Senior Vice President, Information Technology & Innovation

GENERAL SUMMARY

The Senior Vice President Technology & Innovation (SVP) is the executive leader who drives the Advancement organizations technology vision strategy and execution. The SVP will define a multi-year technology strategy for a modern AI-integrated ecosystem ensuring that our infrastructure and data systems directly support our advancement goals and organizational mission.  As a key member of the Senior Management Team the SVP connects technology strategy to organizational strategy ensuring all technology investments are directly tied to mission impact and the Advancing IU2030 strategic plan goals.  Reporting to this position are the Advancement Technology Services and Business Transformation leaders.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Concrete Responsibilities and Deliverables.  Nothing in this job description restricts managements right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

1. Enterprise Technology & AI Strategy

Technology Strategy & Roadmap: Define and execute a multi-year technology strategy that aligns with the Foundations long-term growth priorities and university-wide initiatives.

AI Enablement: Drive the adoption of AI and machine learning to enhance predictive modeling for fundraising automate operations and embed data-informed decision-making across the organization.

Innovation Advocacy: Monitor and leverage emerging technology trends in the non-profit and higher education sectors ensuring IUFs technology strategy continuously advances philanthropic impact.

2. Technology Risk & Governance

Enterprise Architecture: Oversee the integrity and scalability of the Foundations CRM platform and enterprise systems ensuring a single source of truth for constituent and financial data.

Cybersecurity & Risk: Direct comprehensive cybersecurity frameworks technology risk management protocols and technology disaster recovery strategies that safeguard the organization against evolving cyber threats. Will work closely with Enterprise Risk Management Director.

Board Engagement: Serve as the executive liaison to the Board on technology investments cyber-risk posture and the ROI on technology initiatives.

3. Operational Excellence & Modernization

Process Transformation: Collaborate with senior leadership to modernize internal workflows replacing systems with cloud-based automated and scalable solutions.

Infrastructure Management: Ensure a robust high-availability technical infrastructure that supports a hybrid workforce and seamless collaboration across IUs multi-campus environment.

Vendor & Ecosystem Management: Cultivate and manage strategic technology vendor partnerships that deliver high service levels innovation and long-term value to the Foundation.

4. Leadership & Culture

Team Empowerment: Lead a high-performing IT team fostering a culture of agility continuous learning and service-oriented delivery.

Technology Literacy: Champion organizational technology literacy ensuring all staff are confident and capable of leveraging new tools and AI competencies to advance the mission.

Cross-Functional Collaboration: Drive cross-functional collaboration to ensure technology solutions are designed with the end-user (constituents staff and university partners) in mind.

Strategic Cross-Functional Collaboration: Lead the Business Transformation Office (BTO) to serve as an organization connection point driving strong collaboration between technology fundraising and university partners. Ensure solutions are co-created with end-users to maximize adoption and constituent impact.

Change Advocacy: Act as a lead change agent utilizing the BTO to manage the human side of technological shifts ensuring organizational culture evolves in tandem with the modern AI-integrated ecosystem.

Qualifications :

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:

Advanced Credentials: Masters degree in Information Technology Computer Science or a related field (or an MBA with a strong technical focus) is highly preferred.

Professional Track Record: 15 years of progressive technology leadership with at least 5 years in a senior leadership role.

Sector Expertise: Proven experience leading complex data environments in Higher Education Healthcare or Non-Profit organizations. Experience with leading large-scale CRM migrations/transformations (e.g. Salesforce Blackbaud) is essential.

CORE COMPETENCIES:

Executive Presence: The ability to translate complex technology concepts into easy to understand strategic business value for the Board of Directors and non-technical stakeholders.

Strategic Agility: A demonstrated ability to lead day-to-day technical operations while simultaneously driving long-term technology innovation and organizational growth.

Change Management: Proven success in leading large organizations through significant cultural and technical transformation particularly in AI adoption and automation.

Ethics & Privacy: An uncompromising commitment to data security privacy and the ethical use of technology in a donor-centric environment.

Collaborative Leadership: Builds trust and partnership effectively across the organization and with external stakeholders to advance shared goals.

Innovation Mindset: Continually seeks opportunities to improve modernize and elevate technologys role in advancing the mission.

MENTAL DEMANDS:

Problem solving attention to detail complex verbal and written communication and managing multiple assignments while adhering to established deadlines.

Additional Information :

The IUF is committed to providing a safe respectful and professional work environment that is free of Discrimination and Harassment. The IUF will not tolerate any form of Discrimination or Harassment based on the Individuals race ethnicity religion color sex age national origin genetic information sexual orientation disability gender identity or expression ancestry marital status protected veteran status pregnancy or any other basis prohibited by law.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time