AVP Information Technology Services and Chief Info Officer

Another Source is proud to be partnering with Western Washington University as they recruit for their next Associate Vice President for Information Technology Services/Chief Information Officer in Bellingham, WA. This is an exciting opportunity for a forward-thinking technology leader to help shape what’s next for Western. You’ll lead a 100+ person ITS organization and play a key role in major initiatives across the university, including:

• Leading Western through a significant Workday ERP transformation
• Helping shape the university’s evolving approach to AI, innovation, and digital transformation
• Strengthening data governance, cybersecurity, and enterprise technology
• Building collaboration across IT, academic, and administrative teams
• Developing and empowering a talented technology organization

Bellingham, WA | Hybrid (3+ days onsite) Hiring range: $205,363–$236,168 Relocation assistance available

Another Source’s client,
Western Washington University
, is recruiting an Associate Vice President for Information Technology Services/Chief Information Officer located in Bellingham, WA.

Here’s a little about Western Washington University and the position they are recruiting for:

Western Washington University, with over 15,000 students in seven colleges and the graduate school, is nationally recognized for its educational programs, students, and faculty. The campus is located in Bellingham, Washington, a coastal community of 90,000 overlooking Bellingham Bay, the San Juan Islands, and the North Cascades Mountain range. The city lies 90 miles north of Seattle and 60 miles south of Vancouver, British Columbia.

Western has additional sites in Anacortes, Bremerton, Everett, Port Angeles, and Poulsbo. Western is recognized nationally for its successes, such as being named one of the top public master's-granting institutions in the Pacific Northwest for 25 years in a row by U.S. News & World Report.

Western Washington University is committed to achieving excellence through advancing inclusive success, increasing our Washington impact, and focusing on transformational education grounded in the liberal arts and sciences and based on innovative scholarship, research, and creative activity. Western's greatest strength is the outstanding students, faculty, staff, and alumni/ae who make up its community. Western supports an inclusive governance structure for all and provides a learning and working environment in which everyone can thrive.

To pursue this excellence, individual employees are expected to establish and maintain productive, effective, inclusive working relationships among diverse populations, including staff, faculty, administration, students, and external constituents. Further, individual employees are expected to operationalize sustainability concepts (economic, societal, environmental) in all aspects of their job duties.

The division of Business and Financial Affairs supports Western’s mission, which states that together with our students, staff, and faculty, we are committed to making a positive impact in the state and the world with a shared focus on academic excellence and inclusive achievement.

The Associate Vice President for Information Technology Services/Chief Information Officer provides strategic leadership for all aspects of the university’s information technology, including infrastructure, software, and user services.

The AVP ITS/CIO provides strategic planning for technology at Western, provides leadership, and fosters teamwork across all Information Technology Services (ITS) units, which comprise more than 100 employees. The AVP ITS/CIO supervises Academic Technology and User Services, Enterprise Application Services,…