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Position Title:Associate CIO, Director of ITS Agility and Project Delivery
School/Division:ITS Office of CIO (division)
Department:Information Technology Services, Office of the CIO
Full-Time or Part-Time:Full-Time
Description:Reporting directly to the Chief Information Officer (CIO), the Associate CIO, Director of Agility and Project Delivery serves as a member of the Information Technology Services (ITS) senior leadership team and is responsible and accountable for the direct management and oversight of all project delivery practices within the division. The Associate CIO will play an integral role in resource planning across ITS.
The Associate CIO is charged with formulating, facilitating, and ultimately owning the execution of the process roadmap that ITS will follow as we work to develop into a more agile, responsive, transparent, and accountable technology organization in support of the Hofstra 100 Strategic Plan. This role will emphasize outcomes and value delivery that are aligned with the wide variety of academic and administrative needs that flow from the University’s strategic goals and objectives, and that incrementally improve the customer experience and drive a high level of customer satisfaction.
The incumbent will identify, design, and implement a new, holistically integrated value stream and project delivery process for ITS that is transparent, consistent, forward-thinking, applies a systems-thinking approach to the University and the IT organization’s role within it, and evangelizes a quality-first mindset with appropriate supporting techniques.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Ideates, develops, and implements a customer-centered architecture for the continuous assessment and improvement of ITS agility and project delivery processes, with a focus on consistent, high-quality outcomes and a high level of customer satisfaction.
- Coaches, facilitates continuous improvement, and applies the most appropriate agile tools and techniques to each constituent team in the ITS portfolio (e.g., Data Warehousing, Digital Infrastructure, Engagement and Client Support, Enterprise Systems, Security).
- Provides matrixed leadership, guidance, and coaching for project managers and other employees across the ITS portfolio’s functional teams.
- Ideates, develops, and implements a uniform process to track inbound requests from academic and administrative units, along with other institutional technology needs and priorities, with a focus on value delivery and customer impact.
- Monitors the division’s project delivery commitments and performance against quantitative and qualitative measures, including resource availability, value delivery, outcomes and organizational impact, morale, and customer satisfaction.
- Serves as a liaison between ITS and academic and administrative departments to aid in the definition, review, approval, and delivery of ITS initiatives.
- Establishes an agile community of practice, supporting the professional growth of individual contributors, their teams, and the division.
- Models servant-leadership and the successful application of agile principles to facilitate a cultural shift.
- Supports ITS teams in resource planning and allocation to ensure smooth project delivery.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
Qualifications:- Bachelor’s degree required.
- Five to eight years of full-time professional experience in information technology, with evidence of successful and progressively responsible roles (including growth in levels of responsibility, complexity of work, and the number and sophistication of employees).
- Proven ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical individuals.
- Demonstrated willingness and ability to carry out the essential responsibilities listed with humility, grace, and optimism.
- Understanding of and sensitivity to the diverse and inclusive nature of a distinguished higher education environment.
Preferred Qualifications:- Advanced degree in project management, computer science, computer engineering, data science, or a relevant engineering field preferred.
- Leadership experience in a cross-functional, matrixed IT environment, with evidence of the ability to successfully address internal and external risks, issues, and dependencies, where ownership resides with another functional team.
- Advanced certification in one or more agile frameworks, e.g., Scrum, Kanban, LeSS, SAFe, etc.
- Certification in one or more classic project management methodologies, e.g., PMI Project Management Professional (PMI-PMP).
- Professional experience in a leadership role at a higher education institution.
- Experience configuring and using Atlassian Jira, ServiceNow, and/or other similar project and service management systems.
Deadline:Open Until Filled
EEO Statement:Hofstra University is an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering diversity in its faculty, administrative staff and student body, and encourages applications from the entire spectrum of a diverse community.
Salary/Salary Range:$170,000 - $190,000