Associate Director of Business Performance

Job Function: The Associate Director of Business Performance will be adept at rapid problem-solving, data visualization and strategic analysis. This person will lead NCAA national office’s project implementation function. In particular, they will manage the NCAA’s project management software, Asana, conduct analysis of priority initiatives and assist project managers in implementing their initiatives. They will also conduct high-priority analysis to support emergent priorities.

Job Responsibilities 

• Apply business analytics for technical, operational and financial analysis.
• Lead NCAA’s project implementation function, including administrating the Asana project management platform, producing guidance documents to aid the NCAA’s 300 Asana users, and developing automated analysis tools to improve the national office’s effectiveness.
• Work closely with the SVP for Business Performance to develop business cases, implementation plans, continuous improvement plans and on-going project management support for key strategic initiatives.
• Prepare executive briefings on key strategic initiatives and on-going business performance projects.
• Lead problem-solving and solution design for emergent national office priorities.
• Work directly with national office project managers to support their delivery of their departments’ priority projects and initiatives.
• Consult with users on business needs, translate business needs into analytics/reporting requirements, and interface with users to ensure successful delivery of reporting.
• Design compelling and useful standard reports incorporating data visualization techniques as required.
• Create and provide compelling and useful ad-hoc reports incorporating data visualization techniques as required.
• Other duties as assigned.

Job Requirements    

• Education Required  Bachelor's degree.
• Experience in management consulting, investment banking or corporate strategy preferred.
• Expert familiarity with Office suite, especially PowerPoint required.
• Experience with data processing software (e.g. any of SQL, Alteryx, Python statistical packages, SAS, SPSS) and data visualization software (e.g. Tableau or PowerBI) required.
• Familiarity with Agile methodology, project management and/or Lean techniques preferred.
• Logical and methodical thinker; apply strong math and analytics skills; detail- and process-oriented.  Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.  Enthusiasm for learning and problem-solving.
• Very strong data modeling skills; be able to make sense out of data with respect to business processes and requirements.
• Very strong synthesis and executive communications skills, particularly in PowerPoint and email.

• Estimated Travel Required <30%

Job Competencies

• Critical Thinking: Ability to examine issues and ideas and to identify good and bad reasoning in a variety of fields with differing assumptions, contents, and methods.
• Problem Solving: Identifies and analyzes problems; weighs relevance and accuracy of information; generates and evaluates alternative solutions; makes recommendations. 
• Stakeholder Focus: Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external stakeholders, gets first-hand stakeholder information and uses it for improvements in products and services, acts with stakeholders in mind, establishes and maintains effective relationships with stakeholders and gains their trust and respect through honesty, integrity, authenticity, and inclusivity.
• Flexibility: Is open to change and new information; rapidly adapts to new information, changing conditions, or unexpected obstacles.
• Resourcefulness: The ability to creatively cope with difficult situations, or unusual problems. It is about problem-solving and getting things done in the face of obstacles and constraints.

Key Competencies (Core Values)         

• LEADERSHIP| We actively listen and continually strive to provide vital solutions, counsel and advocacy for student-athletes and intercollegiate athletics.
• INCLUSION| We seek and incorporate different perspectives and experiences to drive innovation and impact.
• COMMUNICATION| We commit to an environment of openness to build trust and make timely decisions.
• COLLABORATION| We work together, based on mutual respect, to lead and serve our stakeholders.

ACCOUNTABILITY | We take ownership for our actions and results to add value every day.