Vice President for Information Technology & Chief Information Officer

Primary Responsibilities: Provides strategic vision and leadership for the campus in arapidly changing information technology environment. Information Technology (IT) encompasses programs that support approximately21,000 students and 3,000 faculty and staff. Leads the centralinformation technology infrastructure and services, includingadministrative systems and information management, networking, telecommunications, data centers, cybersecurity, IT customerservice and IT administration. The division provides technologies, resources, and services to support learning, research, and thebusiness operations of the University. Our vision is to addresscampus needs with relevant, accessible, sustainable, innovative, and cost-effective technology solutions with service and resourcesto support and promote a culture of creativity and academicaccomplishment. Extends the access, effectiveness, efficiency, andinnovative priorities of technology across campus, ensures theprivacy and security of all digital information and systems, andoversee the effective management and planning of IT assets on thecampus. Supports student success through effective implementationand use of technology supporting the teaching, learning, andresearch environments, while partnering with SHSU leaders tocomplete a roadmap of technology and processes for a more seamlessexperience for students. Leads a strong IT leadership team andcontinue to evolve the structures, capabilities, and services toalign with campus strategies. Maintains a focus on where staff feelvalued and add value. Collaborates with Academic, Student Affairs, and Finance and Operations to expand learning spaces and providetools to support those departments. Enhances research technologyinfrastructure and services to enable various research andscholarship for a global impact and support the continuousimprovement, integration and modernization of SHSU’s administrativeapplications. Leads the efforts to ensure current technology isused to its fullest and new technology and platforms improve theexperience and efficiencies of campus and assist efforts across theinstitution to improve data governance and organizational capacityto use data in decision-making. Serves as the institution’s seniorexecutive accountable for information resources management, ensuring technology planning, reporting, acquisition, governance, compliance, and resource stewardship are aligned with Texas Government Code Chapter 2054, Texas Administrative Coderequirements for Information Resources Managers ( IRM ), universitypolicy, and institutional strategy. Ensures the universitymaintains appropriate executive-level oversight of informationresources, including documented accountability, cooperation acrossinstitutional units, continuing education expectations, and clearalignment between IT leadership and executive management consistentwith state IRM roles and responsibilities. Provides leadership forinstitution-wide information security, data protection, riskmanagement, disaster recovery, continuity planning, accessibility, and technology compliance programs, working in coordination withdesignated information owners, custodians, users, and securityofficials to protect information resources and supports effectivepublic stewardship of technology investments. Performs otherrelated duties as assigned. Provides leadership within the division; works with the Expanded Cabinet and appropriate University governance committees todetermine University-wide information technology to align withstrategies, policies, priorities and resource allocations. Sustainscurrent strategies while planning new directions to meet challengesand opportunities. This position may be designated as a Campus Security Authority (CSA ). Other Specifications Further details can be found here: https://wittkieffer.com/positions/a1wun000002926hmaq Full Time Part TimeFull Time Quicklinkhttps://shsu.peopleadmin.com/postings/48803

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