Chief Information Officer

Job Description
This position has been deemed critical by the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability Dean’s Office and is exempt from the hiring pause.
This position is based on Stanford’s main campus with consideration given to the option for a hybrid work schedule (partially onsite 3 or more days a week), subject to operational need.
Interested candidates must include a resume and cover letter to be considered for this position. Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa.

The Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability strives to create a future when humans and nature thrive in concert and in perpetuity. The school is made up of a three-part structure to drive global impact:
Our academic departments and programs educate students and create new knowledge across areas of research that are crucial for advancing the long-term prosperity of the planet and people;
Institutes bridge scholarship at Stanford and beyond, bringing multiple viewpoints to bear on urgent challenges;
The Sustainability Accelerator drives new policy and technology solutions through a worldwide network of partners who work with our teams to develop solutions at a global scale. The school is dedicated to creating and supporting a community with the richness of experience and background needed to create solutions that benefit all people, particularly those most affected by environmental damage and climate change.

The Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability is hiring a full-time Chief Information Officer to join our Senior Leadership Team. The focus of this role will be to serve as the technology executive for the school, exercising strategic management of advanced and large-scale technology functions that span the entire school and impact the broader university. This senior leadership role sits within the school’s senior administrative team, reports directly to the Senior Associate Dean for Finance and Administration, and carries delegated authority for policy and programmatic decisions within the school’s information technology domain.

The CIO will work in close partnership with the Dean’s Office, faculty, and school leadership to design, communicate, and execute an IT strategy aligned with SDSS’s research and educational mission and Stanford’s university-wide objectives. This is a high-visibility role requiring a seasoned technology executive with demonstrated experience leading program and policy design, development, and implementation at institutional scale—someone who can advise senior leadership on technology futures while building and sustaining a high-performing IT organization.

• Oversee the overall information systems function for SDSS; collaborate with senior leadership and school faculty to develop, communicate, and manage a central strategic plan for computing and information technology consistent with the School and University’s overall mission.
• Provide strategic direction across multiple lines of business, technical research and educational areas; create strategic plans of considerable complexity and scope; set long-range direction and make high-level programmatic decisions.
• Ensure technology infrastructure and support resources serve the needs of the institution and that priorities align with the vision and mission of the university.
• Advise school-wide and university senior management on technology futures, emerging capabilities, and technology-driven risks and opportunities.
• Propose and manage the implementation of complex and significant programmatic change; establish and update school IT policies as needed.
• Serve as a member…