Executive Director, Information Technology

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the Institute's enterprise technology strategy in alignment with Salk's Strategic Plan.
• Provide visionary leadership for Information Technology, Information Systems, Scientific Computing, and Cybersecurity Services.
• Evaluate emerging technologies, including enterprise and administrative uses of artificial intelligence and cloud computing, to improve research capabilities and administrative operations.
• Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, continuous improvement, and customer service throughout the technology organization.
• Partner with stakeholders to develop and execute Salk’s artificial intelligence strategy for administrative operations, ensuring AI investments align with institutional priorities, improve organizational effectiveness, and are implemented with appropriate governance, security, and accountability.

Technology Operations & Risk

• Direct all enterprise technology operations, including infrastructure, networking, cloud services, storage, virtualization, endpoint computing, identity management, enterprise applications, and service management.
• Ensure the availability, reliability, scalability, and security of enterprise technology systems supporting research and administrative operations.
• Lead institutional cybersecurity strategy, incident response, business continuity, disaster recovery, and enterprise risk management.
• Oversee enterprise application platforms supporting Finance, Human Resources, Research Administration, identity management, reporting, analytics, and institutional operations.
• Ensure technology architecture, integrations, and data governance support long-term institutional objectives.

Scientific Computing & Research

• Provide strategic oversight of research cloud services, high-performance computing resources, scientific data storage, research networking, and shared computational infrastructure.
• Partner with faculty and research leadership to advance scientific computing capabilities that support computational biology, genomics, imaging, AI, machine learning, and data-intensive research.
• Support technology initiatives that accelerate scientific discovery while balancing performance, cost, security, and sustainability.

Operational Management

• Develop and manage the department's operating and capital budgets.
• Oversee technology procurement, vendor relationships, software licensing, consulting engagements, and contract negotiations.
• Develop long-term technology roadmaps and investment strategies based on institutional priorities, lifecycle planning, and risk management.
• Monitor technology performance metrics and service delivery to ensure operational excellence and continuous improvement.

Leadership & Collaboration

• Lead, mentor, develop, and evaluate a high-performing technology organization.
• Build collaborative partnerships with faculty, executive leadership, administrative departments, and external partners.
• Present technology strategies, investment recommendations, project updates, and institutional risks to executive leadership and governance committees.
• Promote a service-oriented culture that values transparency, accountability, innovation, and operational excellence.