Strategic Deputy CIO: Enterprise IT & Transformation

University of Minnesota; Saint Paul (MN); On-site; USD 250,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retirement plans

PSLF opportunity

Tuition Benefit Program

Job summary

The University of Minnesota seeks an Associate Vice President Deputy CIO to lead enterprise infrastructure, operations, and technology support services across the university. This senior role shapes technology strategy, governance, investments, and multi-year roadmaps to advance teaching, research, clinical care, and operations.

Ideal candidates bring executive leadership experience in large complex organizations, with a track record in cloud, cybersecurity collaboration, and operational

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Proven experience in executive technology leadership across enterprise functions.
• Ability to align governance, budgets, and strategy with university priorities.
• Strong communication with senior stakeholders and governance bodies.

Responsibilities

• Provide executive governance for enterprise infrastructure, operations, and technology support services.
• Shape technology strategy, priorities, governance, and investment decisions across the university.
• Translate priorities into multi-year roadmaps, metrics, and accountable outcomes.
• Lead modernization initiatives, cloud transformation, and platform engineering with governance.
• Foster collaboration across distributed IT, cybersecurity, AI, and research computing.
• Oversee risk, regulatory alignment, and financial stewardship of technology programs.
• Direct leadership development and organizational effectiveness across IT.
• Engage university leaders to ensure reliable, secure, scalable, user-centered technology services.

Skills

Executive leadership

Strategic thinking

Communication

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

The University of Minnesota seeks an Associate Vice President Deputy CIO to lead enterprise infrastructure, operations, and technology support services across the university. This senior role shapes technology strategy, governance, investments, and multi-year roadmaps to advance teaching, research, clinical care, and operations.

Ideal candidates bring executive leadership experience in large complex organizations, with a track record in cloud, cybersecurity collaboration, and operational