Associate Vice President, Institutional Effectiveness & Technology​/CIO - MnSCU Administrator

Job Overview

Associate Vice President, Institutional Effectiveness & Technology/CIO – MnSCU Administrator 9 at Metropolitan State University, St. Paul, MN. Full‑time, exempt, competitive salary range $ – $ annually.

• Lead university‑wide technology strategy, planning, budgeting, and policy for Institutional Effectiveness and Technology (IET) and information resources.
• Supervise IET teams:
  Enterprise Service Management, USO Service Center, IT Service Desk, Academic Technology Services, Endpoint Technology Services, University Event Services, Integration, Development, Enterprise Architecture, Enterprise Systems, Storage, Data & Information Security, and Network Technologies.
• Collaborate with senior leadership (President’s Executive Cabinet) to align technology and data initiatives with institutional goals and strategic plans.
• Ensure secure, innovative, and reliable delivery of IT services across all campus locations and for external partners such as the Minnesota State System’s “eduroam” service.
• Represent Metro State University in system‑level cybersecurity, information technology, and data strategy initiatives, ensuring compliance with state policies and regulations.
• Design and manage technology support, project management, endpoint device support, application development, data center operations, network infrastructure, and information security.

• Minimum:
  Bachelor’s degree in computer science, data analytics, business, MIS, or related field.
• Ten (10) years of professional IT services experience, including at least three of the following: technology support and service center operations, enterprise service management, project management, endpoint device support, data center operations, network infrastructure, information security.
• Five (5) years of progressively higher‑level supervisory and leadership experience.
• Budgeting experience demonstrating resource optimization, expense reduction, and revenue generation.
• Commitment to the mission of a federally recognized minority‑serving institution and proven record of promoting diversity, equity, inclusion, and anti‑racism.
• Demonstrated use of data for decision‑making in a complex organization.
• Ethical, collaborative, consultative, and team‑oriented leadership style.

• Master’s or doctoral degree in an information technology or related field.
• Three (3) years of IT support experience in higher education.
• Experience in higher education strategic issues and technology’s role in teaching and learning.
• Process improvement experience, effective communication skills, and history of authentic collaboration.
• Experience building organizational capacity and partnering across institutional boundaries.
• Administrative leadership within a collectively bargained higher education institution.

Applications must be received by 12:01 a.m. on Wednesday, December 24th, 2025. Submit a cover letter, résumé or curriculum vitae, and four references with contact information. Applications are open to Metro State internal applicants only.

Metro State University is an Equal Opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and anti‑racism. We prohibit discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, and other protected categories.

Competitive benefits package including paid holidays, vacation, sick leave, parental leave, medical and dental insurance, retirement plans, professional development, and tuition waiver program.