Chief Information Officer

SUMMARY

Since its founding in 1951, The Westminster Schools (Westminster) has built a distinguished legacy as one of the most prestigious and high-performing K-12 independent schools in the Atlanta region. A large institution with the scale and magnitude of a small liberal arts college, Westminster combines academic rigor and professional excellence with a values-driven commitment to inclusion, affirming the dignity of all people as central to its identity as a Christian school.

Operating at a capacity that requires enterprise-level thinking, Westminster relies on well-developed systems, thoughtful governance and the effective use of technology and data, guided by a highly experienced leadership team.

Westminster introduced the chief information officer (CIO) position in 2019 as a cabinet-level position reporting to the president to provide executive leadership for the school’s IT and information systems functions and to support Westminster’s operations. Now, the next CIO will continue this work and focus on refining departmental structure, expanding cybersecurity efforts, advancing data governance, and ensuring that systems and infrastructure reliably support the school’s mission across academics, athletics, and operations.

Westminster is seeking an experienced technology leader who values relationships and collaboration, can set clear strategic direction and goals and brings demonstrated expertise in enterprise systems oversight, data governance and cybersecurity, and team leadership. The CIO will build on existing capabilities rather than starting from scratch, aligning technology practices with institutional priorities and partnering closely with senior leadership to support Westminster’s long-term vision.

The CIO will report to the incoming president and supervise a team of 10‑11 technology professionals in the department. The incoming president will be involved in the later stages of this search, and will also join Westminster this summer following a graceful handoff from the retiring president. Westminster looks forward to welcoming its next CIO sometime this summer, or earlier by mutual agreement.

12M & Ed Tech Recruiting is running the search on behalf of Westminster. Applications received by March 8 will receive priority review. For application instructions and the full job opportunity statement, please visit:

• Priority
• Initial Client Review:
  Mid-March
• Semifinal Round:
  Late March
• On-site Final Round:
  Mid-April
• Decision Announced:
  April 27, 2026
• Start Date:
  
  Summer 2026 (or earlier by mutual agreement)
• Reports To:
  
  President
• Classification:
  Full-time, Exempt

• Oversee multiple functional units including IT infrastructure, enterprise data and systems governance, cybersecurity, and all operations and project coordination within those units.
• Run a technology department that supports technological innovation in a scalable and sustainable fashion while adhering to best practices for an enterprise environment.
• Collaborate with senior leadership and key stakeholders to align technology initiatives, policies, and services to the needs of various all-school departments.
• Lead technology prioritization and establish clear operating models for ownership, escalation, and accountability to ensure alignment with the school’s priorities.
• Serve as a thought partner with academic leadership to support and implement the use of instructional technologies in alignment with curricular goals and student learning outcomes.

• Identify and implement opportunities for connecting and consolidating data systems, to ensure datasets are current, reporting is reliable, and redundancies are minimized.
• Lead the periodic review of the school’s systems ecosystem and develop key performance metrics to evaluate capacity and return on investment.
• Lead decisions regarding hardware, software, systems, back‑end infrastructure, and services to ensure cost-effectiveness; customer satisfaction; compliance; asset management; quality of service; and performance.
• Provide executive oversight for compliance, data governance, and cyber resilience,…