Head of Digital Transformation & CIO (Onsite @ University of New England)
US-ME-Biddeford
United States
Req #: 5894
Type: Full-Time
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Overview: Ellucian is a global market leader in education technology. We power innovation for higher education, partnering with more than 2,900 customers across 50 countries and serving over 20 million students. Ellucian's AI-powered platform, trained on the richest dataset available in higher education, drives efficiency, personalized experiences, and strengthened engagement for all students, faculty and staff. Fueled by decades of experience with a singular focus on the unique needs of learning institutions, the Ellucian platform features best-in-class SaaS capabilities and delivers insights needed now and into the future. These solutions and services span the entire student lifecycle, from student recruitment, enrollment, and retention to workforce analytics, fundraising, and alumni engagement. Ellucian's innovative solutions, vast ecosystem of partners, and user community of more than 45,000 provide best practices leading to greater institutional success and achieving better student outcomes. Values Rooted in Purpose We embrace the power to lead, the courage to innovate, and the determination to grow. At our core, we believe in humanizing our approach, recognizing that our people are our greatest strength. With a shared vision of transformation, we endeavor to shape a brighter future for higher education. Responsibilities: *LOCATION - will be ONSITE at University of New England, ME *TYPE - F/T Salaried +yearly bonus (will be employee of Ellucian) About the Opportunity Ellucian is seeking to hire a Head of Digital Transformation & CIO that will work onsite at University of New England. As the Head of Digital Transformation & CIO, you will be a trusted advisor to the President on the advancement of innovative technology, adoption and impact to the college. You will lead both technology and campus communications to build consensus around the value of collaboration in a public higher education institution, while ensuring the alignment of Ellucian strategy, processes, and resources to drive support of the President's strategic plan. The incumbent must have the ability to challenge conventional thinking with new ideas, approaches, and solutions through personal influence to promote transformation. The position requires professionalism, confidentiality, organization, prioritization, excellent interpersonal skills, strong written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to garner respect and confidence of colleagues through listening, learning, and forging working relationships and synergies across the college. Where you will make an impact * Drive technology transformation and change within the institution, ensuring the campus is informed, consulted and enabled along the way. * Develop and sustain positive relationships with the institution's community, faculty, staff and students. * Establish and direct the goals, policies, procedures and outcomes of the IT division in support of the President's strategic plan and core objectives. * Maintain an exceptionally high level of professionalism, responsiveness, and ongoing proactive collaboration with President and other Executive Leadership Teams. * Communicate strategic priorities and implementation plans to internal and external stakeholders. * Implement a modern technology governance process college wide. * Communicate governance process, plans, and status updates. * Assess, anticipate, and manage technology projects and recommend appropriate action and resources. * Help translate goals into executable tactics through identifying responsible parties, needed resources, deadlines, and assessments. * Stay abreast of emerging higher education issues, trends in technology and development; communicates opportunities and threats to President. * Perform other duties as delegated by the President. * Serve as an industry and customer expert back into the broader Ellucian corporate community. What will you bring * 10+ years of experience in the Information Technology field or equivalent combination of education and experience leading IT strategic initiatives in a college or university environment. * Prior experience serving on campus executive leadership teams including the President and/or Provost. * The successful candidate must have broad direct and relevant knowledge of higher education with the ability to be sensitive and tactful, with high emotional intelligence. * Current knowledge in use and trends of technology in higher education. * Good understanding of Ellucian administrative/academic computing systems, Banner SaaS preferred. * Excellent verbal and written communication skills. * Strong advising, empathizing and influencing abilities. * Ability to travel up to 25%. About the University of New England With roots dating to 1831, the University of New England (UNE) has evolved to become the largest independent university in Maine. UNE has established itself as a leading comprehensive university with particular strengths in the health sciences and marine sciences and a wide range of academic programs offered both onsite and online to nearly 6,500 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students. UNE is guided by the core values of student-centeredness, community belonging, relentless inquiry, interdisciplinary collaboration, learning everywhere, progressive change, and stewardship of our planet. UNE's more than 70 undergraduate, graduate, professional, and online degree programs are offered through six colleges - the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Dental Medicine, the Westbrook College of Health Professions, the College of Osteopathic Medicine, the College of Professional Studies, and a recently-established College of Business. UNE is home to Maine's only medical school, pharmacy program, and physician assistant program and Northern New England's only dental college. UNE's robust research agenda garners more NIH funding in biomedical research than any other college or university in Maine. UNE is located on two beautiful campuses in Maine - the coastal Biddeford Campus and Portland Campus for the Health Sciences - and also has a unique study-abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco. UNE is regionally accredited by the New England Commission on Higher Education. During a tumultuous time for higher education, UNE has bucked the trends, emerging from a global pandemic with robust enrollment numbers, a bold plan to move its medical college from Biddeford to Portland in order to create a unique, interprofessional health sciences campus there, and a host of new academic programs and student support initiatives designed to meet the workplace needs of an ever-changing economy. While many other institutions were content to merely keep their doors open during the pandemic, UNE's dedicated faculty and professional staff were determined to seize every opportunity during a time of much change and realignment for the industry. And guided by the recently refreshed Our World, Our Future strategic plan, UNE has done just that. As a result, the University's credit rating has recently been upgraded to A2 from Moody's Investor Services and A+ (with positive outlook) from Fitch Ratings. UNE emphasizes community belonging and meeting the needs of first-generation students while consciously immersing students in an environment that prioritizes viewpoint diversity. Indeed, one of UNE's distinguishing characteristics is its commitment to fostering a robust marketplace of ideas so that students may develop the respect for opposing viewpoints and intellectual curiosity needed to be productive participants in our increasingly polarized society. The University invites guest speakers to campus whose ideas span various ideological spectra and, through an array of interrelated programs, exposes students to multiple views on important topics, both inside and outside the classroom. Perennially included on "best colleges" lists by U.S. News & World Report, The Princeton Review, Forbes, and others,
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