Association Director of Data & Analytics

YMCA of Greater Richmond•Richmond, VA

4d•$60,000

About The Position

The Association Director of Data & Analytics provides strategic leadership for the YMCA's enterprise data environment, ensuring accurate, governed, and actionable data that supports organizational decision-making. This role oversees analytics, reporting, data governance, and systems integration across the Association while leading and developing a high-performing analytics team. Key Responsibilities Lead and develop the analytics team while promoting YMCA values, inclusion, and data literacy. Serve as the Association's subject matter expert on operational and strategic data. Establish and maintain enterprise data governance, standards, documentation, and stewardship practices. Architect and oversee backend data environments, ETL workflows, and cross-system integrations. Deliver executive-ready dashboards, automated reporting, and ad hoc analytics using Power BI. Partner with senior leaders to support strategic planning, forecasting, membership growth, fundraising, and operational excellence. Manage and optimize data flows between key systems (e.g., Daxko, SGA, Blackbaud). Support system upgrades, enhancements, and troubleshooting in collaboration with IT and vendors. Impact This role delivers a unified, trusted data environment, automated analytics that reduce manual work, and insights that improve member experience, operational efficiency, and community impact. Who we are: The YMCA of Greater Richmond is a nonprofit organization with the goal of strengthening the foundations of community. We do this through programs that help build a healthy mind, body and spirit for all, and our programs are built around our three focus areas: Healthy Living, Youth Development and Social Responsibility. The Y is open to all, and we pride ourselves on the diversity of our members and employees. As an employer, the Y seeks to recruit professionals, encourage work-life balance, and provide opportunities for growth and development. Our employees exemplify and adhere to our Brand Behaviors of Honesty, Caring, Respect, Responsibility and Empathetic Leadership. Compensation/Benefits We offer an exciting, fun, inclusive, growth-oriented work environment that includes strong health benefits options, 12% employer-paid retirement upon meeting eligibility, childcare discounts, free Y membership programs, and on-going professional development opportunities. Salary : $60,000 per year or based on experience and qualifications.

Requirements

Proven experience leading and developing technical or analytics staff.
Advanced SQL and relational database expertise.
Strong experience with ETL, systems integration, and data architecture.
Advanced Excel and Power Query skills.
Proficiency with Power BI and data governance practices.
Strong ability to translate complex data into clear, actionable insights.
Associate degree in IT, Computer Science, or related field, or equivalent experience.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Salesforce, API-based integrations, or cloud data environments (Azure/AWS).
Familiarity with ESRI/ArcGIS or geospatial analysis.
Experience with Daxko or YMCA operations.

Responsibilities

Lead and develop the analytics team while promoting YMCA values, inclusion, and data literacy.
Serve as the Association's subject matter expert on operational and strategic data.
Establish and maintain enterprise data governance, standards, documentation, and stewardship practices.
Architect and oversee backend data environments, ETL workflows, and cross-system integrations.
Deliver executive-ready dashboards, automated reporting, and ad hoc analytics using Power BI.
Partner with senior leaders to support strategic planning, forecasting, membership growth, fundraising, and operational excellence.
Manage and optimize data flows between key systems (e.g., Daxko, SGA, Blackbaud).
Support system upgrades, enhancements, and troubleshooting in collaboration with IT and vendors.