What kinds of jobs can I do with a Master in Business Analytics?
The use of analytics supports an organization’s journey from data to value through the connection of quantitative analysis tools to strategic goals and objectives. The roles require a focus on understanding and analyzing data with an eye on future opportunities that the data can reveal. These roles are found in every industry, including financial services, healthcare, consumer goods, hi-tech, insurance, and social media, and are applicable in every functional area (this could include marketing or finance roles listed previously.)
Management Consulting
Consultants, whether internal or external, manage projects and relationships that include business or functional experts and data specialists. Business requirements are translated into data analytics solutions. Insights are also packaged and communicated to leadership to support strategic initiatives or to help drive change in the organization.
Business Analytics Practitioner
Roles in data analytics are focused on harnessing the power of “big data.” Data specialists develop analytical models by developing advanced statistical techniques. These models are used to analyze massive volumes and varieties of constantly changing data to help corporations uncover threats and opportunities, build efficiencies, and make more informed decisions.
Business Process Improvement
Planning and implementing systems that foster a culture of continuous process improvement. These roles deliver results through management of process improvement portfolios, utilizing methodologies such as Lean and Six Sigma.
Operations
An operations analyst is responsible for managing and planning the key business tasks in an organization. The role often involves the coordination of multiple processes as well as the optimization of current and long-term capacity needs. Operations analysts must often analyze data and identify opportunities for improvement.
Supply Chain
Like an operations analyst, supply chain analysts focus on the execution of the organization’s business, but with a specific concentration on organization’s interactions with suppliers and customers. Supply chain analysts are often required to have an elevated level of technical proficiency, as they must often engage in forecasting and inventory optimization. Yet it is just as important to demonstrate strong people skills as supplier and customer relations is also a key aspect of the role.
Business Analysis
Business analyst roles vary widely across different companies. In some cases, the business analyst is responsible for analyzing the external environment, evaluating the company’s strengths and weaknesses, forecasting future business needs, and identifying opportunities for growth. In other cases, the business analyst is responsible for deriving greater customer value by understanding what the customer needs, identifying innovative solutions, and then seeing those solutions into implementation. In most cases, the role requires cross-functional perspective.
Project Management
Project managers are tasked with managing all phases of a project from inception to completion. In some cases, the manager will have a role in requirements capture and in determining what the project phases will be. Project managers will often manage multiple projects and must be able to clearly articulate project requirements and manage the timely completion of each aspect of the project.
Analytics, Operations & Strategy Job Titles
- Analyst
- IT Analyst
- Financial Analyst
- Research Analyst
- Business Analyst
- IT Business Analyst
- Operations Support Analyst
- Data Analyst
- Process Improvement Analyst
- Informatics Analyst
- Sports Performance Analytics
- Business Intelligence Analyst
- Compliance Specialist
- Consultant
- Project Leader
- Technical Leader
- Enterprise Product Manager
- Category Manager (Assistant, Coordinator)
- IT Manager, Specialist
- Analytics Manager Reporting & Analytics
- Leadership Development
- Program Associate
- Marketing Specialist
- Database Manager
- Business Systems Analyst
- Analytics Manager