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Reporting to the Director, Analytics Intelligence, the Senior Data Scientist provides analytical guidance and support to organizational decision makers via analysis, interpretation, and modeling of data. Leverages critical thinking and problem-solving skills to extract valuable business insights. Supports the entire analytics lifecycle including requirements gathering, problem formulation, solution design, analytical modeling, and presenting findings. Develops algorithms to extract and leverage insights from data to optimize organizational opportunities. Supports the deployment and implementation of analytical solutions with constant performance monitoring. Possesses a passion for applying data and analytics while consistently developing personal and organizational capabilities. Aids the organization to consistently be more data-driven and seek actionable insights. Tells a story with data by finding relationships, drawing conclusions, and making recommendations. Develops predictive models and prescriptive solutions to help maximize student success for all students. Possesses an initiate ability to apply a champion-challenger approach throughout the analytics lifecycle. Mines complex data to create statistical models, reports/visualizations, machine learning models, and identify champion predictive models for deployment. May provide guidance to Data Scientist(s).&nbsp;Essential Functions and Responsibilities<ul type="disc"><li>Design and write programs and algorithms to train, test and develop complex analysis, predictive models, and detailed insights using Python, R, SPSS Modeler, SAS, and other appropriate best practice tools. Perform ad hoc requests to provide supervised and unsupervised analysis on student academic and success data, recruitment and enrollment data, state board pre-licensure exams, financial and operational data, and other efforts as assigned.</li><li>Analyzes enterprise-wide data to understand behaviors and trends. Applies iterative process of analyze, test, learn, pivot or scale approach to analytical solutions. Develops and maintains predictive models to support prescriptive solutions including machine-learning algorithms. Applies both supervised and unsupervised methods to discover hidden insights within data.</li><li>Interprets data using statistical techniques to analyze results and present output. Presents information using data visualization techniques and software. Distills complex data sets into a narrative that optimizes organizational outcomes while applying the art of storytelling. Proposes solutions and strategies to solve business opportunities. Monitors deployed solutions to ensure degradation and issues are proactively identified.</li><li>Query, extract and mine necessary large data from Oracle CVUE database, CRM, IR&amp;A Data Warehouse, College Board, IPEDS, National Student Clearing House, Common Dataset, and other utilities and sources. Be a champion of rigorous data integrity and collection across the institution.</li><li>General Scope of Responsibilities: Collaborates with key stakeholders.</li><li>Adheres to University policies and procedures and conducts job responsibilities in accordance with the standards set out in the University's Code of Ethical Conduct, Compliance Agreement, Sexual Harassment Policy or any of its policies and procedures, applicable federal and state laws, and applicable professional standards.</li><li>Performs other duties as assigned.</li></ul>&nbsp;Preferred Education, Certifications and Licensures<ul type="disc"><li>Master's degree or higher in data science, statistics, economics, mathematics, engineering, or a related quantitative field is strongly preferred.</li></ul>Required Education<ul type="disc"><li>Bachelor's degree in data science, statistics, economics, mathematics, engineering, or a related quantitative field is required.</li></ul>&nbsp;Required Experience and Skills<ul type="disc"><li>5+ year's experience in a data science or advanced analytics role.</li><li>3+ year's experience developing, deploying, and implementing predictive models.</li><li>Superior experience and working knowledge of model design, data analysis, exploratory quantitative methods feature/variable creation, model development, analytical solution implementation, and explainable advanced analytics methods.</li><li>Proven experience investigating difficult problems with a natural curiosity in data discovery to create a high- quality solution.</li><li>Demonstrated experience with hypothesis testing to ensure limitations and assumptions are either validated or minimized.</li><li>Working knowledge of relational databases and database query tools (SQL Server or similar).</li><li>Demonstrated experience with cloud environments including Azure, AWS, Google cloud, advanced analytic methods including machine learning techniques (Gradient Boosting, Random Forest, Neural Networks, Clustering, PCA, NLP, Image analytics, etc.</li><li>Familiarity with model explanation methods including SHAP, PDP, LIME, Sabaas, etc.</li><li>Experience creating data visualizations using Power BI, Tableau, or similar applications.</li><li>Proficiency using R, Python, SAS, or similar languages.</li><li>Strong Excel skills.</li></ul>&nbsp;#LI-AM1Do you want a career that allows you to make a difference in other people’s lives? Discover what it means to truly believe in the work that you do at West Coast University.At West Coast University, we have the privilege of educating students seeking careers in healthcare and guide them through their transformational journey from student to caregiver. Our associates are united behind that purpose and share a deep commitment to our values of teamwork, collegiality, transparency, and a student-centric approach to all we do. This focus creates an aligned, nimble, and consensus-driven culture that is solution-oriented and supports our associates’ professional growth.West Coast University is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We embrace diversity and are dedicated to creating an inclusive environment for all associates.

Senior Data Scientist

Reporting to the VP, Application Development in a multi-faceted, multi-location academic setting, the Senior Manager, Quality Assurance leads the QA strategy and execution across American Career College (ACC), West Coast University (WCU), and Administration value streams. Leads the end‑to‑end QA function across American Career College (ACC), West Coast University (WCU), and Administration in a multi‑campus, multi‑system academic environment. You will build and scale a blended onshore-offshore QA organization that safeguards quality for AI‑enabled experiences, modern web applications, and enterprise integrations spanning student, academic, and administrative value streams. This role is both strategic and hands‑on as you will set the QA vision and standards, implement automation and CI/CD quality gates, establish AI safety and evaluation practices, and deliver measurable improvements in reliability, accessibility, performance, and cost‑to‑serve. You will partner closely with product owners, engineering leaders, academic stakeholders, data/AI teams, Security and Compliance, and external vendors to turn institutional priorities into release‑ready outcomes. Success looks like predictable delivery across multiple concurrent initiatives, transparent quality metrics, Responsible AI guardrails in production, and a high‑performing, inclusive QA team operating effectively across time zones.&nbsp;&nbsp;Responsibilities:<ul><li>Quality Strategy &amp; Governance<ul><li>Own the QA strategy and roadmap across ACC, WCU, and Administration; align with institutional goals, portfolio priorities, and release calendars. Define risk‑based testing approaches, entry/exit criteria, and go/no‑go standards; establish OKRs/KPIs and publish executive‑ready scorecards. Standardize test plans, traceability, defect taxonomy/severity, and root‑cause analysis across value streams.</li></ul></li><li>AI/LLM Quality &amp; Safety<ul><li>Lead QA for AI features (student services chatbot/copilot, RAG policy/catalog search, document intake/extraction, content generation). Implement evaluation methods, partner with Security/Compliance to operationalize Responsible AI guardrails (Azure AI Content Safety, PII controls, approval workflows) and model telemetry.</li></ul></li><li>Test Automation &amp; Tooling<ul><li>Scale automation for UI, API, contract, and integration testing. Build CI/CD quality gates in Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions; maintain stable, versioned test environments and synthetic test data. Drive shift‑left quality with component/contract tests, mocking, and testability guidelines for engineers.</li></ul></li><li>Performance, Reliability, &amp; Observability<ul><li>Establish SLIs/SLOs and load/performance practices (k6/JMeter, Azure Load Testing) to ensure peak‑enrollment readiness. Integrate observability (Application Insights/OpenTelemetry) for release health, error budgets, and regression detection; lead incident and post‑incident quality improvements.</li></ul></li><li>Accessibility, Privacy, &amp; Security<ul><li>Ensure accessibility compliance (WCAG 2.2/Section 508) via automated checks (axe/Pa11y) and targeted manual audits. Champion FERPA‑aligned test data management, secrets management, and secure SDLC (SAST/DAST, dependency scanning).</li></ul></li><li>People Leadership &amp; Onshore–Offshore Delivery<ul><li>Hire, lead, and coach a blended onshore–offshore QA team (managers and ICs); define roles, career paths, and quality standards. Implement follow‑the‑sun operations, overlap hours, and disciplined handoff playbooks; track productivity and quality with transparent dashboards. Foster an inclusive, collaborative, high‑accountability culture focused on outcomes.</li></ul></li><li>Vendor &amp; Partner Management<ul><li>Lead QA engagement with vendors/partners; define SOWs, SLAs, acceptance criteria, and governance cadences (weekly checkpoints, QBRs). Validate third‑party deliverables and integrations meet functional, performance, security, privacy, and accessibility standards.</li></ul></li><li>Portfolio, Value Streams, &amp; Stakeholder Communication<ul><li>Coordinate QA delivery across multiple concurrent initiatives and value streams (Student Experience, Enrollment/Financial Aid, Academics/LMS, Administration/Shared Services). Translate technical quality topics into business terms; present risks, mitigations, and go/no‑go recommendations to executives and academic leaders. Collaborate with Architecture, Data/AI, and Operations to align scope, timelines, and success metrics.</li></ul></li></ul>&nbsp;&nbsp;Qualifications:<ul><li>Bachelor degree in computer science, information systems, electronics engineering, voice/data communications, public/business administration, or a related field required; Master's degree preferred.</li><li>7+ years of progressive QA experience, including 3+ years managing teams and running QA across multiple concurrent initiatives/value streams.</li><li>Hands-on expertise with Web stacks: React/TypeScript &amp; Azure Services.</li><li>Test automation: Playwright or Cypress; SpecFlow/NUnit/xUnit; Postman/Newman; contract testing with Pact.</li><li>CI/CD and environments: Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions; familiarity with IaC.</li><li>Demonstrated QA leadership for AI, including safety and evaluation practices.</li><li>Experience leading onshore–offshore QA delivery and managing vendors/partners.</li><li>Strong communication and stakeholder management skills; ability to influence executives, academic leaders, and technical teams.</li><li>Working knowledge of FERPA, accessibility (WCAG 2.2), and secure test data practices.</li><li>Experience with CampusVue, Salesforce CRM, Oracle HCM and Great Plains preferred.</li><li>Previous experience with higher education strongly preferred.</li><li>Demonstrates a high level of understanding of enterprise architecture discipline. Has in-depth knowledge of current and planned Information Technology systems portfolio.</li><li>Demonstrates a high level of business knowledge.</li><li>Ability to manage and work effectively in a highly ethnic and culturally diverse student and associate community.</li><li>Excellent analytical and organizational skills.</li><li>Strong communication skills, both written and verbal. Must be able to communicate technical matters into messages that can be broadly understood across the organization.</li><li>Strong customer service skills.</li><li>Ability to self-direct, self-pace, multi-task, and function well under pressure of deadlines and conflicting priorities.</li><li>Willingness to work a flexible schedule.</li><li>Ability to travel/drive locally on a weekly, daily and/or on an as needed basis.</li></ul>&nbsp;#LI-AM1Do you want a career that allows you to make a difference in other people’s lives? Discover what it means to truly believe in the work that you do at West Coast University.At West Coast University, we have the privilege of educating students seeking careers in healthcare and guide them through their transformational journey from student to caregiver. Our associates are united behind that purpose and share a deep commitment to our values of teamwork, collegiality, transparency, and a student-centric approach to all we do. This focus creates an aligned, nimble, and consensus-driven culture that is solution-oriented and supports our associates’ professional growth.West Coast University is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We embrace diversity and are dedicated to creating an inclusive environment for all associates.

Senior Manager, Quality Assurance

Summary:<ul><li>The Business Intelligence Analyst partners with operational groups across the organization on identifying opportunities for analytic reporting and dashboard solutions to provide operational groups with a single version of the truth of descriptive analytics.</li><li>Conducts research to determine best approach to collect required data to create key performance metrics including marketing, admissions, financial aid, retention, placement, tuition and scholarships, graduation rates, student learning, alumni, and other operational areas and relevant academic success factors to be used for decision making related to enhancing student outcomes and academic excellence.</li><li>Supports delivery and maintenance of reporting to support the entire student journey from marketing lead to alumni relations post-graduation.</li><li>Maintains knowledge of business systems and processes to leverage insights from data to optimize organizational opportunities.</li><li>Accelerates insight identification by providing high quality visualizations and leading analysis which guide end users’ interpretations of complex and sometimes muddled data.</li></ul>&nbsp; Responsibilities:<ul><li>Supports work for multiple projects, from analyzing requirements to designing, testing, deploying, and supporting users on a solution that meets those requirements.</li><li>Outputs include reports, dashboards, insights, recommendations, etc.</li><li>Hands-on with business intelligence software such as Power BI, Tableau, SAS Visual Analytics, etc.</li><li>Hands-on querying of Analytical Data Store, Trusted Data Store, and other data stores within the organization.</li><li>Exploration of other internal and external data sources as needed to fulfill requirements.</li><li>Documents business requirements based on customer requests to guide development of delivered solutions.</li><li>Collaborates with teams across the organization while evaluating, developing, and delivering solutions.</li><li>Provides clear communication and progress updates to internal teams and customers.</li><li>Tests, debugs, and evaluates enterprise software upgrade releases reporting issues to vendors and documenting end-user training materials and guides.</li><li>Interact with development teams while reviewing, testing, coding, and delivering final projects.</li><li>Supports, troubleshoots, and resolves customer-reported issues on enterprise solutions on a daily basis.</li><li>Interacts weekly with external vendor support teams of enterprise solutions.</li></ul>&nbsp;&nbsp;Qualifications:<ul><li>Bachelor degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related field, or equivalent experience required; Bachelor' degree or above in Computer Science or Information System preferred.</li><li>Strong written and oral communication skills.</li><li>Ability to manage multiple projects and tasks simultaneously.</li><li>Excellent customer service.</li><li>Experience working with users developing business requirements.</li><li>Working knowledge of SQL and complex databases structures.</li><li>Experience designing, developing, implementing, and supporting enterprise applications.</li><li>Experience working in higher education preferred.</li><li>This is an onsite position where you will work in our administrative office in Irvine, CA on a daily basis.</li></ul>&nbsp;&nbsp;#LI-CM1Do you want a career that allows you to make a difference in other people’s lives? Discover what it means to truly believe in the work that you do at West Coast University.At West Coast University, we have the privilege of educating students seeking careers in healthcare and guide them through their transformational journey from student to caregiver. Our associates are united behind that purpose and share a deep commitment to our values of teamwork, collegiality, transparency, and a student-centric approach to all we do. This focus creates an aligned, nimble, and consensus-driven culture that is solution-oriented and supports our associates’ professional growth.West Coast University is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We embrace diversity and are dedicated to creating an inclusive environment for all associates.

Senior Business Intelligence Analyst

Summary:Reporting to the Manager, Applications Development in a multi-faceted, multi-location academic setting, the Senior Applications developer designs, modifies, develops, writes and implements software programming applications and components; supports and/or installs software applications and components; works from written specifications and pre-established guidelines to perform the functions of the job and maintains documentation of process flow.&nbsp;&nbsp;Essential Functions and Responsibilities<ul><li>Gathers and analyzes the requirements from various users.</li><li>Utilizes established development tools, guidelines and conventions including but not limited to ASP.NET, .NET Core, Angular, Blazor, SQL Server, HTML, Json, CSS, JavaScript, Typescript, and C#/VB.NET.</li><li>Designs, codes, and tests new Windows and web software applications.</li><li>Enhances existing systems by analyzing business objectives, preparing an action plan and identifying areas for modification and improvement.</li><li>Maintains existing software systems by identifying and correcting software defects.</li><li>Investigates and develops skills in new technologies and staying updated with the trends.</li><li>On occasion, writes reports on adoption of new technology.</li><li>Creates problem prevention strategies for the project, or any other aspect of the work in the office.</li><li>Creates project documents such as project definition documents, business requirements, functional specifications, requirements and deliverable plans.</li><li>Analyzes and designs solutions to meet the requirements, writes the technical specification, develops the applications, and works with quality assurance teams throughout delivery of the features, patches, and final releases. Designs, codes, tests, debugs and documents solutions throughout the entire process.</li><li>Provides system training for administrative, professional and staff on the applicable system and procedures including software, components of the system, how to integrate and use software applications and overall processes.</li><li>Assists business areas in identifying and determining the business direction and potential areas of improvement.</li><li>Works with business users on the design, testing, and implementation of solutions; works with third-party vendors.</li><li>Manages implementation of business solutions such as the release of software/enhancements, process changes, and end-user training and documentation.</li></ul>&nbsp;Required Experience and Skills<ul><li>Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or Information Systems.</li><li>3-5 years of hands-on leadership in design, architecture, implementation, and deployment of application solution platforms.</li><li>Previous experience working with users developing business requirements.</li><li>Ability to install and maintain a variety of computer hardware and software.</li><li>Ability to troubleshoot hardware and software problems.</li><li>Ability to perform research.</li><li>Ability to produce web pages and presentations.</li><li>Skill in editing and in reading comprehension and proofreading.</li><li>Ability to facilitate discussions; willingness to ask questions, challenge the process and seek out answers.</li><li>Solid knowledge of project management and the software development life cycle.</li><li>Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.</li><li>Strong time management skills, ability to multi-task, ability to work with minimal supervision.</li></ul>#LI-CM1Do you want a career that allows you to make a difference in other people’s lives? Discover what it means to truly believe in the work that you do at West Coast University.At West Coast University, we have the privilege of educating students seeking careers in healthcare and guide them through their transformational journey from student to caregiver. Our associates are united behind that purpose and share a deep commitment to our values of teamwork, collegiality, transparency, and a student-centric approach to all we do. This focus creates an aligned, nimble, and consensus-driven culture that is solution-oriented and supports our associates’ professional growth.West Coast University is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We embrace diversity and are dedicated to creating an inclusive environment for all associates.

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