General Manager, HR Data & Reporting

• HR Data Management & Data Quality: Oversee the maintenance and accuracy of workforce records employee registers HR master data and staffing records in HRIS/1C. Establish data quality standards validation procedures and regular reconciliations between HR systems employment documentation and approved staffing structures. Identify root causes of data inconsistencies and coordinate corrective actions.
• HR Reporting & Analytics: Lead the preparation of statutory statistical operational and management HR reports dashboards and standard analytics. Establish consistent definitions calculation methodologies and authoritative data sources for key HR metrics including workforce size employee movements turnover vacancies workforce structure and employment contract timelines. Provide reliable workforce data to university leadership HR teams Finance and Strategic Planning.
• HRIS Strategy & Digital Transformation: Develop and maintain the HRIS vision and HR process automation roadmap in collaboration with the Director of HR Operations & Employee Relations and relevant HR functions. Consolidate and prioritize business requirements for HR systems reporting integrations and digital solutions ensuring alignment with the Universitys HR priorities and operational needs.
• Business Requirements & System Implementation: Represent HR as the functional business owner in the selection implementation enhancement and ongoing development of HRIS and other HR technologies. Translate HR needs into business processes user scenarios functional specifications data requirements reporting requirements and access rules. Coordinate with IT teams and external vendors to ensure solutions meet business needs.
• Data Migration Testing & System Acceptance: Lead HR-side preparation validation cleansing mapping and reconciliation of data during system migrations. Coordinate user acceptance testing (UAT) functional reviews defect prioritization and resolution tracking. Ensure HR functionality is properly validated before implementation and support user training documentation communications and change adoption.
• Data Governance Access & Audit Readiness: Establish and maintain data ownership principles data definitions reference data classification standards and quality controls. Define business requirements for role-based access to HR data and support access reviews in accordance with the principle of least privilege. Ensure data confidentiality personal data protection and audit readiness and coordinate the resolution of findings related to HR data reporting and system controls.
• Stakeholder Engagement & Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with HR functional teams HR Business Partners Organizational Design IT Finance and other stakeholders to ensure consistent workforce data effective reporting and alignment of HR systems with business processes. Coordinate with Organizational Design on approved staffing structures positions and grades ensuring accurate reflection in HR systems while maintaining clear accountability for staffing structure ownership.
• Team Leadership & Continuous Improvement: Lead and develop the HR data and reporting team set priorities and performance expectations and ensure timely high-quality delivery. Document key processes reporting methodologies business rules and system requirements. Identify opportunities to streamline workflows reduce manual operations improve data reliability and strengthen the efficiency and sustainability of HR services.

Qualifications :

• A bachelors degree in Human Resources Management Information Systems Business Analytics Economics Finance Statistics Management or a related field. Relevant professional certifications in HRIS HR analytics data management business analysis project management or HR are an advantage.
• At least 5 years of relevant professional experience in HR data management HRIS HR reporting HR analytics HR administration business process automation or a related field including experience leading a functional area team or major information system implementation project.
• Practical experience working with HRIS/1C and large workforce datasets developing management reports and establishing data quality and validation controls.
• Experience translating business needs into functional and technical requirements participating in HR system implementation or major enhancements and coordinating data migration reconciliation and user acceptance testing.
• Knowledge of HR data governance reporting standards dashboard development system access management and personal data protection requirements.
• Experience working with BI tools external technology vendors and cross-functional project teams is an advantage.
• Strong analytical and systems thinking attention to detail problem-solving and project coordination skills with the ability to translate HR needs into clear system requirements and practical solutions.
• Demonstrated ability to lead teams manage competing priorities coordinate stakeholders and drive process improvement and organizational change.
• Fluency in Kazakh Russian and English with the ability to prepare professional reports business requirements and functional documentation in all three languages.

Experience in a large international academic or research organization will be considered an advantage.

Additional Information :

Recruitment and selection process
Recruitment and selection at Nazarbayev University include the following process: preliminary selection based on experience and qualifications assessments (e.g. technical skills/capabilities aptitude personality work samples in-basket exercises and informal interviews) and motivation.

Formal interviews form the final stage of the selection process.
They are typically based on organizational values and behaviors and conducted in English.
You are encouraged to share your views and values  to identify how they fit into  Nazarbayev University core values

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time