Director of Information Technology

What is WIDA For over 20 years WIDA has provided a trusted comprehensive approach to supporting teaching and assessing multilingual learners. We are an educational services organization that advances language development and academic achievement for multilingual children in early childhood and grades short we provide educators around the world with high-quality language standards assessments professional learning and research. We are proud to be a part of UW-Madisons nationally ranked School of Education. Visit and watch our Introduction to WIDA video to see why WIDA is an incredible place to work!

The Director of Information Technology position is located within the Operations department and will report to the Chief Operating Officer (COO). This position will be responsible for leading and overseeing WIDAs technology ecosystem including customer relationship management (CRM) systems learning management systems cloud technology data analytics websites cybersecurity technical support systems integration and business analysis.

We are looking for a forward-thinking partner who collaborates closely with consortium stakeholders state partners and internal leaders. This leader will partner closely with technical leaders across the University acting as WIDAs main point of contact when technology is a part of an incident or needed for a solution.

The Director will ensure technology solutions meet changing business needs support data-informed decision-making help staff adapt to new technologies and position WIDA for long-term success. They will also consult on data warehouse design; user authentication for WIDAs consortium of 42 states territories and agencies; and compliance with data security requirements. The ideal candidate champions innovation by identifying opportunities to responsibly leverage emerging technologies including artificial intelligence to improve processes and organizational effectiveness while adhering to institutional policies and ethical practices.

We are seeking a strong manager with technical expertise who can translate strategy into action by developing talent assigning ownership and empowering technical experts to deliver results. The Director of IT manages a team including IT analyst staff support specialists administrators and developers assigning them to projects and operational challenges where they can help improve programs processes and services.

Remote work is an option for this position on a voluntary basis; however due to UW policy and travel expectations this position requires living in Madison WI or the surrounding area as this position may occasionally require on-site work at our Madison office.

UW Travel Policy and Remote Work Policies outline business travel requirements for fully remote employees and WIDA is committed to supporting employees with their business travel and minimizing or eliminating out-of-pocket expenses whenever possible. Please review UW Remote Work Policy UW5087 in particular Section III Part G which addresses an employees Headquarters Location. We will be happy to support and address questions about remote work or travel during the interview process.

WIDA operates in a Windows-based environment and a Dell PC laptop will be issued for use in this and virtual connection tools that are critical to our work dictate that WIDA staff work on a PC.

• Directsstrategic information technology planning initiatives and establishesdivisional objectives to ensure appropriate use of financial administrative staffing resources and alignment with the strategic plan

• Leads cross-functional technology planning and roadmap efforts to identify organizational needs prioritize investments and drive adoption of technology solutions through strong stakeholder partnership and organizational buy-in

• Serves as the divisional IT liaisonrepresenting the divisions interests to internal and external stakeholders

• Leads enterprise technology architecture systems integration and data governance initiatives to ensure secure reliable and scalable technology solutions across the consortiums technology ecosystem

• Develops and implements technology modernization strategies including cloud services artificial intelligence capabilities automation and emerging technologies to improve operational effectiveness and support organizational priorities

• Advisesinstitutional or divisional leadership on information technology operations and business models

• Develops operating policies and procedures to comply with regulations institutional policies anddivisional objectives

• May perform manager functions through subordinate managers

• Exercises supervisory authority including hiring transferring suspending promoting managing conduct and performance discharging assigning rewarding disciplining and/or approving hours worked of at least 2.0 full-time equivalent (FTE) employees

• Develops and audits thebudget

School of Education / WIDA / Operations

Minimum: $113503.00

Commensurate with qualifications and experience. This position offers a comprehensive benefits package including generous paid time off competitively priced health/dental/vision/life insurance tax-advantaged savings accounts and participation in the nationally recognized Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS) pension fund.

• Minimum of five (5) years of IT leadership experience including responsibility for managing technical experts and managing a technology roadmap aligned with organizational objectives

• Demonstrated expertise designing implementing and managing complex enterprise data integrations across multiple platforms and applications ensuring reliable and secure data exchange across CRM LMS web analytics and cloud-based systems for a least a decade

• Demonstrated ability to leverage data analytics to support business intelligence

• Understanding of emerging technologies including artificial intelligence enabled efficiencies

• Experience with identity and access management including authentication and single-sign on (SSO) implementations

• Experience with Canvas learning management system

• Knowledge of Salesforces CRM Eloquas email marketing platform Drupal CMS AWS service architecture Google Analytics and web analysis Jira or other agile project management tools

• Experience with web development technologies including website architecture content management systems (CMS) user experience (UX) principles and web security best practices

• Experience collaborating with internal and external vendors and stakeholders

• Experience leading IT initiatives in a higher education setting

Bachelors degree required in field of Information Technology Computer Science Information Systems Software Engineering or a related technical field

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