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Assistant Vice President, Enterprise Systems & Data Solutions

Villanova University
Pennsylvania, USA
Full-time
Senior Level
Onsite
USD 210000-230000 yearly
Discovered 1 months ago

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Duties And Responsibilities

  • Create an enterprise applications roadmap that leverages modern design principles and technologies and effectively meets both current and future university needs.
  • Lead strategic planning for new or enhanced enterprise application services, including requirements gathering, user-centered design, implementation, assessment, and retirement of services and systems.
  • Partner with stakeholders to develop a data strategy to improve access to quality data and analytics and support the integration of data from multiple on-premises and cloud solutions.
  • Lead the evaluation of enterprise application technologies that meet short and long-term goals, and develop business cases, return on investment ( ROI ) assessments, total cost of ownership ( TCO ) calculations, and other analyses to help guide their selection.
  • Develop capabilities to partner with administrative units to support digital process transformation and improvements to the constituent experience.
  • Build strong and collaborative partnerships with key stakeholders across the university, actively participating in university activities and initiatives.
  • Collaborate with IT decision-making structures, university stakeholders and the IT PMO to establish project priorities in alignment with the University and IT strategic plans.
  • Adopt modern and forward-looking technology and service strategies structured around common technology layers and consistent service delivery through standard processes.
  • Address legacy technical debt, modernize integrations and work collaboratively with stakeholders to reduce modifications and increase the sustainability of applications.
  • Manage operating and capital budgets for the Enterprise Systems and Data Solutions team.
  • Direct the day-to-day operations for the Enterprise Systems and Data Solutions team, including creating and managing strategies, plans, policies, procedures, and budgets.
  • Ensure high availability, reliability, and security of the enterprise application and data ecosystem.
  • Facilitate the implementation of Villanova’s Augustinian values and IT’s RESTLESS vision and values.
  • Foster high-performing and agile teams dedicated to technical excellence and exceptional customer service, and fluid customer experiences
  • Embrace effective communication within the team, across IT and across the university.
  • Build, support, and expand a culture where employees from all backgrounds can succeed and thrive.
  • Train, coach, and mentor employees under their supervision. Plan and conduct performance appraisals of employees under their supervision.
  • Participate in or lead hiring processes, as needed.
  • Perform other duties and assist with projects as assigned.
  • Cultivate, negotiate, and formalize vendor relationships and external partnerships that support or enhance IT/campus partner digital initiatives.
  • Develop a strong network of peers at comparable institutions and represent the University at local, statewide, and national meetings and conferences, as appropriate.
  • Maintain current knowledge of, and advise the CIO on, best practices and future trends in all areas related to enterprise applications, including but not limited to: enterprise application architecture (in coordination with IT Governance, Planning, and Strategy), application development, data warehousing, business intelligence, integrations, software-as-a-service (SaaS), and agile development.
  • Keep the VPIT & CIO informed of current and potential issues, activities, operational outages, and any other risks that might jeopardize or degrade IT service delivery to the university community.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree required. Additional job-related experience may substitute for the required education on a year-for-year basis.
  • 15 years of relevant experience in enterprise application management/support, enterprise architecture, data warehousing, and/or business analysis.
  • Possess a track record of success directing large and complex IT development and operations teams.
  • Experience in a senior management role, with proven leadership skills and demonstrated ability to manage high-performing teams, operations, and budgets.
  • Demonstrated ability to think strategically about the application of technology to solve business problems, assess technologies and standards to determine best fit, and develop user/functional/business-driven technology strategies and plans.
  • Commitment to continuous assessment and improvement with experience identifying, establishing, and reporting on key performance metrics.
  • Experience leading organizational and/or technology change initiatives with a strong emphasis on relationship-building, collaboration, and shared stewardship.
  • Strong written and oral communication skills (including ability to present ideas in user-friendly, business-friendly and technical language) and interpersonal skills with a focus on rapport-building, listening and questioning skills.
  • Ability to build effective relationships and strong commitment to working collegially and collaboratively with constituents at all levels in a diverse and distributed environment.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Master’s degree preferred.
  • Understanding of software lifecycle and application development processes.
  • Experience with business process analysis, including process mapping and re-engineering.
  • Experience in a large and complex IT environment in higher education.
  • Familiarity with enterprise application support, database management, application development, data warehousing, and/or application integration.
  • Understanding of artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, and/or robotics process automation ( RPA ) as they apply to enterprise application systems and services.
  • Possess a visionary mindset to see technology possibilities that others may not.
  • Demonstrated conflict resolution, influence, and/or consensus-building abilities.
  • Familiarity with shared governance models.

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