Chief Information Officer

The North Carolina Community College System (NCCCS) seeks a strategic, collaborative, and forward looking Chief Information Officer (CIO) to provide executive leadership for enterprise technology and digital enablement across the System.

Reporting to the System President and serving as a member of the executive leadership team, the CIO will develop and execute an enterprise technology strategy that supports the System Office and enables North Carolina's 58 community colleges to advance student success, workforce development, institutional effectiveness, and operational excellence.

The CIO will provide executive leadership for enterprise architecture, cybersecurity, infrastructure and cloud services, enterprise applications, systems integration, data platforms, artificial intelligence enablement, technology governance, vendor management, and IT service delivery.

The CIO will also serve as a key convener of technology leadership across North Carolina's community colleges, building partnerships that promote collaboration, interoperability, shared capabilities, innovation, cybersecurity, and effective technology investment while recognizing the operational responsibilities and needs of individual colleges.

This is an opportunity to help shape the future technology ecosystem of one of the nation's largest community college systems.

The CIO's mission:
Build and sustain the secure, connected, data-enabled technology ecosystem that makes enterprise transformation and student success possible.

Enterprise Technology Strategy & Leadership — Develop and execute a multi-year enterprise technology strategy and roadmap aligned with NCCCS strategic priorities. Advise the President and executive leadership on technology opportunities, investments, emerging capabilities, risks, technical debt, and long-term sustainability. Translate business and student needs into enterprise technology capabilities.

Enterprise Architecture & Integration — Establish an enterprise architecture that promotes interoperability, security, scalability, accessibility, reuse, and sustainability. Develop architecture and technology standards for applications, integration and APIs, identity, cloud, data, security, artificial intelligence, automation, and digital experience. Reduce unnecessary fragmentation and improve connectivity across the technology ecosystem.

Enterprise Applications & Digital Platforms — Provide executive technology leadership for major enterprise platforms and capabilities, including ERP, SIS, CRM, LMS, ILS, data and analytics, digital credentials, digital wallet, identity management, integration, and emerging technologies. Establish lifecycle and modernization strategies that enable these capabilities to operate as an increasingly connected digital ecosystem.

Cybersecurity & Resilience — Lead the System's enterprise cybersecurity and technology-risk strategy. Strengthen security governance, identity and access management, threat detection and response, vulnerability management, incident response, disaster recovery, business continuity, third-party risk, and security awareness. Collaborate with colleges and appropriate state partners to strengthen cybersecurity capabilities across the System.

Data Infrastructure and Integration— Lead the technical foundation for enterprise data, including data architecture, platforms, integration, engineering, security, analytics technology, and appropriate AI capabilities. Partner with System Effectiveness, business leaders, and colleges to increase the availability, quality, security, and usability of information for decision making.

Artificial Intelligence & Automation — Establish the technology foundation and technical governance…