Ohio State University
Deputy CIO and Associate Vice President, Networks and Infrastructure
Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43224
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We invite you to apply to positions of interest. In order to ensure your application is complete, you must complete the following:## Job Title:Deputy CIO and Associate Vice President, Networks and Infrastructure## Department:OTDI | Administration**The Ohio State University**Founded in 1870 as a land-grant university, The Ohio State University is one of the nation’s top 20 public institutions and a leader in higher education, with annual research expenditures exceeding $1.5 billion. Located in Columbus, Ohio, one of the nation’s most populous and fastest-growing cities, Ohio State serves over 67,255 students across its Columbus campus and regional campuses in Lima, Mansfield, Marion, and Newark, as well as the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES) Wooster Campus, which houses Ohio State ATI.Ohio State's impact is felt not only regionally but also nationally and globally. The university boasts 630,000 living alumni worldwide and an endowment of over $8.0 billion. Ohio State's motto of “Education for Citizenship” speaks directly to our founding mission as a land-grant university and comes with the inherent charge to evolve and advance in ways that continue to benefit Ohioans, our nation and the world.
The institution's vast intellectual range is supported by 15 academic colleges, which foster opportunities for cross-disciplinary collaboration. The university offers eligible employees comprehensive benefits packages, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, tuition assistance for themselves and their dependents, and competitive retirement options. The institution is also dedicated to enhancing work-life harmony through a suite of policies designed to recruit and retain top talent.Grounded in Ohio State’s mission to elevate the well-being of individuals and communities through education, research, service and healthcare, our university community embraces a wide range of perspectives, encourages open-minded exploration and courageous thinking and upholds freedom of expression.Ohio State is a dynamic community where opportunity thrives, and individuals transform themselves and their world. Positions are available in countless fields and specialties. Become a Buckeye and contribute to an incredible legacy that serves to guide our future and shape a better tomorrow.The Office of Technology and Digital Innovation (OTDI) helps students, faculty and staff use technology in learning, teaching, research, and administration. We are a diverse, creative, and dedicated group of professionals who serve the university community in a variety of ways, but we have one common goal - providing faculty, staff, and students with the technology resources they need to be successful. Our strategic direction is driven, first and foremost, by the university's missions and vision. With those as guidance, we have worked to develop road maps for our work and build upon the strategic partnerships required to advance the academic missions of The Ohio State University.**Job Description:**Reporting to the Chief Information Officer (CIO), as a member of the Office of Technology and Digital Innovation (OTDI) Senior Leadership Team, the Deputy CIO and AVP, Networks and Infrastructure is primarily responsible for strategic planning, oversight, and direction of the technology infrastructure and networks and resources to support teaching/learning, research computing, outreach activities, and administrative services, and their related financial, human resource, and administrative management. With the additional responsibility to organizations outside OTDI, this position will enable research with technology resources, support, and collaboration across the University, including the Wexner Medical Center and the Ohio Technology Consortium (OH-TECH). Aligning with these critical responsibilities, this position is a key participant in strategic technology collaborations with university stakeholders and partners as well as intra-university groups and consortiums. The successful candidate will be an innovative strategic thinker with an open and collaborative style of leadership and management that fosters teamwork, sustains a learning environment for staff, and develops a dedicated, results- oriented, and customer-focused team that earns the trust of the University community every day.**Key Objectives:*** Assist CIO in development and direction of short- and long-term strategy in support of the missions and goals of the University. Set direction and priorities in IT functional units to achieve strategic outcomes.* Serve as primary back-up for CIO to ensure full representation of OTDI, including at key meetings and events locally and nationally as required.* Serve as a liaison and fiscal agent for Ohio Technology Consortium, OH-TECH, a division of the Ohio Department of Higher Education, which includes OhioLink, OARnet, and the Ohio Supercomputer Center. Evaluate, recommend, and advocate for investments in technology innovations and services to benefit higher education institutions within the State of Ohio.* Lead the design, acquisition, delivery, and operations of services and technology for campus-wide computing environments, singular university wide network (Core and Edge and WiFi) and related telecommunications services, software and systems.* Ensure central systems and data are secured properly and can be recovered effectively from disasters or other interruptions ensuring both business continuity and disaster recovery postures meet and exceed industry best practices and related compliance.* Leads design and implementation of a data and technology infrastructure that supports expanded interdisciplinary collaborations with fewer technical hurdles.* Develop and manage financial forecasts, funding mechanisms, IT capital budgets, and annual operating budgets for IT functional units, continually ensuring resources are allocated appropriately.* Clearly articulate the ongoing costs of services, IT capital investments, current projects, and the expected financial benefits of planned initiatives for IT functional units. Ensure that financial models are simple and transparent and support the mission of the University.* Communicate key financial, service and initiative performance indicators for IT functional units with stakeholders.* Provide direct oversight for staff development and ensure continual skill growth; ensure that staff skills are aligned with the services and initiatives they are responsible for delivering; foster cross-functional teamwork.* Oversee and maintain physical facilities, buildings and locations that support infrastructure and network systems, services, devices, telecommunications and related communications IT needs that support all telecommunications, safety and security systems that dependent on those networks and related telecommunications services and infrastructure required across the university and its related locations.**Required Qualifications:**Education: Bachelor's level degree or equivalent combination of education and experienceExperience: 20 years of higher education IT leadership and management experience. 20+ years experience managing large-scale, multi-million dollar IT programs in a senior leadership role. Demonstrated experience managing multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced organization; advanced project, program and portfolio management skills; experience leading negotiations and managing customer relationships. Experience in developing #J-18808-Ljbffr
to use the internal application process.Welcome to The Ohio State University's career site.
We invite you to apply to positions of interest. In order to ensure your application is complete, you must complete the following:## Job Title:Deputy CIO and Associate Vice President, Networks and Infrastructure## Department:OTDI | Administration**The Ohio State University**Founded in 1870 as a land-grant university, The Ohio State University is one of the nation’s top 20 public institutions and a leader in higher education, with annual research expenditures exceeding $1.5 billion. Located in Columbus, Ohio, one of the nation’s most populous and fastest-growing cities, Ohio State serves over 67,255 students across its Columbus campus and regional campuses in Lima, Mansfield, Marion, and Newark, as well as the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES) Wooster Campus, which houses Ohio State ATI.Ohio State's impact is felt not only regionally but also nationally and globally. The university boasts 630,000 living alumni worldwide and an endowment of over $8.0 billion. Ohio State's motto of “Education for Citizenship” speaks directly to our founding mission as a land-grant university and comes with the inherent charge to evolve and advance in ways that continue to benefit Ohioans, our nation and the world.
The institution's vast intellectual range is supported by 15 academic colleges, which foster opportunities for cross-disciplinary collaboration. The university offers eligible employees comprehensive benefits packages, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, tuition assistance for themselves and their dependents, and competitive retirement options. The institution is also dedicated to enhancing work-life harmony through a suite of policies designed to recruit and retain top talent.Grounded in Ohio State’s mission to elevate the well-being of individuals and communities through education, research, service and healthcare, our university community embraces a wide range of perspectives, encourages open-minded exploration and courageous thinking and upholds freedom of expression.Ohio State is a dynamic community where opportunity thrives, and individuals transform themselves and their world. Positions are available in countless fields and specialties. Become a Buckeye and contribute to an incredible legacy that serves to guide our future and shape a better tomorrow.The Office of Technology and Digital Innovation (OTDI) helps students, faculty and staff use technology in learning, teaching, research, and administration. We are a diverse, creative, and dedicated group of professionals who serve the university community in a variety of ways, but we have one common goal - providing faculty, staff, and students with the technology resources they need to be successful. Our strategic direction is driven, first and foremost, by the university's missions and vision. With those as guidance, we have worked to develop road maps for our work and build upon the strategic partnerships required to advance the academic missions of The Ohio State University.**Job Description:**Reporting to the Chief Information Officer (CIO), as a member of the Office of Technology and Digital Innovation (OTDI) Senior Leadership Team, the Deputy CIO and AVP, Networks and Infrastructure is primarily responsible for strategic planning, oversight, and direction of the technology infrastructure and networks and resources to support teaching/learning, research computing, outreach activities, and administrative services, and their related financial, human resource, and administrative management. With the additional responsibility to organizations outside OTDI, this position will enable research with technology resources, support, and collaboration across the University, including the Wexner Medical Center and the Ohio Technology Consortium (OH-TECH). Aligning with these critical responsibilities, this position is a key participant in strategic technology collaborations with university stakeholders and partners as well as intra-university groups and consortiums. The successful candidate will be an innovative strategic thinker with an open and collaborative style of leadership and management that fosters teamwork, sustains a learning environment for staff, and develops a dedicated, results- oriented, and customer-focused team that earns the trust of the University community every day.**Key Objectives:*** Assist CIO in development and direction of short- and long-term strategy in support of the missions and goals of the University. Set direction and priorities in IT functional units to achieve strategic outcomes.* Serve as primary back-up for CIO to ensure full representation of OTDI, including at key meetings and events locally and nationally as required.* Serve as a liaison and fiscal agent for Ohio Technology Consortium, OH-TECH, a division of the Ohio Department of Higher Education, which includes OhioLink, OARnet, and the Ohio Supercomputer Center. Evaluate, recommend, and advocate for investments in technology innovations and services to benefit higher education institutions within the State of Ohio.* Lead the design, acquisition, delivery, and operations of services and technology for campus-wide computing environments, singular university wide network (Core and Edge and WiFi) and related telecommunications services, software and systems.* Ensure central systems and data are secured properly and can be recovered effectively from disasters or other interruptions ensuring both business continuity and disaster recovery postures meet and exceed industry best practices and related compliance.* Leads design and implementation of a data and technology infrastructure that supports expanded interdisciplinary collaborations with fewer technical hurdles.* Develop and manage financial forecasts, funding mechanisms, IT capital budgets, and annual operating budgets for IT functional units, continually ensuring resources are allocated appropriately.* Clearly articulate the ongoing costs of services, IT capital investments, current projects, and the expected financial benefits of planned initiatives for IT functional units. Ensure that financial models are simple and transparent and support the mission of the University.* Communicate key financial, service and initiative performance indicators for IT functional units with stakeholders.* Provide direct oversight for staff development and ensure continual skill growth; ensure that staff skills are aligned with the services and initiatives they are responsible for delivering; foster cross-functional teamwork.* Oversee and maintain physical facilities, buildings and locations that support infrastructure and network systems, services, devices, telecommunications and related communications IT needs that support all telecommunications, safety and security systems that dependent on those networks and related telecommunications services and infrastructure required across the university and its related locations.**Required Qualifications:**Education: Bachelor's level degree or equivalent combination of education and experienceExperience: 20 years of higher education IT leadership and management experience. 20+ years experience managing large-scale, multi-million dollar IT programs in a senior leadership role. Demonstrated experience managing multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced organization; advanced project, program and portfolio management skills; experience leading negotiations and managing customer relationships. Experience in developing #J-18808-Ljbffr