Executive Director Enterprise Application Development, Administration, and Support

Gwinnett County Public Schools; Georgia; On-site; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Gwinnett County Public Schools seeks an Executive Leader to drive district-wide enterprise application strategy, modernization, and governance. You will oversee cross-functional teams, manage budgets, contracts, and vendor performance while aligning technology with instructional and administrative priorities.

You will champion secure, scalable solutions, data quality, and reliable reporting for district decision-making, reporting, and analytics across schools and departments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required or 10 years related experience.
• Masters degree preferred in IT, CS, business, education leadership, or related field.
• 10 years of progressive experience in enterprise application development, administration, integration, data management, or related tech fields.
• 3 years in an executive or senior leadership role overseeing cross-functional technical teams and major enterprise systems 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.
• Lead teams responsible for enterprise application development, administration, integration, release management, and vendor-managed solutions.
• Establish a multiyear modernization roadmap aligning with instructional, administrative, operational, and reporting priorities.
• Direct assessment of business requirements, rules, workflows, integrations, controls, and service expectations with stakeholders.
• Identify and prioritize process gaps, manual work, technical debt, and data fragmentation by value and risk.
• Design and implement systems reflecting modern processes, automation, interoperability, and strong UX.
• Establish standards for architecture, development, integration, documentation, and security reviews.
• Ensure reliability, scalability, and disaster recovery with measurable security and risk outcomes.
• Oversee budgets, contracts, licensing, procurement, and vendor performance to optimize investments.

Skills

Executive leadership

Portfolio management

SDLC

Systems integration

APIs

Automation

Security reviews

Data governance

Vendor management

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Bachelors degree

Masters degree

Job description

License and Certification Qualifications

• Must hold or be eligible for a valid Georgia Educators 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

• Bachelors Degree or 10 years of experience in a related field Required
• Masters 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 to 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.