Senior Policy Analyst

At the MBTA we envision a thriving region enabled by a best-in-class transit system. Our mission is to serve the public by providing safe reliable and accessible transportation. MBTAs Core Values are built around safety service equity sustainability and culture. Each employee that works for the MBTA performs their roles based on our vision mission and values. This includes attendance participation and contribution in local safety committee meetings as needed.

Job Summary

The Senior Policy Analyst at the Office of Performance Management and Innovation (OPMI) will be responsible for managing and creating OPMIs data products as well as leading and creating technical solutions for reporting research and other processes for both MassDOT and the MBTA.

This role has primary responsibility for managing OPMIs data and technical projects that support a range of policy decisions related to strategic research and performance management and include both those specifically requested within the organization and those self-generated within OPMI. Projects may include maintaining and generating datasets for the MBTA Open Data Portal writing scripts using R or Python to automate performance measure calculations and assisting other teams in identifying preparing connecting to or creating data sources to enable their work.

To meet these responsibilities the Senior Policy Analyst will carry out projects involving data from all areas of transportation including public transportation active modes and car-based modes to support activities and decision-making by all divisions of MassDOT and the MBTA. Projects will include data assessment collection cleaning and visualization; data management and QA / QC; qualitative and quantitative data analysis; and best practice research.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Manage projects involving data collection cleaning qualitative and / or quantitative data analysis.
• Design and implement programmatic solutions to access and visualize data including retrieving data from APIs cleaning large data files and creating visualizations.
• Translate complex data findings into actionable policy recommendations for a variety of technical and non-technical stakeholders and business partners.
• Identify opportunities to enhance data reporting collection and analysis across MassDOT and the MBTA.
• Keep up to date and engaged in data and analytics topics in the transportation field as well as the primary transportation challenges in the agency.
• As part of a collaborative team prioritize and manage data projects including identifying data needs conducting data collection cleaning and analysis reporting results within and outside the organization and using research results to inform practice.
• Work with various audiences (academic practitioners decision-makers etc.) as appropriate to improve data sharing and management within MassDOT and the MBTA.
• Establish and maintain organized efficient and standardized processes for work intake prioritization resource allocation quality control and release of findings.
• Respond to data inquiries from customers vendors and internal partners.
• Assist with other duties in OPMI as needed including providing support to Performance Management and Strategic Research verticals and cross-team projects.
• Perform all other duties and projects that may be assigned.

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Senior IC

Key Skills

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Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

Yearly Salary Salary : 74300 - 89301