Associate Vice President for Enterprise Solutions & Enabling Technologies

Virginia Tech

Job Location:

Blacksburg, VA - USA

Hourly Salary: $ 205000 - 225000

Posted on: 9 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Procedure for Candidacy

Virginia Tech has retained Next Generation Leadership Partners to support this search.

Candidates may submit in confidence resumes and cover letters via this site. For full consideration applicants should submit their materials to Next Generation by August 10 2026.

Inquiries and nominations should be directed to Phil Goldstein at .

Position Overview

The Associate Vice President (AVP) for Enterprise Solutions & Enabling Technologies (ESET) leads a recently formed team within Virginia Techs Division of Information Technology. This team is responsible for the universitys enterprise applications data systems and reporting platformssupporting academic administrative and AI-enabled services.

Virginia Tech is currently undertaking a major IT transformation modernizing its core student information Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and data systems while building the infrastructure needed to support AI adoption across operations and student services. This work also includes strengthening partnerships between the central Division of Information Technology and decentralized IT groups across the university.

Reporting to the Vice President for IT & Chief Information Officer and member of the VPITs leadership team the AVP for ESET leads the development delivery and support of all enterprise applications administrative AI and data platforms in service of Virginia Techs multi-faceted mission.

Leadership Agenda

The Associate Vice President facilitates the technology roadmap for administrative AI ERP student information systems the learning management ecosystem and service management tools. They provide software development integration services to connect disparate systems database administration data warehousing business intelligence (reporting and analytics) and other enterprise-wide applications (both on-premise and cloud based). The AVP identifies the interconnections between data quality and AI adoption and implements strategies to improve readiness to harness AI capabilities in administrative operations. The AVP contributes to the university IT Strategic Plan and manages the ESET team and resources to achieve its goals objectives and key results. Key priorities for the AVP include:

Lead the ESET organization sustain its positive culture and support the development of its staff.
Build strong and collaborative partnerships with key stakeholders across the university.
Expand platform capabilities to support AI adoption in university operations and business processes.
Create data strategies and contribute to on-going efforts to mature data governance to meet current needs and enable effective secure use of AI .
Upgrade the Universitys data and reporting technologies to improve integrations and data access.
Create financial models to sustain enterprise services with the agility to adapt to evolving AI and cloud cost models.
Maintain an enterprise applications roadmap that leverages modern design principles that meets current and future university needs.
Support the on-going modernization of Virginia Techs student information finance human resources and other major enterprise platform technologies.

Position Responsibilities

The AVP for ESET will work with university partners and key stakeholders to understand their needs and deliver an enterprise solutions and data ecosystem that is user-centered seamless and connected; develop a deep technical understanding of the entire enterprise systems and solutions environment; and ensure cohesiveness resiliency redundancy and reliability. They will lead a department that:

Fosters high-performing and agile teams dedicated to technical excellence and exceptional customer service and fluid customer experiences
Adopts modern and forward-looking technology data and service strategies structured around common technology layers and consistent service delivery through standard processes and
Thoughtfully and collaboratively explores opportunities to improve efficiencies (technological financial and human) by leveraging scale and other strategies as appropriate.

As a member of the Division of Information Technology (DoIT) senior leadership team the AVP partners with fellow leaders to plan execute and manage IT projects programs and services in support of Virginia Techs strategic priorities and its motto Ut Prosim (That I May Serve). The AVP represents DoIT on university committees and working groups and partners with the VPIT & CIO and institutional leaders to inspire cultural and technological transformationfostering a collaborative human-centered innovative accountable transparent and inclusive IT organization.

Qualifications and Leadership Experience

Required Qualifications

Masters degree or bachelors degree with relevant certifications in AI enterprise or data architecture combined with multiple years of leadership experience of a similar enterprise solutions portfolio may substitute for a masters degree.
Significant experience in data governance data strategy enterprise application management enterprise architecture data warehousing and/or AI adoption.
Demonstrated success as senior manager managing budgets and leading large high performing IT development and operations teams.
Strategic thinker with the ability to apply technology to solve business problems evaluate emerging tools and standards and develop user- and business-driven technology planswith a working understanding of software development lifecycles business process analysis and process re-engineering.
Experience leading organizational and technology change initiatives with a strong emphasis on relationship-building collaboration and shared stewardship.
Commitment to continuous improvement including establishing and reporting on key performance metrics.
Exceptional communication skillswritten verbal and presentationalwith the ability to engage technical and non-technical audiences alike.
Demonstrated ability to build effective collegial relationships across all levels of a diverse and distributed organization with a commitment to fostering an inclusive campus community.
Demonstrated ability to resolve conflict build consensus and influence without direct authority.

Desired Qualifications

Experience with budgeting financial planning and business operations.
Broad technical familiarity across the enterprise application and data portfolios including database administration application development and integration services.
Experience in a large complex IT environment preferably in higher education including familiarity with shared governance models.
Familiarity with agentic AI machine learning and/or robotic process automation (RPA) as applied to enterprise systems.
A visionary perspective on technologyable to identify possibilities and opportunities that others may overlook.

Overtime Status

Exempt: Not eligible for overtime

Appointment Type

Regular

Salary Information

$205000 - $225000

Hours per week

Review Date

8/10/2026

Additional Information

No visa sponsorship is available for this position.

The successful candidate will be required to have a criminal conviction check.

About Virginia Tech

Dedicated to its mottoUt Prosim(That I May Serve) Virginia Tech pushes the boundaries of knowledge by taking a hands-on transdisciplinary approach to preparing scholars to be leaders and problem-solvers. A comprehensive land-grant institution that enhances the quality of life in Virginia and throughout the world Virginia Tech is aninclusive communitydedicated to knowledge discovery and creativity. The university offers more than 280 majors to a diverse enrollment of more than 36000 undergraduate graduate and professional students in eight undergraduate colleges a school of medicine a veterinary medicinecollege Graduate School and Honors university has a significant presence across Virginia including Blacksburg the greater Washington D.C. area the Health Sciences and Technology Campus in Roanoke sites in Newport News and Richmond and numerous Extension officesand research institutes.A leading global research institution Virginia Tech conducts more than $650 million in research annually.

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Procedure for CandidacyVirginia Tech has retained Next Generation Leadership Partners to support this search.Candidates may submit in confidence resumes and cover letters via this site. For full consideration applicants should submit their materials to Next Generation by August 10 2026.Inquiries and...