Data Visualization & Dashboard Specialist I

Responsibilities

As a data visualization and dashboard specialist, the day-to-day work may include:

•  Working with clients to understand their needs: understanding their current processes and pain points, and identifying which of these can be addressed through informative dashboards.
•  Performing analysis to understand clients’ data availability and quality, cleansing and preparing data to bridge identified gaps, and applying dataset modeling to optimize visualization and dashboard performance
•  Designing visualizations and dashboards that cater to audiences ranging from on-the-ground implementers to executive reporting for both internal teams and external clients.
•  Collaborating with client teams to set up, test, and deploy dashboards, and ensure timely maintenance.
•  Collaborating with the data engineering team on data pipeline requirements.
•  Helping develop the organization's strategy on dashboarding solutions for internal and external clients. This will involve developing and institutionalizing best practices on the design, execution, and management of dashboarding initiatives.

Required Technical Qualifications

•  Experience designing and building data visualizations
•  Experience creating custom datasets from databases and data modeling
•  Bachelor's degree in design, information science, engineering, social science, or related fields
•  Demonstrated understanding of design principles and aesthetics of business dashboards, data visualization, and reports
•  Passion for UX principles and ability to work with stakeholders to understand their needs in the design process
•  Experience working with popular data visualization and dashboarding platforms like PowerBI, Google Data Studio, Tableau
•  Fluency with a git/GitHub version control workflow (though not primarily a coding role, you’ll work closely with our team of developers)
•  Experience with SQL and related database systems such as PostgreSQL or BigQuery.