Data Analyst - Research Data Management

Sanford Health is hiring a Data Analyst to support research data management within the Sanford Center for Biobehavioral Research. The role focuses on integrating and maintaining databases for funded studies, building reporting outputs, and using data to inform business, communication, and fundraising decisions.

Onsite Role and Research Context

This position is onsite in Fargo, ND. The role supports research operations by handling, checking, and cleaning data from multiple funded research studies at the Sanford Center for Biobehavioral Research (CBR). CBR is a clinical research and education facility with a focus on eating disorders, bariatric surgery, child traumatic stress, and mental health care delivery in rural settings.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform data integration to and maintenance of applicable databases and supporting databases.
• Independently pursue additional information, knowledge, and training to deepen understanding of the database system.
• Learn and analyze process workflows across functional areas to identify improvements and associations related to reporting, extraction, and analytics.
• Design, develop, document, test, and deploy custom reports, database “smart queries,” and data exports.
• Provide accurate information to support enterprise business, communication, and fundraising decisions.
• Collect, organize, segment, analyze, validate, and disseminate information to report performance against identified key performance indicators.
• Use database reporting environments and complex queries to deliver standard, ad-hoc, and custom reports, communications, and dashboards for internal and external audiences.
• Establish processes, including automation where appropriate, to streamline data extraction and produce accurate, user-friendly outputs.
• Identify, analyze, research, and interpret trends or patterns within complex data sets and provide recommendations and possible solutions.
• Apply logic and intuition to interpret data meaning and translate findings into conclusions supporting performance measurement, improvement, and outcomes.
• Monitor and analyze return on investment for communication activities, including events, mailings, and digital communications.
• Use outside sources such as social media and digital analytics to monitor online engagement and marketing performance.
• Assist foundation leadership in creating and executing the data management strategy, with recommendations to improve data flow, availability, and quality.
• Partner with organizational areas to understand business requirements and goals to provide effective service.
• Proactively improve processes by monitoring feedback and recommending information system modifications to support accurate reporting and analysis.

Required and Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• In lieu of education, leadership may accept six years of applicable experience.
• Two or more years of experience in business, finance, data science, statistics, information management, analytics, fundraising, or a related field is preferred.
• Previous experience operating reporting and analytic tools, such as Raiser’s Edge, is preferred.

Tools and Technologies

• Raiser’s Edge
• Social media

Compensation

USD 24–38 per hour

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Work/life balance benefits
• Generous time off package