Director of Data Operations, University Advancement and Foundation
About The Position
The University of Nevada, Reno is seeking a Director of Data Operations to provide strategic leadership for University Advancement and Foundation data operations. This position oversees the University’s constituent and financial data ecosystem, including data governance, policies, and operational frameworks that support fundraising, engagement, marketing, and financial reporting. The Director sets the vision for data stewardship, quality, and responsible data use to ensure data integrity, compliance, and long-term sustainability. The Director of Data Operations leads the Data Operations team by establishing standards, priorities, workflows, and continuous improvement initiatives that enhance data literacy, automation, and analytical readiness. This role partners closely with Advancement Services, Finance, Alumni Engagement, Development, Communications & Marketing, and campus stakeholders to ensure Advancement’s data environment is reliable, accessible, compliant, and strategically leveraged to advance institutional goals.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree and five (5) years of professional related work experience OR Master’s Degree and three (3) years of professional related work experience.
- Experience overseeing donor or constituent data and CRM systems across the full fundraising or engagement lifecycle, including providing strategic oversight of enterprise data initiatives and third-party vendor solutions or related experience.
Benefits
- Health insurance options including dental and vision - Health Insurance
- Generous annual and sick leave and life insurance – Faculty Benefits
- E. L. Wiegand Fitness Center offers annual or semester memberships and spouse/domestic partner membership options.
- E.L. Wiegand Fitness Center
- Mountain EAP supports employees (and eligible dependents) through life's difficult moments. Mountain EAP is located in Reno and specializes in counseling and advising services for personal or interpersonal issues.
- Faculty Senate is the principal representing body for faculty.
- No state income tax!
- Grants-in-Aid for Faculty Employees
- The University is proud to provide a reduced-rate tuition benefit to faculty and qualified dependents. Faculty can take up to six credits per semester at a reduced rate. Dependents of faculty have unlimited credits, but in order to be eligible children must be unmarried and under the age of 24 and must receive at least 50% of their financial support from the employee and/or employee’s spouse or domestic partner.
- Faculty Dual Career Assistance Program
- The University of Nevada, Reno recognizes the importance of addressing dual-career couples’ professional needs. We offer a dual career assistance program to newly hired faculty spouses/partners that provides resources and assists them to identify career opportunities in Northern Nevada.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
