Director Information Technology II (Research)

Georgia Institute of Technology; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 148,000; Full time

Job summary

Georgia Tech is seeking a Director Information Technology II (Research) to plan, organize and oversee the information technology support function for a large campus unit. You will determine organizational structure, assess performance and oversee pay actions, coordinating with unit IT users and OIT to align IT services with research goals.

You will lead a team, manage budgets, and guide IT strategy while ensuring cybersecurity and compliance across distributed service providers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related discipline, or equivalent.
• Six to eight years of job-related experience.
• Experience with IT service delivery in academia and cybersecurity knowledge (NIST 800-171).

Responsibilities

• Direct unit IT support staff personnel to include staffing, formulation and assignment of goals, performance assessment and employee development
• Formulate unit IT budget and manage related expenditures
• Oversee continual review of unit information needs; formulate and implement plans required to meet those needs
• Advise unit senior management on IT strategy
• Coordinate/communicate unit IT plans, programs and activities with OIT, as appropriate
• Serve as unit representative on campus-wide information technology advisory groups, as applicable
• Perform other duties as assigned

Skills

Cybersecurity (NIST 800-171)

IT leadership

Stakeholder management

Budget planning

IT service delivery

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related discipline

Job description

Job Title: Director Information Technology II (Research)

Location: Atlanta, Georgia

Regular/Temporary: Regular

Full/Part Time: Full-Time

Job ID: 302213

About Us

Overview

Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding and diverse community of learning, discovery, and creation. We strongly encourage applicants whose values align with our institutional values, as outlined in our Strategic Plan. These values include academic excellence, diversity of thought and experience, inquiry and innovation, collaboration and community, and ethical behavior and stewardship. Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers.

About Georgia Tech

Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public research university situated in the heart of Atlanta, a diverse and vibrant city with numerous economic and cultural strengths. The Institute serves more than 45,000 students through top-ranked undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in engineering, computing, science, business, design, and liberal arts. Georgia Tech's faculty attracted more than $1.4 billion in research awards this past year in fields ranging from biomedical technology to artificial intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience, and national security. Georgia Tech ranks among the nation's top 20 universities for research and development spending and No. 1 among institutions without a medical school.

Georgia Tech's Mission and Values

Georgia Tech's mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute has nine key values that are foundational to everything we do:

• Students are our top priority.


• We strive for excellence.


• We thrive on diversity.


• We celebrate collaboration.


• We champion innovation.


• We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression.


• We nurture the wellbeing of our community.


• We act ethically.


• We are responsible stewards.

Over the next decade

Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good; breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of our time; making technology broadly accessible; and developing exceptional, principled leaders from all backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create solutions with real human impact.

The Office of the Executive Vice President for Research (EVPR)

The Office of the Executive Vice President for Research (EVPR) directs Georgia Tech’s more than $1 billion research program. The research leadership team collaborates closely with Georgia Tech’s college deans and school chairs to move the Institute’s research agenda forward. Leadership also guides research administration teams and development experts to support our researchers. The EVPR support team helps carry out the vision, mission, and programs of research leadership.

Job Summary

Plan, organize and oversee the information technology support function for a large, organizationally complex campus unit. Includes planning for and acquisition, installation and maintenance of hardware and software systems required to meet unit's information technology needs. Responsible for setting employee, determining organizational structure to meet those goals, assessing performance, providing feedback and recommending pay actions. This position will interact on a consistent basis with: unit senior management and staff, unit IT users/customers, OIT management and staff, IT directors in other units. This position typically will advise and counsel: unit senior management and staff, unit IT users/customers, OIT management and staff, IT directors in other units. This position will supervise: Unit IT support team.

Responsibilities

• Direct unit IT support staff personnel to include staffing, formulation and assignment of goals, performance assessment and employee development


• Formulate unit IT budget and manage related expenditures


• Oversee continual review of unit information needs; formulate and implement plans required to meet those needs


• Advise unit senior management on IT strategy


• Coordinate/communicate unit IT plans, programs and activities with OIT, as appropriate


• Serve as unit representative on campus-wide information technology advisory groups, as applicable


• Perform other duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

Educational Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science Computer Engineering or related discipline or equivalent combination of education and experience

Required Experience

Six to eight years of job related experience

Preferred Qualifications

The Director of Information Technology will be responsible for IT Service Delivery for the Office of the Executive Vice President for Research. This role will lead teams of IT professionals directly and will be responsible for coordinating IT service delivery from distributed and external service providers from across the institute. The position reports to the Executive Director of Research Computing and Data within the CROO Research Operations and Infrastructure (ROI) office. The Office of Research Operations, a sub team within the Office of the Associate Vice President for Research Operations and Infrastructure, provides strategic and practical support to Georgia Tech's research community.

Preferred Skills for this role are:

• Experience with operating IT systems which meet cybersecurity requirements including NIST 800-171


• Familiarity with IT service delivery in academia including research administration and core facilities.


• Familiarity with research administrative systems and data including those which support federal and industry research contracting, research security and regulatory programs, and core facilities and operational technologies for research.


• The ability to understand, coordinate, and meet the needs of a diverse set of stakeholders in the research ecosystem.


• Demonstrated experience delivering, coordinating, and collaborating in diverse, sustained, secure, and responsive IT services.

Proposed Salary

Salary Range: $110,000-$148,000

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

SKILLS

This job requires working knowledge of unit level information technology infrastructure including related software and hardware as applied in a large and organizationally diverse unit. Skills in strategic planning, budget formulation and management, management of technical professionals, oral and written communication, IT policy development and administration, project management, process engineering/re-engineering, relational database administration and application of performance metrics is required.

USG Core Values

The University System of Georgia is comprised of our 25 institutions of higher education and learning as well as the System Office. Our USG Statement of Core Values are Integrity, Excellence, Accountability, and Respect. These values serve as the foundation for all that we do as an organization, and each USG community member is responsible for demonstrating and upholding these standards. More details on the USG Statement of Core Values and Code of Conduct are available in USG Board Policy 8.2.18.1.2 and can be found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section8/C224/#p8.2.18_personnel_conduct.

Additionally, USG supports Freedom of Expression as stated in Board Policy 6.5 Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section6/C2653.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. The Institute is committed to maintaining a fair and respectful environment for all. To that end, and in accordance with federal and state law, Board of Regents policy, and Institute policy, Georgia Tech provides equal opportunity to all faculty, staff, students, and all other members of the Georgia Tech community, including applicants for admission and/or employment, contractors, volunteers, and participants in institutional programs, activities, or services. Georgia Tech complies with all applicable laws and regulations governing equal opportunity in the workplace and in educational activities.

Equal opportunity and decisions based on merit are fundamental values of the University System of Georgia ("USG") and Georgia Tech. Georgia Tech prohibits discrimination, including discriminatory harassment, on the basis of an individual's race, ethnicity, ancestry, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetics, or veteran status in its programs, activities, employment, and admissions. Further, Georgia Tech prohibits citizenship status, immigration status, and national origin discrimination in hiring, firing, and recruitment, except where such restrictions are required in order to comply with law, regulation, executive order, or Attorney General directive, or where they are required by Federal, State, or local government contract.

Other Information

This is not a supervisory position.
This position does not have any financial responsibilities.
This position will not be required to drive.
This role is not considered a position of trust.
This position does not require a purchasing card (P-Card).
This position will not travel
This position does not require security clearance.

Background Check

Successful candidate must be able to pass a background check. Please visit https://usg.policystat.com/policy/19298143/latest/