Data and Systems Head

Kalibrr; Quezon City; On-site; PHP 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Ateneo de Manila University invites applications for the Data and Systems Head to lead governance, analytics, and advancement information management. The role champions data-informed decision-making and oversees reporting, institutional analytics, and strategic information stewardship across the university’s advancement functions.

The position requires substantial leadership experience in information governance, data management, and analytics within higher education or nonprofit contexts.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Information Management, Business Analytics, Statistics, Business Administration, Management, or related fields.
• At least seven (7) years of relevant experience in information management, data governance, analytics, reporting, advancement services, or related fields.
• Three to five years of leadership experience in governance, analytics, or information management.
• Experience in higher education, nonprofit, fundraising, alumni relations, or related environments is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Provides strategic direction for advancement information, reporting, and analytics to support donor development and institutional reporting.
• Champions governance standards and stewardship of advancement information assets.
• Directs continuous improvement of information management processes.
• Oversees generation and use of advancement intelligence, reporting, and analytics.
• Advices internally to align priorities and promote data-informed decision-making.
• Sets performance standards for the Advancement Information and Analytics Management Section and guides workforce planning.
• Performs other tasks as required by the supervisor.

Skills

Leadership

Data governance

Analytics

Reporting

Decision-support

Information management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems or related fields

Job description

Job Description

Summary of Work Activities and Responsibilities:

The Data and Systems Head provides leadership in the strategic direction, governance, management, and continuous enhancement of OUDAA's advancement information, reporting, and analytics capabilities to support donor development, alumni engagement, fundraising, resource mobilization, institutional reporting, and data-informed decision-making.

The position serves as OUDAA's lead steward for advancement information and analytics, ensuring the quality, integrity, confidentiality, availability, and responsible use of advancement information. It likewise champions the effective use of information and a culture of data-informed decision-making across OUDAA.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

I. Advancement Information Planning and Strategic Oversight

• Provides and oversees implementation of strategic direction for the continuous enhancement of OUDAA’s advancement information, reporting, and analytics capabilities.
  • Aligns and defines advancement information, reporting, and analytics priorities and requirements in support of donor development, alumni engagement, fundraising, stewardship, resource mobilization, institutional reporting, and decision-making.
  • Anticipates emerging information needs and evolving institutional requirements that may affect advancement information, reporting, analytics, and decision-support priorities.
• Develops and monitors indicators for information quality, reporting effectiveness, and analytics usefulness.

II. Advancement Information Governance and Stewardship

• Provides direction on governance standards for advancement information and related data systems.
• Provides governance oversight of advancement information assets and supporting data systems.
• Exercises stewardship over sensitive and strategically significant advancement information.

III. Advancement Information Management

• Oversees the management of OUDAA’s advancement information assets and authoritative information sources.
• Directs the continuous improvement of advancement information management processes.

IV. Advancement Intelligence, Reporting, and Decision Support

• Oversees the generation and effective use of advancement intelligence, reporting, and analytics.
  • Strengthens institutional visibility, planning, advancement coordination, and resource mobilization efforts through reliable reporting and analytics.
• Directs the continuous enhancement of reporting and analytics capabilities.

V. Information Partnership and Data-Informed Decision Support

• Serves as an internal advisor on advancement information, reporting, analytics, and information management matters.
• Promotes alignment and collaboration on advancement information priorities.
• Champions a culture of data-informed decision-making across OUDAA.

VI. Section Leadership and Management

• Coordinates with the rest of the leadership team of OUDAA and sets strategic direction and performance standards for the Advancement Information and Analytics Management Section.
• Assesses overall Section performance.
• Evaluates the Section’s current and future workforce requirements in relation to strategic and program needs, and guides workforce planning through capability development, succession planning, strategic deployment, and hiring recommendations to ensure sustained readiness.
• Ensures effective stewardship of Section resources.
• Leads staff development and engagement.

VII. Performs other work-related tasks as may be required by the immediate supervisor and authorized representative.

Minimum Qualifications

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Information Management, Business Analytics, Statistics, Business Administration, Management, or related fields
• At least seven (7) years of relevant experience in information management, data governance, analytics, reporting, advancement services, institutional research, decision-support functions, or related fields
• At least three (3) to five (5) years of leadership experience
• Demonstrated experience in information governance, information stewardship, reporting and analytics, information management, and the development of information-driven decision-support approaches
• Experience in higher education, nonprofit, fundraising, alumni relations, advancement services, or related environments is an advantage

Ateneo de Manila University (Ateneo) is one of the leading universities in the Philippines. More than 150 years in existence, Ateneo has grown into a major Jesuit institution. Officially it became a university in 1959. It offers over 100 academic degree programmes.Ateneo offers Basic Education (Grade School, Junior High School, and Senior High School). In addition, Higher Education (College, Graduate, Continuing Education) is made up of nine schools (Education and Learning Design, Government, Graduate School of Business, Humanities, Management, Science and Engineering, and Social Sciences) located in 3 campuses in Quezon City, Makati City and Pasig City.It has an array of research centres, 11 of which are recognized as Centres of Excellence by the Philippine Commission on Higher Education. In addition to a European Studies Programme, it has a Centre for Asian Studies that fosters comparative research on East and Southeast Asia.Ateneo has 207 partnerships with universities around the world (82 in Europe, 87 in Asia, 11 in Australia and New Zealand, and 27 in North and South America) and is a member of the ASEAN Universities Network and 3 other international university networks. Ateneo’s Rizal Library is the most advanced in the Philippines with over 307,000 titles in its collection and online access to most major academic journals.