Data Analytics Lead Jobs in Tennessee

Company Overview

The TN Department of Children's Services is Tennessee's public child welfare agency dedicated to ensuring the safety and well-being of children and youth across the state. We establish best practices for child welfare, investigate allegations of abuse and neglect, and administer the foster care system to achieve permanency for children in our care.

Class Title: Data Analytics Assistant Director

County: Davidson

Job ID: 81090

Last Day to Apply: 9/30/2026

Candidates Must Apply on the State of Tennessee website:

https://careers.edison.tn.gov/psc/hrprdrs/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM_FL.HRS_CG_SEARCH_FL.GBL?FOCUS=Applicant&Page=HRS_APP_JBPST_FL&SiteId=1&JobOpeningId=81090&PostingSeq=1&

Work Settings:

The Data Analytics Assistant Director helps lead a team of analysts who extract, analyze, validate, and report data for fiscal and administrative reporting, quality improvement, research, and the detection of waste, fraud, and abuse. The Assistant Director oversees the team's day-to-day functioning, ensuring customer service excellence and high-quality analytics while coaching and overseeing team members' professional development. The Assistant Director will also do analytical work, writing SQL queries to extract data, using SAS, R or Python to analyze data and present data through reports or Tableau dashboards.

Responsibilities:

• Communicate with leadership and staff to ensure the smooth management of day-to-day operations. Identifies any obstacles and demonstrates problem solving.
• Communicate regularly with external stakeholders to ensure the delivery of high-quality customer service. Identifying and implementing procedural improvements within the division or unit.
• Work with staff to ensure that time management, performance management, and professional development processes occur following requirements and best practices.
• Emphasize professional development of staff by mentoring, coaching, and connecting analysts to strategic opportunities.
• Continuously transform processes to make higher-value use of data holdings. This may involve automating more reporting, becoming more sophisticated in analytics, acquiring new analytic systems, integrating new tools, and making data available to more business units. Lead and provide guidance related to data asset production, data integration, data reporting and/or analytic solution development.

Qualifications:

• Graduation from an accredited college or university with a master's degree, preferably from but not limited to a quantitative discipline (statistics, data science, biostatistics, mathematics, economics, computer science, epidemiology, social or behavioral sciences, or business);
• Experience equivalent to at least five years full-time professional work as an analyst in data science, statistics, quantitative business analysis, or research;
• and experience equivalent to at least two years full-time professional work as a supervisor or manager in a data science or analytics capacity.
• OR an equivalent combination of education and work experience may be considered.

Join our team and contribute to the advancement of the department's data analytics capabilities, leveraging predictive analytics to drive strategic initiatives and improve child welfare outcomes. Apply now to seize this opportunity and make a meaningful impact through predictive analytics.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $8,620.00 - $11,187.00 per month

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Dependent health insurance coverage
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid holidays
• Paid sick time
• Paid time off
• Partner benefits
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Work Location: In person