Assistant Vice President for University Solutions + Chief Information Officer

About the role

Emporia State University is transforming to build a bright future. The Assistant Vice President for University Solutions + CIO at Emporia State University is an essential part of the health and long-term vitality of the university. Emporia State is seeking an exceptional leader who is an experienced, driven professional with a proven track record of visioning and implementing change. This capable leader will excel at building relationships and creating value through solutions development in a complex organization to drive maximum effectiveness. They will lead, develop, and execute a comprehensive strategy that positions the University Solutions organization to enable and advance the university through a visionary approach and comprehensive digital strategy. The selected candidate will be gifted at creating and maintaining a positive and proactive culture that will transform how the university digital infrastructure supports students, employees, and Hornet Nation.

Responsibilities

• Comprehensive leadership and oversight of a unit of 40, including setting strategic direction, organizational development, culture and talent development, data analysis and reporting, complex budget management, and day-to-day operations.
• Create a positive, proactive, data-driven culture focused on delivering value-added solutions.
• Lead university technology innovation strategy, including AI strategies.
• Maximize technology investment via development of a formalized process improvement, project, and change management function.
• Create leading-edge opportunities via development and execution of a comprehensive digital and digital innovation strategy, including creation of an infrastructure and enterprise architecture that advances university priorities and meets stakeholder needs.
• Executive oversight and strategic alignment of university cybersecurity and compliance.
• Development, execution, and management of an end-to-end strategic technology lifecycle management process for the total university.
• Serve as part of the university senior leadership team.
• Establish KPIs and deliver value-add reporting and analysis providing actionable data for continued evolution of the university, students, stakeholders, and Enterprise Solutions.

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Information Technology or a related field; or 6 years of related experience in lieu of degree.
• Proven leadership skills in senior leadership roles.
• Superior communication skills across all levels and functions.
• Transformative leader who can create new functions, processes, and systems to enable and advance the university.
• Superior ability to implement and lead large-scale change management strategies and tactics.
• Excellent collaborator with the ability to lead across the institution and organizational boundaries.
• Superior talent development and management skills.
• Strategic, data-driven employee with a proven track record of achieving goals and performance targets.

Pay

Compensation will be negotiable based upon education and experience.

Benefits

Base pay is one component of Emporia State University’s total rewards package. We are dedicated to supporting the needs of the whole you with our holistic approach to employee benefits.