Executive Director - Data Hub
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Job Duties
- Provide vision, strategy, and leadership for PVAMU’s centralized Data Hub and enterprise analytics function, aligning analytics priorities with institutional goals related to student success, equity, enrollment, retention, completion, and operational performance.
- Serve as the institutional authority on analytics strategy, ensuring consistent, rigorous, and ethical use of data across all divisions.
- Anticipate emerging data needs and proactively design analytical frameworks that support long-term planning and timely executive decision-making.
- Lead, with university data partners, the curation, integration, and stewardship of institutional data from academic, student, financial, HR, and operational systems, ensuring data accuracy, consistency, and usability.
- Partner closely with Institutional Research, IT/CITE, and data governance bodies to define standards, resolve data discrepancies, and promote shared definitions and metrics.
- Ensure compliance with FERPA, privacy regulations, and institutional data governance policies while enabling appropriate access for analysis and decision support.
- Oversee the design and delivery of high-impact dashboards, scorecards, and visual analytics that clearly communicate key discoveries and patterns in the data.
- Translate complex analyses into clear, compelling data stories tailored to executive leadership, deans, department heads, and other stakeholders.
- Design and lead data literacy, analytics, and visualization training programs that build institutional capacity to understand and responsibly use data.
- Mentor analysts and staff, fostering a culture of analytical excellence, curiosity, and continuous improvement.
- Promote shared understanding of data concepts, metrics, and analytical best practices across the university.
- Lead and conduct deep, methodologically sound statistical analyses, including predictive, diagnostic, and trend analyses that identify drivers of student success and institutional performance.
- Design and oversee analytical models that support early alerts, targeted interventions, program evaluation, and resource allocation.
- Ensure analytical rigor by selecting appropriate methodologies, validating assumptions, and clearly articulating limitations and implications of findings.
- Serve as a trusted analytics advisor and consultant to senior leaders, providing data-informed recommendations and scenario analyses to support institutional priorities.
- Support leaders in interpreting results, understanding trade-offs, and applying analytics to real-world institutional challenges.
- Direct the operation and continuous enhancement of the Data Hub and Data War Room as collaborative, high-impact environments for analytics, planning, and strategic dialogue.
- Ensure analytics tools and environments are user-centered, scalable, and responsive to evolving institutional needs.
- Establish processes for intake, prioritization, and delivery of analytics requests across divisions.
- Lead and manage analytics staff and cross-functional project teams, setting clear expectations, goals, and performance standards.
- Collaborate across academic and administrative units to break down silos and promote integrated, institution-wide analytics.
- Support change management efforts related to analytics adoption and cultural shifts toward data-informed decision-making.
Job Qualifications
- Master’s or Doctoral degree in a related field preferred
- Experience in higher education, particularly in institutional research, student success analytics, or academic/administrative analytics
- Experience leading or launching a centralized data hub, analytics center, or enterprise reporting environment
- Advanced experience with data visualization and analytics platforms (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, SQL-based environments, cloud analytics tools)
- Demonstrated success leading cross-functional teams and managing complex, institution-wide initiatives
- Familiarity with data governance frameworks and change management in large or complex organizations
Institution Description
Located just 40 miles northwest of Houston, PVAMU sits on a 1,440-acre rural campus that blends historic charm with modern facilities. [pvamu.edu], [en.wikipedia.org]
The university serves:
- A student population of ~10,000, with over 90% in‑state students and a notably diverse community that includes international representation. [pvamu.edu]
- A strong residential experience, with more than 50% of undergraduates living on campus. [pvamu.edu]
PVAMU continues to earn distinction as:
- A leading producer of African American graduates, particularly in nursing, architecture, and overall bachelor’s degrees awarded to African American students (2024 rankings). [pvamu.edu]
- A Carnegie R2 High Research Activity institution, demonstrating strong growth in research productivity and innovation. [pvamu.edu]
The university is also widely respected for its land‑grant mission, delivering impactful research and community engagement across Texas through extension programs in both urban and rural areas. [hbcuconnect.com]
Benefits
Application Due Date: 2026-03-27
Job Start Date: 2026-05-01
Salary: Dependent on qualifications and experience.
City: Houston, Texas
State/Province/Region: TX
Institution: Prairie View A&M University
Reports To: Vice Provost of Institutional Research and Effectiveness
Staff # Reporting to Position: 5
Reports In Office: Institutional Research
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