President and CEO

Witt/Kieffer; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Internet2 is seeking a strategic and visionary leader as its next president and CEO. This role involves guiding the organization, fostering innovation and collaboration, and ensuring stability during significant changes in higher education and technology sectors. The ideal candidate will have strong leadership experience and a deep understanding of academic research.

Qualifications

• Strong leadership and management experience.
• Thorough understanding of academic research.
• Skill as a communicator and relationship builder.

Responsibilities

• Guide Internet2 in strengthening its position as a premier technology organization.
• Develop a compelling vision for the future of the organization.
• Partner with staff to execute the vision.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Community Building

Education

Advanced Degree

Job description

The Board of Trustees of Internet2 seeks a strategic and visionary leader as its next president and chief executive officer. Nominations, inquiries, and applications are invited.

An advanced technology community founded in 1996 by the nation’s leading higher education institutions, Internet2 provides a collaborative environment for U.S. research and education organizations to solve shared technology challenges and develop innovative solutions supporting their research, educational, and community service missions. Today, Internet2 stands at the intersection of infrastructure and innovation, operating a state-of-the-art national research and education network while simultaneously advancing a comprehensive service portfolio spanning trust and identity solutions, cloud programs and services, research engagement initiatives, and community-building programs. This integrated approach enables Internet2 to deliver unique value that empowers its diverse membership, including universities, government agencies, regional networks, corporations, and leading research and education organizations.

Internet2 has proudly served as a facilitator of collaboration across diverse research communities in order to encourage and catalyze transformational innovation and accelerate discovery. A member-driven, 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization serving 337 U.S. universities, 34 government agencies, 46 regional and state education networks, 61 leading corporations, 59 non-profit research and education organizations, and more than 93,000 community anchor institutions, Internet2 has at the core of its mission – and the reason that the organization was brought into existence and remains seen as vitally important today and into the foreseeable future – the need for U.S. higher education institutions to work together to design and provide mission-critical services to advance all aspects of their academic, research, and service missions. The next CEO will guide Internet2 as it strengthens its position as a premier technology organization that continues to build upon its world-class network infrastructure while developing innovative platform approaches that integrate networking strengths with emerging technologies. Through this evolution, Internet2 will empower the research and education community to collaborate on solutions that no single institution could achieve alone, ensuring that Internet2 remains at the forefront of enabling a transformative research and education environment.

Internet2 seeks a dynamic leader able to engage its many constituencies in fostering the innovation, collaboration, and scientific discovery that have become the cornerstone of the organization and helped to revolutionize the national and international research and learning environment. Reporting to the board of trustees, the president and CEO is entrusted with overall executive responsibility for Internet2 including working with the membership to develop a compelling vision for the future of the organization and then partnering with staff to execute that vision. The successful candidate will bring strong leadership and management experience along with stature in the technology field, a thorough understanding of academic research, and skill as a communicator and relationship and community builder. With the CEO transition occurring in a period of significant change for higher education, research, and technology sectors, the ideal candidate will also be a leader who is able to embrace, thrive, and execute while ensuring community stability.

All applications, nominations, and inquiries are invited. Applications should include, as separate documents, a CV or resume and a letter of interest addressing the themes in the leadership profile available below.

WittKieffer is assisting Internet2 in this search. Review of candidate materials has begun and will continue until the position has been filled. Interested candidates are encouraged to submit their materials as soon as possible.

Application materials, nominations, and inquiries can be directed to:

Nick Giannas, Robin Mamlet, Suzanne Teer, and Cathryn Davis

Internet2 is a 501 (c) (3) not-for-profit organization and equal opportunity employer (EOE). All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.