Assistant VP Academic Information Technology

Assistant VP for Academic Information Technology

Employee Classification: Asst VP Academic Info Tech

Campus: University of North Texas

Division: UNT-Information Technology

Sub Division-Department: UNT-Enrollment Operations

Department: UNT-Academic Technologies-120300

Job Location: Denton

Salary: Salary commensurate with experience

FTE: 1.0

Retirement Eligibility: TRS Eligible

Welcome to the University of North Texas System. The UNT System includes the University of North Texas in Denton and Frisco, the University of North Texas at Dallas and UNT Dallas College of Law, and University of North Texas Health Fort Worth. We are the only university system based exclusively in the robust Dallas‑Fort Worth region. We are growing with the North Texas region, employing more than 14,000 employees, educating a record 49,000+ students across our system, and awarding nearly 12,000 degrees each year.

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Academic Technologies champions, builds, and applies technology to help UNT advance education, creativity, and research.

Benefits include:

• Flexible hours and remote work arrangements
• UNT scholarship (roughly 66% savings!) for employee and immediate family
• 36 days PTO with yearly accrual for vacation/sick
• Clear and reasonable work priorities
• Transparent leadership
• Recreational resources and activities

The Assistant Vice President (AVP) for Academic Technology provides strategic leadership, operational oversight, and innovation for the university's academic technology ecosystem. Reporting to the Vice President and Chief Information Officer (or equivalent executive), the AVP leads the delivery, support, and continuous improvement of technology services that advance teaching, learning, research, and academic administration across the university.

Serving a comprehensive R1 research institution with more than 42,000 students and multiple colleges, schools, libraries, and academic support units, the AVP collaborates with academic leadership, faculty, information technology professionals, and administrative partners to develop and implement technology strategies that enhance the student and faculty experience while supporting institutional priorities.

The position provides executive leadership for academic technology support services, instructional technology, classroom technologies, learning management systems, digital learning environments, faculty technology support, academic technology infrastructure, and emerging educational technologies. The AVP promotes innovation, service excellence, operational effectiveness, cybersecurity awareness, accessibility, and technology governance while ensuring reliable and scalable services across the university.

• Master's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Educational Technology, Higher Education Administration, Business Administration, or a closely related field.
• Ten (10) years of progressively responsible leadership experience in information technology, academic technology, instructional technology, or educational technology within higher education or a similarly complex organization.
• Minimum of five (5) years of senior management experience leading multiple functional technology teams through subordinate managers.
• Demonstrated experience developing and…