45 minutes)
• Competency exercise
• Video interview with team (approximately 2 hours)
• Reference check
• Offer!
• Background check and onboarding
  
  

Americares is currently authorized to support remote work employees in the following locations: Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia. Please note that we do not provide relocation assistance at this time.

Americares is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression, pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

This job description may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the job described, and may be amended at any time at the sole discretion of Americares. At any point in the recruitment process, we may request additional information to confirm qualifications. Any misrepresentation of qualifications in any stage of the process will prevent the applicant from moving forward in the process.

To request a disability accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact us at talentcenter@americares.org.