Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer

IVY TECH COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Indianas Engine of Opportunity - Ivy Tech Community College is the nations largest singly accredited statewide community college system. With 45 locations and 200000 students served annually Ivy Tech is committed to transforming Indiana through accessible affordable and high-quality education. The college offers over 70 academic programs aligned to regional workforce needs including health sciences advanced manufacturing IT business and education and is a primary pipeline for transfer to Indianas four-year institutions.

Affordability and Success: The tuition per semester is $2577.11 and four out of five graduates finish with no college debt.

Career and Transfer Focus: Ivy Tech offers over 70 academic programs and more than 5000 students transfer to a four-year university annually. The college also holds the top spot for apprenticeships in the U.S. and graduates the highest number of associate-level nurses in the nation.

Flexibility: The college offers flexible class formats and 8-week courses with over 500 classes available online.

MISSION VISION & STRATEGIC PLAN

Our Mission: We are a diverse open-access college that fuels Indianas economy through excellence in teaching and proactive engagement with industry and community partners embedded in a culture of innovation that empowers all students to learn and succeed.

Our Vision: Ivy Tech students will earn 50000 high-quality credentials each year aligned with the needs of Indianas workforce and communities.

Strategic Plan - Ivy Techs Strategic Plan titled Higher Education at the Speed of Life conveys all we seek to achieve with the vision mission and goals we have laid out. Life moves fast. Economies change. Technology disrupts. We must anticipate and respond rapidly to have the maximum positive impact on the state we call home. And thats why we are pleased and honored to execute a plan that keeps pace with the demands of our lives and our communities.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provides leadership for strategic technology planning that supports the vision mission and priorities of the College.

• Serves as the key contributor to the formulation of the Colleges business and digital strategies.

• Builds strong relationships with internal and external key stakeholders to maximize opportunities for IT to support efficient and effective business operations.

• Proactively advises the Presidents Cabinet and Executive Council on the emerging technologies and digital trends that are most relevant to College goals and evolving needs.

• Fosters a customer-service-oriented tone and develops a responsive effective team that keeps the mission of the College top of mind.

• Leads cultural and operational transformation from the current state to a future state defined by technology capabilities operational discipline service orientation and speed to solution capabilities and flexibility.

• Develops and manages the Systems Office Information Technology Solutions budget with oversight of system-wide technology budgets and expenditures.

• Plans sponsors drives and ultimately oversees Workday Student Information System (SIS) implementation for the college.

• Develops and administers a financial life-cycle replacement model for technology.

• Compiles develops and implements system-wide technology policies.

• Works closely with the IT Information Security team to develop and enforce cybersecurity best practices to protect the college and its digital assets and infrastructure.

• Oversight for the deployment of system-wide technology including establishing product standards technical review systems security procedures and protocols.

• Ensures appropriate holistic IT risk management framework and methodologies are in place and maintained.

• Leads enterprise-wide data governance strategy to ensure integrity privacy and ethical use of institutional data.

• Develops and supports a culture of engagement and extreme ownership creates effective programs to maintain staff skills and provides guidance to ensure staff career goals and objectives of staff are met.

• Motivates staff to do their very best work.

The Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer supervises the following positions:

• Assistant Vice President of CRM Operations

• Assistant Vice President of President Data Strategy

• Assistant Vice President for Workday Enterprise Solutions

• Chief Technology Officer

• Vice President of Shared Services

KEY AREAS OF OPPORTUNITY

Artificial Intelligence Integration - Harness AI to enhance teaching learning and administrative operations while establishing the ethical frameworks governance and training needed to ensure responsible and equitable adoption across the College.

Workday Finance & HCM (Two Years Post-Implementation) - Enhance integrations expand Workday Extend development and improve support and empowerment to functional areas while acknowledging system limitations.

Workday Student (Full Cycle Implementation) - Lead a transformative system-wide implementation that modernizes student services and enhances the learner experience while guiding complex change management across campuses and functional areas to ensure strong adoption smooth data migration and minimal disruption.

Contact Center Evaluation and Enhancement - Strengthen a unified student-centered contact center that delivers consistent high-quality support across all campuses while coordinating seamless processes shared systems and collaborative workflows to ensure timely responses clear communication and an exceptional customer experience.

COMPENSATION

$00 annually with opportunities for annual incentive bonuses tied to institutional and individual performance goals.

QUALITIES AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Earned bachelors degree in a related field (required) and substantial experience in postsecondary educational administration. An advanced degree is preferred.

• Seasoned IT leader with 10 years management experience that includes senior-level role(s) in large complex organization(s).

• Experience as a strategic innovative and pragmatic thinking results-oriented and a proven record of digital transformation.

• Experience with long- and short-term strategic planning functional transformation large system implementation legacy modernization change management business acumen and ability to manage decision-making processes in a highly diverse organization.

• Experience with data governance and cloud strategy.

• Experience with ERP systems higher education ERP systems is preferred.

• Experience with Workday and/or Salesforce is preferred.

• Experience with AI is preferred.

• Experience in a higher education institution is preferred.

• Strong emotional intelligence adaptability and professional presence to navigate a dynamic and evolving institution.

• A collaborative and transparent leadership style coupled with the courage to make principled decisions grounded in integrity and institutional values.

• Excellent interpersonal communication and listening skills with the ability to engage a wide range of constituencies effectively.

• Willingness and ability to travel regularly to campuses across Indiana and out of state as needed for professional engagement.

• This is a transformative leadership opportunity for a bold and collaborative executive who will help shape the future of Ivy Tech Community College and advance its mission as Indianas most powerful engine for workforce transformation career advancement and educational access.

IVY TECH LEADERSHIP

President Dr. Martin (Marty) Pollio

Dr. Martin (Marty) Pollio brings more than 25 years of transformational leadership in education to his role as the 10th president of Ivy Tech Community College. As president of Ivy Tech Dr. Pollio serves as the chief executive officer of Indianas largest public postsecondary institution which enrolled more than 200000 students in the 2024-25 academic year. Dr. Pollio champions the implementation of Higher Education at the Speed of Life the colleges strategy to deliver 50000 annual credential completions aligned with the needs of Indianas workforce. He leads a team of nearly 7000 faculty and staff across the colleges 19 campuses in Indiana and online and oversees major institutional initiatives that strengthen academic quality and improve student retention completion employment and transfer outcomes.

Dr. Pollio joined the college on July 1 2025 after a nationally recognized tenure as superintendent of Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) one of the largest urban public school districts in the United his eight years of leadership JCPS increased its high school graduation rate and nearly doubled its postsecondary readiness rate while reducing achievement gaps.

Central to Dr. Pollios educational philosophy is a deep commitment to preparing students for success at work and in life. At JCPS he directed the Academies of Louisville a nationally recognized initiative that embedded career pathways into the high school experience. He previously led similar efforts while serving as principal of Jeffersontown and Doss high schools where he drove improvements in student achievement by bridging academic instruction with hands-on work-based learning opportunities.

Dr. Pollio holds a Bachelor of Arts in education from Indiana University a Master of Science in health education from Eastern Kentucky University and a Doctor of Education in educational leadership and management from the University of Louisville.

The Presidents Cabinet

The Presidents cabinet is a team of six including the president of the foundation and the following positions:

• Provost & Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs

• Senior Vice President for Workforce and Careers

• Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

• Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer

• Senior Vice President Legal and Public Affairs

Ivy Techs Chancellors

Ivy Techs 19 campus leadership teams oversee localized strategy operations and successes.

APPLICATIONS & NOMINATIONS

Nominations expressions of interest and applications (including resumes and letters of interest) may be submitted in confidence to Woodhouse Search LLC at: .

Ivy Tech Community College is an accredited equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color ethnicity national origin marital status religion sex gender sexual orientation gender identity disability age or veteran status. As required by Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 Ivy Tech Community College does not discriminate on the basis of sex including sexual harassment in its educational programs and activities including employment and admissions. Questions specific to Title IX may be referred to the Colleges Title IX Coordinator or to the US Department of Education Office of Civil Rights.