The Advancement Technology team at UChicago needs to develop and maintain a comprehensive suite of reports and dashboards to inform business groups across Advancement, enabling them to achieve ambitious fundraising and engagement goals. This role is crucial for translating program strategies into integrated solutions that enhance fundraising and engagement outcomes.
Requirements
- Exceptional skills in data analysis, interpretation, and drive business strategy through data-driven insights.
- Strong project management skills, with an aptitude for leading end-to-end project delivery.
- Expertise in BI, data visualization tools, SQL, and a deep understanding of database modeling concepts.
- Proficient working in a Salesforce environment is highly preferred.
- 7+ years of experience working with complex data sets in a business intelligence, data analytics, or marketing research role.
- Minimum 2 years of experience leading a project team or managing staff.
- Knowledge of fundraising, alumni relations, and higher education are not required but strongly preferred.
Responsibilities
- Establishes and champions comprehensive strategy for Advancement reporting.
- Drives development of intuitive reporting solutions that enable smarter, data-driven decisions and maximize the value of technology tools.
- Oversees governance, management, and curation of catalog of available reporting assets so that data tools are easily identified and accessible.
- Strategically prioritizes backlog of reporting requests in alignment with departmental goals and industry best practices.
- Oversees a portfolio of reporting and data delivery projects. Drives planning, timelines, resource allocation, and clear communication with stakeholders.
- Proactively assesses and responds to the evolving reporting and data delivery needs of key stakeholder groups to inform strategy, allocation of resources, and roadmap development.
- Monitors emerging technologies and leverages AI and automation to continually enhance efficiency and increase capacity.
Other
- Recruits, develops, and leads a high-performing team of technology professionals, fostering a culture of innovation, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
- Proactively engages with leaders of partner business units to understand their objectives and align data strategies with their needs and goals.
- Boosts adoption and use of reporting tools through training, documentation, and change management strategies.
- Champions a culture of data-driven decision-making and innovation, utilizing data to evaluate and optimize outreach, donor segmentation, and campaign performance.
- Manages professional staff. Establishes performance goals, allocates resources and assesses policies for direct subordinates.
