State of Texas

Lead Data Analyst

State of Texas

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: AustinTexasUnited States

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Salary

💰 $9,000 - $10,333 per month

Job Level

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About the role

  • Supervise a team of data analysts, including assigning work, monitoring workload balance, and ensuring deadlines are met.
  • Support the development of long‑term analytics strategy and team roadmap.
  • Recruit, interview, hire, and onboard new analysts.
  • Establish performance expectations and track progress against goals.
  • Recommend investments in analytics tools or professional development.
  • Lead the design, development, and maintenance of complex data models, dashboards, and analytical solutions supporting enterprise-wide decision‑making.
  • Conduct advanced statistical analysis, data mining, forecasting, and trend analysis to identify operational insights and performance improvement opportunities.
  • Oversee data quality management processes, including profiling, validation, and cleansing activities across enterprise data sources.
  • Serve as a senior technical analyst and subject‑matter expert on data governance, metadata standards, and enterprise information architecture.
  • Provide strategic guidance to leadership using data‑driven recommendations related to motor vehicle operations, compliance, licensing, fraud detection, and customer service improvement.
  • Mentor junior analysts on analytical methodologies, tools, visualizations, and best practices.
  • Develop high‑impact reports and visualizations for executive leadership, the Texas Legislature, and external stakeholders.
  • Coordinate with internal divisions and external partners to integrate datasets, automate reporting workflows, and enhance enterprise analytics capabilities.
  • Lead or participate in special projects requiring expert‑level analytical leadership and cross‑functional collaboration.
  • Ensure compliance with state data standards, privacy laws, and TxDMV information security policies.
  • Serve as the primary point of contact between the analytics team and business units.
  • Enforce data quality, data governance, and reporting standards across the analytics team.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in Data Analytics, Computer Science, Information Systems, Statistics, Mathematics, Public Administration, Business Analytics, or a related field.
  • Eight (8) years of professional experience in data analysis, business intelligence, statistical modeling, or similar roles.
  • Three (3) years of supervisory or team-lead experience.
  • Five (5) years of experience leading stakeholder engagements in the gathering, documentation & detailed analysis of business requirements.
  • Five (5) years of experience with SQL, relational databases, and analytical tools.
  • Five (5) years of experience with the development of reports and dashboards.
  • Five (5) years of experience with data quality assessment, data cleansing, and data governance processes.
  • Two (2) years of experience writing SQL scripts to generate datasets based on Business Requirements.
  • Two (2) years of experience producing technical and executive‑level reports and presentations.
Benefits
  • Retirement Plan
  • Paid Group Health & Life Insurance for employees
  • Paid Holidays
  • Paid Vacation Leave
  • Paid Sick Leave
  • Longevity Pay
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • Dependent Optional Life Insurance
  • Voluntary AD&D Insurance
  • Dependent Health & Life Insurance
  • Health & Dependent care flexible spending accounts
  • Tuition Assistance Program
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
data analysisbusiness intelligencestatistical modelingSQLdata quality assessmentdata cleansingdata governancereport developmentdashboard developmentdata mining
Soft Skills
team leadershipmentoringstrategic guidancecross-functional collaborationcommunicationperformance managementworkload balancinganalytical methodologiesstakeholder engagementproblem-solving