Enterprise Project Manager - Executive

Job Title :
Interim IT Director – Technology Transformation & Operations

Position Overview Lead a significant organizational transformation initiative focused on stabilizing IT operations, strengthening organizational culture, improving service delivery, and establishing sustainable governance practices. This interim leadership opportunity involves guiding departmental operations through a period of change while maintaining critical IT services and preparing the organization for a successful transition to permanent leadership. Over a 9–12-month engagement, the Interim IT Director will assess current operations, align resources with institutional priorities, improve employee accountability and customer satisfaction, and implement management practices that support long-term organizational effectiveness.

What You'll Do /

Key Responsibilities Provide leadership for departmental operations, research technology infrastructure, and related services. Supervise managers, professional staff, and student staff. Establish performance expectations and monitor organizational outcomes. Make timely operational decisions and allocate resources based on departmental priorities. Lead organizational change initiatives and culture transformation efforts. Evaluate organizational effectiveness and recommend structural improvements. Stabilize departmental operations while maintaining continuity of critical IT services and customer engagement.

Assess existing research technology infrastructure, services, operational procedures, active and anticipated projects, and budget needs. Establish or align customer engagement procedures with divisional standards, including use of service desk ticketing systems for support requests, client communications, task and project tracking, and reporting analytics. Establish governance, communication, and decision-making processes that support long-term operational success. Develop and monitor departmental priorities and performance metrics in collaboration with executive leadership.

Coordinate departmental budgets and strategic resource allocation in collaboration with executive leadership. Ensure compliance with organizational policies, security standards, audit requirements, and applicable regulatory obligations. Remove organizational obstacles that limit productivity, innovation, and collaboration. Provide executive-level reports and recommendations to executive leadership. Document organizational recommendations, strategic priorities, lifecycle budgets, professional development needs, and transition plans for the incoming permanent Director.

Support recruiting, mentoring, and preparation of team members where appropriate. Develop succession planning and transition documentation for permanent leadership.

Required Qualifications Completed bachelor's degree. 8+ years of experience leading organizational transformation, change management, and service delivery optimization. 8+ years of experience leading large, complex technology projects. 8+ years of experience with personnel management, coaching, and performance accountability.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with research cyberinfrastructure, high-performance computing, high-speed storage, and networking technologies. Experience implementing governance and operational maturity frameworks. Experience managing organizational change in higher education. Master's degree in science, technology, or a related field. ITIL. Cloud infrastructure experience with AWS and/or Azure. AI infrastructure experience with AWS, Azure, and/or Google. Carp entries Instructor. Training on HPC technologies, including Slurm and Infini Band.

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