Lead data transformation initiatives in higher education, focusing on data governance, engineering, and advancement. Develop scalable data models, pipelines, and datasets using AWS and modern data stacks. Deliver insights, dashboards, and reporting for HR, Finance, and Research Admin.
Key Highlights
Key Responsibilities
Technical Skills Required
Benefits & Perks
Job Description
No 3rd Parties -
Three long-term contract roles within Higher Ed -- All remote - All data focused.
Project Summary: Our client, in the higher education sector, is modernizing its entire data ecosystem through a large‑scale Data Warehouse Redesign and Modernization Initiative. This transformation is built on three pillars: Data Governance, Data Engineering, and Data Advancement, to create an integrated, trusted, and scalable data environment.
Domain Priorities
- Research Administration: Modernize pipelines for grants and award data, strengthen compliance, and enable analytics for funding trends, proposal success, indirect cost recovery, and lifecycle performance.
- Finance: Redesign financial data structures, support audit‑ready reporting, enhance forecasting and cost‑analysis, and deliver consistent leadership dashboards.
- HR: Integrate workforce data, enforce strict privacy governance, and enable people analytics for retention, diversity, staffing, and organizational planning.
NOTES:
Several positions across different functions are available
100% REMOTE
Duration: 1-2 years
Several years working in Higher-Education (must have)
Extensive SQL (must have)
Data Warehousing (must have)
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Position 1) Technical Program Manager / Business Intelligence (Higher Ed)
Seeking a TPM/BI to lead DataMart, reporting, and data‑solution delivery for a major higher‑ed institution. Drive roadmap, manage cross‑functional execution, and own technical delivery.
Must‑Have:
- 7+ yrs in data mgmt/engineering/TPM
- Strong SQL, ETL/ELT, data orchestration
- BI tools (Tableau/Cognos/QuickSight)
- Cross‑functional program mgmt
- Higher‑ed experience
Position 2) Data Solutions Engineer (Higher Ed)
Hiring a Data Solutions Engineer to build scalable data models, pipelines, and datasets across HR, Finance, and Advancement using AWS + modern data stack.
Must‑Have:
- 10+ yrs data engineering
- AWS (S3, Glue, dbt), Snowflake/Redshift
- SQL + Python/Java/Scala
- Data modeling, pipeline building
- Higher‑ed experience
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Position 3) Senior Data Analyst (Higher Ed)
Looking for Senior Data Analysts to deliver insights, dashboards, and reporting for HR, Finance, and Research Admin. Work with SMEs & engineers on DataMart redesign and analytics.
Must‑Have:
- 7+ yrs data analysis
- Strong SQL + Tableau/Cognos/QuickSight
- Ability to turn data into insights
- Cross‑functional collaboration
- Higher‑ed experience
Please email me for a full job spec, if you are interested in one of these positions.
Michael
Michael O'Brien
OB Recruitment Inc.
michael@obrecruitment.com
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