Title: Chief Information Officer
Agency: Virginia Peninsula Community College
Location: Hampton - 650
FLSA: Exempt
Hiring Range: Up to $150,000
Full Time or Part Time: Full Time
Job Description:
Virginia Peninsula Community College (VPCC) changes lives, empowers students to succeed, and enhances the social and economic vitality of the region through high-quality education and workforce training, excellent service, and innovative partnerships. Strategic Planning – Provides direction and leadership in setting the strategic vision, direction, and priorities for technology in the Virginia Community College System (VCCS) enterprise. Assists with planning of the VCCS technology infrastructure and ensuring compliance with the Commonwealth’s planning requirements.
The Chief Information Officer provides senior leadership for VPCC. The role of the Chief Information Officer is to align technology vision with business strategy by integrating business processes with the appropriate technologies. This position is responsible for local day-to-day technology operations, related technology infrastructure, information services, and security. This individual maintains existing college systems while providing direction in all technology-related issues, supporting information operations, and the VPCC mission.
This position is expected to exemplify the principles detailed in the College’s Culture of Care framework, actively contributing to a supportive and thriving environment for our students, staff, and broader community. Minimum Qualifications:
1. Four-year degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field, or a four-year degree with a minor in information systems or computer science or equivalent work experience. Master’s or PhD. degree.
2. 8+ years of IT and business/industry work experience.
3. 5+ years of leadership/management/supervisory experience in managing multiple, small to medium, cross-functional teams or projects and influencing senior-level management and key stakeholders.
4. Proven track record motivating highly skilled technical staff to work together as a team and accomplish complicated tasks.
Comprehensive knowledge:
5. An understanding of and management capability related to the effective planning, development, and implementation of a highly technical and complex information technology infrastructure.
Considerable knowledge:
6. 5+ years experience managing and/or directing technological operations.
7. 5+ years experience working in the higher education industry.
8. Experience in strategic technology planning, execution, and policy development.
9. Excellent knowledge of technology environments, including telecommunications, networks, programming, media, and desktops.
10. Solid understanding of industry-standard security laws/governance, practices, procedures, and tools.
11. Solid understanding of computer systems characteristics, features, and integration capabilities.
12. Extensive knowledge of data processing, hardware platforms, enterprise software applications, and outsourced systems, including but not limited to Oracle-PeopleSoft ERPs.
13. Technical experience with systems networking, databases, web development, and user support.
14. Exposure to business theory, business processes, management, budgeting, and business office operations.
15. Excellent understanding of project management principles.
16. Proven experience in planning, organization, and development.
17. Superior understanding of the organization’s goals and objectives.
18. Demonstrated ability to apply technology solutions to business problems.
19. In-depth knowledge of applicable laws and regulations related to technology issues.
Working knowledge:
20. Higher education business functions, specifically community colleges.
21. Procurement systems in Virginia (eVa).
22. Higher Education Equipment Trust Fund (ETF), from the State Council on Higher Education of VA (SCHEV)
23. HR, Budget and fiscal systems, and Student Information Systems (Oracle-PeopleSoft).
24. Server Technologies (Virtualization, converged infrastructure, IaaS, and Cloud).
25. Networking, DNS, IP.
26. ERP Applications – Finance, HR, LMS, Student, etc.
27. Understanding of Virginia’s governmental and reporting requirements (IT related) or similar.
Some Knowledge:
28. Global Directory Services. ● Network Security (Firewalls, etc.).
29. Voice over IP.
30. Virtual Private Networks (VPNs).
Considerable skill:
31. In all the items listed under considerable knowledge.
Working skill:
32. In all the items listed under working knowledge.
Ability:
33. Proven leadership ability.
34. Ability to set and manage priorities judiciously.
35. Excellent written and oral communication skills.
36. Excellent interpersonal skills.
37. Strong tactical skills.
38. Ability to articulate ideas to both technical and non-technical addressees.
39. Exceptionally self-motivated and directed.
40. Keen attention to detail.
41. Superior analytical, evaluative, and problem-solving abilities.
42. Exceptional service orientation.
43. Ability to motivate in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
44. To prioritize and work under pressure of multiple demands while meeting/exceeding deadlines.
45. To manage customer expectations.
46. Foster a team-based approach for working with other ITS groups for both shared and internal initiatives
47. To assimilate and simplify complicated issues
48. To interface with all levels of management.
49. To communicate and work well with all levels of VPCC and VCCS Management and external sources.
50. To coordinate multiple projects and their related priorities.
51. To work effectively as a part of a management team.
Additional Considerations:
● Experience with Higher Education ERP (especially Oracle-PeopleSoft)
● Master’s or PhD. Degree in a related field.