Executive Director Enterprise Application Development, Administration, and Support

Gwinnett County Public Schools; City of Binghamton (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Gwinnett County Public Schools seeks an Executive Director to lead the design, development, administration, and modernization of District enterprise applications. You will align platforms with current operations, govern data, and deliver reliable, scalable systems for reporting and decision-making.

You will collaborate with the CTO, drive strategic plans and budgets, guide cross-functional teams, manage vendor relationships, and advance secure, modern workflows across the district.

Qualifications

• Must hold or be eligible for a valid Georgia Educator's Certificate in Educational Leadership and/or Support Personnel License issued by the Georgia Professional Standards Commission (Required).
• Relevant certifications in application development, cloud platforms, enterprise architecture, project management, IT service management, cybersecurity, or data governance (Preferred).

Responsibilities

• Provide executive leadership for design, development, administration, integration, modernization, and support of District enterprise applications.
• Develop enterprise technology strategy, governance, plans, budgets, and executive communications; report on performance, risks, and improvements.
• Lead and mentor teams responsible for enterprise app development, administration, integration, release management, and vendor-managed solutions.
• Establish a multiyear modernization roadmap and guide consolidation, replacement, and retirement of legacy applications.
• Direct the assessment and documentation of current business requirements, rules, workflows, integrations, controls, and service expectations.
• Direct the design, configuration, development, integration, testing, implementation, and support of systems reflecting modern processes and automation.
• Establish standards for architecture, development, release, and production support with Information Security considerations.
• Ensure applications are resilient, monitored, scalable, and recoverable with strong service management and disaster recovery practices.
• Define data ownership, integration patterns, metadata, and quality controls for enterprise data.
• Monitor performance measures for reliability, delivery, modernization progress, and business outcomes.
• Oversee budgets, contracts, licensing, procurement, vendor performance, and total cost of ownership.

Education

Bachelor's degree or 10 years experience in a related field

Master's Degree preferred

Job description

Executive Director Enterprise Application Development, Administration, and Support JobID: 104556

• Date Posted:
  10/28/2026
• Location:
  Instructional Support Center
• Date Available:
  12/07/2026

Job Code: Exec Dir Enterprise App Admin - 020287 Standard Hours: 40 Department: Enterprise Support Services - 282665 Empl Class: NA

License and Certification Qualifications:

• Must hold or be eligible for a valid Georgia Educator's Certificate in Educational Leadership and/or Support Personnel License issued by the Georgia Professional Standards Commission Required
• Relevant certifications in application development, cloud platforms, enterprise architecture, project management, IT service management, cybersecurity, or data governance (Preferred). Preferred

Education Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree or 10 years of experience in a related field Required
• Master's Degree in information technology, computer science, business administration, education leadership, or a related field Preferred

Experience Qualifications:

• 10 years years of progressive experience in enterprise application development, administration, integration, support, data management, or related technology functions Required
• 3 years years in an executive or senior leadership role overseeing cross-functional technical teams and major enterprise systems Preferred
• Experience modernizing administrative platforms and processes in a large, complex organization; K-12 or public-sector experience Preferred

Skills Qualifications:

• Executive leadership and project portfolio management experience in a complex technology organization.
• Strong knowledge of modern application architecture, software development life cycle practices, systems integration, APIs, automation, testing, release management, and production support.
• Ability to assess current administrative requirements, identify process and system gaps, and translate business needs into secure, scalable solutions and modern workflows.
• Strong understanding of data governance, data security, privacy, access controls, data quality, integration, and enterprise reporting repositories.
• Ability to lead platform modernization, cloud and vendor-managed solutions, technical debt reduction, and legacy system retirement.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, personnel management, communication, budget, and vendor-management skills.
• Ability to build trusted partnerships across academic, operational, financial, human resources, and technology teams.

Primary Responsibilities:

Provide executive leadership for the design, development, administration, integration, modernization, and support of District enterprise applications. Ensure platforms and workflows reflect current operational requirements and modern business processes, and that data is governed and reliably delivered to the enterprise data platform for reporting, analytics, and decision-making.

• Support the Chief Technology and Innovation Officer in developing enterprise technology strategy, governance, plans, budgets, and executive communications, and report regularly on performance, risks, resource needs, and improvement opportunities.
• Lead and mentor teams responsible for enterprise application development, administration, integration, release management, production support, and vendor-managed solutions, fostering accountability, collaboration, service, and continuous improvement.
• Establish and execute an enterprise application strategy and multiyear modernization roadmap aligned with instructional, administrative, operational, and reporting priorities, guiding the consolidation, replacement, and retirement of legacy applications while maintaining continuity of critical District operations.
• Direct the assessment and documentation of current business requirements, rules, workflows, integrations, controls, and service expectations with process owners and end users.
• Lead the identification and prioritization of process and system gaps, duplication, manual work, technical debt, unsupported platforms, fragmented data, and control weaknesses by business value, risk, user impact, and sustainability.
• Direct the design, configuration, development, integration, testing, implementation, and support of systems that reflect modern processes, streamlined workflows, automation, interoperability, and strong user experience.
• Establish standards for application architecture, development, integration, documentation, release, configuration, and production support, incorporating Information Security requirements for secure development, vulnerability remediation, and security reviews.
• Ensure enterprise applications are resilient, monitored, scalable, and recoverable through effective service management, incident and problem management, disaster recovery, and business continuity practices, with measurable outcomes for security, risk reduction, reliability, and recovery readiness.
• Direct the implementation of application controls that keep data accurate, traceable, and accessible and enforce the classification, protection, privacy, and records requirements defined in information and data governance policies and standards.
• Define data ownership, source-of-truth expectations, integration patterns, metadata, and quality controls for enterprise application data, partnering with data, infrastructure, security, and business teams to make authoritative data securely available in the enterprise data platform for reporting, analytics, compliance, and decision-making.
• Establish and monitor performance measures for application reliability, delivery, support, modernization progress, user experience, data quality, and business outcomes.
• Oversee application and platform budgets, contracts, licensing, procurement, vendor performance, and total cost of ownership to optimize District investments and reduce unnecessary complexity. Maintain constructive partnerships and communicate with District leaders, process owners, schools, technology teams, and service providers to prioritize needs, clarify decision rights, and drive adoption of improved processes and solutions.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Physical Demands:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit for extended periods of time. The employee is also required to talk, hear, stand, and walk. The employee may be required to use hands to touch, handle, feel, and/or reach. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, or crouch. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. The employee is required to operate a motor vehicle in performance of duties. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.