Deputy CIO, Academic & Research Technology

Position Overview

The Deputy Chief Information Officer, Academic and Research Technologies, is a pivotal executive leadership role within MUSC’s Enterprise Information Solutions organization. This leader is accountable for the technology strategy, systems, and services that advance MUSC’s academic, clinical, and research missions, with direct oversight over two of the three pillars of the institution’s tripartite purpose.

This executive serves as the primary bridge between Central Information Solutions (Central IS) and the academic enterprise, spanning the College of Medicine, College of Nursing, College of Pharmacy, College of Dental Medicine, College of Health Professions, and College of Graduate Studies, as well as MUSC’s vibrant research community. The role partners closely with local IS teams embedded within schools and research programs, ensuring that enterprise architecture and infrastructure investments are appropriately extended and tailored to academic and research environments.

A core priority is the deployment, optimization, and lifecycle management of enterprise Student Information Systems (SIS), learning management platforms, and research enablement technologies. This leader will work at the intersection of academic operations and cutting‑edge discovery, supporting MUSC’s signature Integrated Innovation Institutions (I3’s) strategic initiatives, facilitating clinical research infrastructure, and enabling the translation of discovery into care model redesign.

This is a role for a seasoned technology executive who brings equal command of the academic and research enterprise, someone who can champion the technology needs of students, faculty, and academic administrators with the same credibility and fluency they bring to supporting investigators, research programs, and the translational science agenda. MUSC requires a leader who sees these two missions not as separate portfolios, but as deeply interconnected dimensions of a single institutional purpose.

• Define and champion MUSC’s academic and research technology strategy with a 2–3 year roadmap across student information systems, research computing, learning technology, and academic‑clinical integration, aligned with system‑level strategies spanning the University, Health System, and statewide initiatives, including the I3 framework.
• Lead academic and research technology governance with representation from school leadership, faculty, researchers, and students, and coordinate academic application roadmaps with Central IS enterprise architecture, cybersecurity, data and analytics, and digital strategy to create a coherent, platform‑rationalized environment.
• Ensure strategic alignment of academic technology investments with regulatory requirements (FERPA, HIPAA in research contexts, federal sponsor mandates) and industry standards (IMS Global, SCORM, LTI).

• Oversee the deployment, optimization, and lifecycle management of MUSC’s Student Information System (SIS), including student records, enrollment, financial aid, advising, degree auditing, and institutional reporting, and drive SIS maturity through targeted process automation, self‑service functionality, and integration with institutional and national reporting frameworks.
• Establish integration strategies and oversee specialty academic systems across the portfolio, including Learning Management Systems, clinical education and GME platforms, curriculum management, simulation, testing and assessment, library systems, and faculty credentialing, in partnership the Office of Enrollment Management (which includes Registrar, Financial Aid, Admissions, and Data & Reporting), Academic Affairs, and Student Services offices to meet institutional, accreditor, and regulatory expectations.
• Oversee current CRM interface and management, addressing the ongoing gap on the SIS side, and design a future roadmap with key stakeholders to support prospective student engagement and enrollment.

• Provide strategic technology…