Deputy CIO

Key responsibilities:

• Act as CIO-delegate during absences, with authority to coordinate internal IT staff, managed providers and escalations.

• Set up and run an IT project intake, prioritization and portfolio process (a lightweight PMO) for WWC.

• Track execution of the CIO 90-day plan, the annual roadmap and the strategic plan; prepare monthly project oversight reports.

• Manage the Discovery & Assessment workplan: interviews with WWC staff, document collection, current-state inventory and findings report.

• Run project governance for major initiatives such as Ellucian Colleague upgrades or cloud migration, Canvas integrations, Microsoft 365 A5 feature rollout, and network or infrastructure refreshes.

• Support technology procurement: RFP and quote preparation, vendor evaluations, contract and renewal tracking.

• Maintain the IT risk, issue and dependency registers, and IT budget tracking against plan.

• Coordinate onboarding and knowledge transfer with the contracted cybersecurity and help desk providers.

Deliverables owned: project oversight reports, the project portfolio dashboard, the Discovery & Assessment workplan and findings report (with the CIO), and the vendor/contract register. 

Skill set info    

Experience: 12+ years in IT, including 6+ years in IT program/portfolio management or IT director roles

Required qualifications:

• 12+ years in IT, with 6+ years leading IT programs, PMOs or IT operations; higher education or public sector strongly preferred.

• Experience delivering ERP/SIS projects, ideally Ellucian Colleague, and Microsoft 365 or cloud migrations.

• Strong skills in IT financial management, procurement and vendor management.

• Experience leading teams that combine internal staff and multiple contracted vendors.

• Bachelor's degree in IT, Business or a related field; Master's preferred.

Preferred:

Ellucian Colleague implementation experience; community college or state system experience.

Education       

Bachelor's degree in IT, Business or a related field; Master's preferred. 

Certifications (if required)     

Certifications (preferred): PMP or PgMP, ITIL 4 Managing Professional, Prosci or other change management, Certified ScrumMaster.