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**This search is being managed externally. To express interest or nominate a candidate please email supporting materials confidentially to John Milman at SpencerStuart - .**
As one of the worlds leading research universities Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) is critically focused on delivering best-in-class technology services and capabilities to empower all members of its community in a distinctive industry-leading way. RPIs technology function has been challenged in meeting these high standards given the universitys scale and operational complexity being comprised of schools and colleges with differing priorities and historical ways of working.
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RPI Quick Facts
- 7064 enrolled students (academic year 22-23; 5823 undergraduates; 1164 graduates)
- Approx. 470 FTE faculty
- Operating budget: approx. $442M
- Offer more than 140 undergraduate graduate and doctoral programs across five schools as well as programs and certificates for working professionals
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Amidst this context RPI is looking to recruit a new Vice President Chief Information Officer to help modernize the universitys technology function to meet the communitys current and future needs while also leading a campus wide digital transformation. This leader will be responsible for evaluating RPIs current technology operating model and portfolio developing a technology strategy in partnership with stakeholders across the community that accounts for the needs of both individual schools/colleges and the university at large and then laying out plans to modernize the universitys technology function to begin delivering results in support of this new strategy. There is a desire to create a pragmatic centralized strategy while also meeting and supporting the specific needs of the Institute.
RPIs new Chief Information Officer must balance the often-conflicting university-level and school/college-level priorities taking a practical approach to weighing the trade-offs that arise between delivering tailored capabilities and services in a consistent and cost-effective way. And to do so effectively it is critical that this new leader bring a service orientation and partnership mindset to helping shepherd RPIs stakeholder community on this change journey while helping to drive cultural and change adoption across the organization.
RPIs new Chief Information Officer will lead a team of 100 people within a matrix reporting structure due to the various technologies that have been built inside the university over the years.
This position will be based at RPIs main campus in Troy NY.
Key Responsibilities:
- Define the universitys technology vision in line with RPIs purpose vision and mission; shape the processes technologies architecture and organization to realize that technology vision.
- Create university technology strategies with a focus on RPIs success in helping students achieve their educational and career goals via state-of-the-art technology.
- Evaluate overall information technology and recommend and implement transformative disruptive as well as evolutionary technology and practices that support efficient effective and innovative student experience learning resources and products. Assess modern technologies to determine if they would be of beneficial use to the university.
- Create a strong and effective IT governance process to facilitate the prioritization of IT investments and help guide decisions on tools and solutions. Help identify key stakeholders for participation and assist in the outline of the process by which decisions are made. Provide transparency around prioritization and decisions.
- Establish a Project Management Office to clearly define project goals and objectives gather requirements manage execution monitor performance and value to the university.
- Evaluate emerging technology around AI and cloud solutions and implement the most beneficial solutions to help the university to continue to be more agile in nature and be able to provide innovative solutions in a more efficient manner.
- Improve consistency in the level of IT support throughout the university for faculty staff students.
- Develop recruit and advance IT leadership talent in creating a high-powered organization able to transform RPI for the next phase of leadership innovation student success and results.
- Direct the overall design development and testing organization and processes for modern technology development enhancements and maintenance with a particular focus on inventive transformative industry-leading innovation.
- Identify opportunities and risks for delivering the universitys services as a web-based campus including identification of competitive services opportunities for innovation and assessment of marketplace obstacles and technical hurdles to achieve success.
- Identify technology trends and evolving social behavior that may support or impede the success of the university.
- Collaborate with the appropriate departments to assess and recommend technologies that support university organizational needs. Collaborate with various leaders to help drive negotiations with third parties and other service providers.
- Provide strategic leadership for the universitys cybersecurity program including the development of policies compliance with NIST CMMC and GLBA and oversight of institutional risk. Lead the development and regular testing of business continuity and disaster recovery plans.
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelors Degree preferably with concentration in STEM field such as computer science engineering or other technical field.
- Fifteen years of technology leadership experience including experience in group-level or division-level technology leadership roles (e.g. CIO CTO etc.)
- Five years of experience in a complex environment.
- Experience in higher education association or a multi-faceted corporate environment is preferred.
- Experience with both legacy and modern technology environments as well as modern methodologies
- Experience with agile delivery public cloud AI SaaS solutions mainframe technologies microservices architectures networks etc.
- Team leadership experience of organizations of more than 1000 employees
- Experience including full-time contract and vendor resources.
- Experience working at the executive leadership team level of an organization.
- Experience as a part of and/or engaging at the highest levels of an organization.
Applicants must meet stated minimum education and experience requirements.
Shift
Business Hours with weekends or evenings occasionally required
Travel
Driving
Driving a personal vehicle for non-passenger use
Starting Salary/Rate
Expected hiring range: $375000 - $425000 annually full benefits
Pay transparency disclosure: The selected candidates salary will be determined based on factors that include the available budget internal equity and the final candidates qualifications experience education and other job-related credentials. This hiring range is provided as Rensselaers good faith estimate of the expected hiring range at the time of posting.
Application instructions
This search is being managed externally. To express interest or nominate a candidate please email supporting materials confidentially to John Milman at SpencerStuart - .
Total Compensation and Benefits Information
Rensselaers Total Compensation Program is designed to provide stable pay growth a comprehensive and affordable benefits package and a comprehensive and affordable retiree medical and prescription plan. Our goal is to provide you and your family with a comprehensive health and welfare program as an umbrella of financial security and protection during your employment. For more information please visitBenefits Human Resources ().
Rensselaer is committed to the cultivation of a community that is welcoming inclusive and above all values learning. We welcome candidates who bring a variety of perspectives to Rensselaers work and campus communities.Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation or gender identity national origin disability status protected veteran status or other characteristic protected by law.
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