Interim Director of Research Computing

DPP is seeking an Interim Director of Research Computing for our client in Columbia SC.

Work Location: Hybrid in Columbia SC; 3 days/week onsite
Duration: 6 months
Terms: W2 Contract
Candidate Location: Must be a SC NC GA resident or willing to relocate to SC prior to starting the role

Position Summary:

• Stabilizing departmental operations while maintaining continuity of critical IT services and customer engagement.
• Conducting an inventory of current research technology infrastructure services operational procedures active/anticipated projects and budget needs/requests.
• Establishing or aligning operational procedures with divisional standards and practices for customer engagement including leveraging the service desk ticketing system for managing support requests client communications task/project tracking reporting analytics.
• Establishing governance communication and decision-making processes that support long-term success.
• Documenting organizational recommendations strategic priorities lifecycle budgets professional development needs and transition plans for the incoming permanent Director.
• Recruiting mentoring and preparing team members where appropriate to support long-term organizational success.
• Success will be measured by demonstrable improvements in organizational culture employee accountability operational performance customer satisfaction governance maturity and departmental readiness for permanent executive leadership.

Responsibilities:

• Provide leadership for all departmental operations research technology infrastructure and related services.
• Supervise managers professionals and student staff.
• Establish performance expectations and monitor organizational outcomes.
• Make timely operational and resource allocation decisions.
• Lead organizational change initiatives and culture transformation efforts.
• Evaluate organizational effectiveness and recommend structural improvements.
• Develop and monitor departmental priorities and performance metrics in collaboration with executive leadership.
• Coordinate departmental budgets and strategic resource allocation in collaboration with executive leadership.
• Ensure compliance with university policies security standards audit requirements and regulatory obligations.
• Remove organizational obstacles that inhibit productivity innovation and collaboration.
• Provide executive-level reports and recommendations to executive leadership.
• Develop succession planning and transition documentation for permanent leadership.

Required Qualifications:

• 8 years of experience leading organizational transformation change management and service delivery optimization.
• 8 years of experience leading large complex technology projects.
• 8 years of experience with personnel management coaching and performance accountability.

• Requires a completed bachelors degree.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with research cyberinfrastructure high-performance computing high-speed storage and networking technologies.
• Experience implementing governance and operational maturity frameworks.
• Experience managing organizational changes in higher education.
• Masters degree in science technology or a related field.
• ITIL experience.
• Familiar with Cloud Infrastructure (AWS/Azure).
• AI Inftrastructure (AWS/Azure/Google) experience.
• Background as a Carpentries Instructor.
• Training in HPC Technologies (Slurm Infiniband).

Authorized US Worker - US Citizens and those authorized to work in the US are encouraged to apply. We are unable to sponsor at this time.

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DP Professionals (DPP) offers a range of compensation and benefits packages to our employees and their eligible dependents. DPP is a certified Woman-owned Small Business Enterprise (WBE and WOSB) with more than 25 years in the staffing industry. EOE/AA/V/D

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