Executive Assistant to the CIO
Granville, OH - USA
Job Summary
The Executive Assistant to the Vice President & Chief Information Officer (CIO) is a trusted partner who enables high-impact leadership across Information Technology Services (ITS) and the university. This role manages the CIOs time priorities and communications ensuring focus on the most important institutional and strategic work. The Executive Assistant coordinates meetings prepares materials and ensures interactions are purposeful well-structured and outcome-oriented while tracking key priorities and deadlines to maintain momentum. By anticipating needs triaging requests and removing operational friction this role allows the CIO to remain focused on strategy relationships and leadership. The Executive Assistant also contributes to a well-informed connected and engaged ITS team culture.
Essential Functions:
- Manage and prioritize the CIOs calendar and commitments ensuring alignment with strategic priorities and protecting time for focused high-impact work.
- Review and route communications and requests responding to where appropriate and elevating
critical issues to enable timely informed decision-making. - Track strategic priorities action items and deadlines ensuring consistent follow-through and accountability across initiatives.
- Coordinate meetings and engagements ensuring clear agendas defined outcomes and strong preparation to maximize effectiveness and results.
- Anticipate needs and remove operational friction proactively improving workflows and enabling the CIO to remain focused on leadership strategy and relationships.
- Support coordination and communication across ITS and campus partners ensuring alignment
clarity and a well-informed engaged and high-performing team environment. - Other duties as assigned.
To be considered for this position please submit both a resume and a cover letter outlining your interest in the role and relevant experience.
Required Experience:
IC
About Company
Denison University is a leader among the nation's liberal arts colleges, offering some 60 academic programs to 2,200 students in Granville, Ohio.