Senior Assistant Vice President for Technology

SUNY Downstate; New York (NY); On-site; USD 175,000 - 249,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• 7+ years of hands-on technical support or developer experience.
• 5+ years of progressive experience in managing technology operations with IT Service management in healthcare, education, and research.
• Excellent organizational, written, oral communication, analytical, team-building, and management skills.
• Extensive expertise in hardware, software, systems, and applications across portfolio areas.
• Knowledge of cloud computing, cost optimization, emerging technologies, and AI.

Responsibilities

• Provide executive leadership and management; establish best-practice IT guidelines.
• Direct development of network/telecom infrastructure and operations strategy; participate in partner relationships.
• Grow and transform workforce culture; coach and develop talent.
• Lead design, engineering, integration, implementation, testing, and maintenance of new IT infrastructure and systems.
• Foster continuous improvement to raise quality, efficiency, and standards across IT services.
• Develop engineering/technical strategy with KPI dashboards; improve processes in a complex environment.
• Ensure disaster readiness at acceptable cost; oversee change/release control management.

Skills

IT leadership

Strong communication

Project management

ITIL processes

Healthcare IT knowledge

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Cloud computing

Cost optimization

Artificial intelligence

Data protection

Job description

Senior Assistant Vice President for Technology

Brooklyn, NY, United States

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About Us

Are you looking to take your career to new heights with a leader in healthcare?SUNY Downstate Health Sciences Universityis one of the nation's leading metropolitan medical centers. As the only academic medical center in Brooklyn, we serve a large population that is among the most diverse in the world. We are also highly-ranked by Castle Connolly Medical, a healthcare rating company for consumers, among the top 5 leading U.S. medical schools for training doctors.

Job Description

The Department of Information Services at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is seeking a full-time Assistant Vice President. The successful candidate will:

• Be responsible for providing executive leadership and management, establish best practice technical guidelines for the IT functional units.
• Direct the development of the network/telecom infrastructure and operationsstrategy and provides executive participation in strategic partner relationshipmanagement.
• Commit to growing and transforming the workforce culture, applies their experience in developing new capabilities, while serving as an effective coachand developer of talent.
• Provide overall leadership, direction, and project management to ensure cost-effectivedesign, development, engineering, integration, implementation, testing, and maintenance of new infrastructure computing architecture systems in support of business objectives and requirements.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement to improve quality, efficiency andstandards across IT infrastructure and services.
• Develop engineering/technical strategy, associated KPI dashboards, andcontinuously improve methods, systems, and processes in a complex and rapidlychanging environment to improve customer satisfaction and ensure continuous process improvement for the SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University.
• Ensure the system is built for disaster situations at an acceptable cost.
• Implement and oversee the change/release control management process to ensure the integrity of IT Service delivery and business continuity campus-wide.
• Work closely with the Information Security Officer on the protection of dataacross our enterprise.
• Oversee the integration strategy and direction while working closely withBioMed on the medical device integration with the infrastructure to allow forstreamlined, efficient patient care.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• 7+ years of experience in a hands-on technical support or developerrole.
• 5+ years of progressive experience in managing technology operations with knowledge and experience of IT Service management in a Healthcare, Educationand Research environment.
• Excellent organizational, written, oral communication, analytical, team building,management and organizational skills.
• Extensive expertise in computer hardware, software, systems, and applications across all portfolio areas.
• Outstanding knowledge of cloud computing, cost optimization strategies, emerging technologies, and artificial intelligence.
• Strong skills in relationship management and overseeing performance.
• Thorough understanding of the organization's objectives and goals.
• Excellent grasp of business operations and principles, including ITIL processes.
• Remarkable interpersonal abilities focused on active listening and thoughtful questioning.
• Capable of presenting complex ideas and technical issues in clear, user-friendly language to both non-technical staff and senior leaders.
• Skilled at prioritizing and executing tasks effectively in high-pressure settings.
• Able to collaborate deeply with IT professionals and then provide concise, informative updates to management.
• Well-versed in technologies commonly used and supported within the healthcare and higher education sectors.

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, creed, age, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, familial status, pregnancy, predisposing genetic characteristics, military status, domestic violence victim status, criminal conviction, and all other protected classes under federal or state laws.

Women, minorities, veterans, individuals with disabilities and members of underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply.

If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please contact Human Resources [e-mail].

Job Info

• Job Schedule Full time
• Job Shift Day
• Posting Date 07/13/2026, 06:00 AM
• Job Identification 497253
• Grade NSMH2 - 13
• Union Name MC
• Minimum Base Salary 175,000
• Maximum Base Salary 249,097
• Other Job Title Senior Assistant Vice President for Technology