Vice President for Technology Innovation and Chief Technology Officer

The University of Tennessee Foundation Inc (UTFI) invites applications and nominations to fill the position of Vice President for Technology & Innovation and Chief Technology Officer(CTO) reporting to the UTFI President and CEO. The CTO will serve as the central architect of a robust program of technology and innovation that can anticipate evolving technological and philanthropic trends and that supports UTFIs mission to drive success for students alumni parents grateful patients and friends of the University of Tennessee.

The CTO will balance strategic thinking leadership capability and handson technological expertise to provide leadership and direction to innovative technology and analytics initiatives. This individual will have the opportunity to create a road map for longterm growth that includes creative and entrepreneurial technology adoptions and deployments metrics for success and accountability measures as well as applications for datainformed risktaking and decisionmaking.

The CTO will ensure alignment of technology infrastructure business functions and data management policies with UTFIs strategic priorities and oversee the development of critical systems such as UTFIs CRM (Salesforce/ACE). They will oversee the crossfunctional integration and coordination of tech tools and platforms across UTFIs enterprise as well as own key relationships with stakeholders vendors and consultants.

Job responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Technology Strategy: Develop strategic tactical and capital information technology plans processes and budgets to support UTFIs mission. Define and implement policies procedures and guidelines to ensure efficient compliant and secure use of IT resources.

Innovation: Conduct research to understand and evaluate industry trends and emerging technologies to support business requirements and related system changes. Lead technology planning to achieve business goals by working with UTFI leadership in prioritizing technology initiatives and coordinating the evaluation deployment and management of current and future technologies.

Tech Stack Management: Lead and facilitate the work of staff stakeholders and suppliers to ensure the successful development testing implementation and maintenance of a cloudbased relationship management (CRM) system and associated technology tools/platforms to support UTFIs operations constituents and affiliated organizations. Actively lead hardware and software evaluations and maintain business partner relationships.

Relationship Management: Serve as the primary relationship owner with external partners such as implementation partners consultants etc. ensuring efficient secure and compliant operations. Work closely with external consultants and internal stakeholders to ensure that technology systems processes and infrastructure meet the evolving needs of the organization. Partner with internal stakeholders including UTFI central and campusbased leadership functional team leads and endusers to anticipate manage and support technology needs. Oversee the integration of and coordination of technology tools and deployments across the various functions of UTFI both centrally and across UT System campus advancement teams.

Data Management: Direct the establishment of data management controls ensuring efficient secure and compliant operations. Continually reinforce a culture of protecting donor and alumni data.

Leadership & Collaboration:Lead all aspects of a complex team including managing mentoring motivating retaining and evaluating staff.

For more detail regarding the role and our organization please refer to thedigital position prospectus.

Questions about the search may be directed to.

Target Start Date: July 2025

Benefits: Recognized as a Top Employer by Knoxville Top Workplaces in 2022 and 2023 the Foundations greatest asset is our team. Foundation employees are eligible for a comprehensive suite of benefits that includes:

• Generouspaid leave accruing up to 24 days of vacation and 12 days of sick leave annually plus 14 paid holidays and administrative closing days
• Flexible work arrangements offering a hybrid schedule to most team members
• Educationbenefits for employees and their dependents at UT System campuses
• Retirement and deferred compensation plans including 401(k) 403(b) etc.
• Comprehensive medical dental and visioninsurance plans
• Employeediscounts to attractions services and goods

The Foundation:The University of Tennessee Foundation Inc. is a notforprofit 501(c)3 organization that serves as the preferred channel for private contributions benefiting students and faculty within the UT System. With a vision of being one of the topperforming advancement organizations in higher education UTFI is committed to enhancing the educational landscape across the University of Tennessee campuses.

The UT System: The University of Tennessee System is comprised of campuses at Knoxville Chattanooga Pulaski Martin and the Health Science Center at Memphis; the Institute of Agriculture; and the Institute for Public Service.

The University of Tennessee Foundation Inc. is an EEO/AA/Title VI/Title IX/Section 504/ADA/ADEA employer. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race color national origin religion sex pregnancy marital status sexual orientation gender identity age physical or mental disability genetic information veteran status and parental status or any other characteristic protected by federal or state law.