Executive Director of Information Technology - Fully Onsite in Columbia, SC

Interview Process: 1 round, in person Interview
Duration of the Contract: 9 months




Possibility for Extension: Yes
Work Location: Role is fully onsite
Candidate location: Candidate MUST be a SC resident or willing to relocate to SC prior to starting the role at their own expense.

Daily Duties / Responsibilities:

• Provide executive leadership for all departmental operations.
• Supervise managers, supervisors, and professional staff.
• Establish performance expectations and monitor organizational outcomes.
• Make timely personnel, operational, and resource allocation decisions.
• Lead organizational change initiatives and culture transformation efforts.
• Address employee relations issues in partnership with Human Resources.
• Evaluate organizational effectiveness and recommend structural improvements.
• Develop and monitor departmental priorities and performance metrics.
• Collaborate with division leadership, university administration, and campus stakeholders.
• Manage departmental budgets and strategic resource allocation.
• 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 senior leadership.
• Develop succession planning and transition documentation for permanent leadership.

Preferred Skills (rank in order of Importance):

1. Experience leading organizational turnaround initiatives
2. Experience rebuilding organizational culture following periods of instability
3. Experience implementing governance and operational maturity frameworks
4. Experience managing organizational change in higher education
5. Enterprise IT strategy development
6. Experience working with executive leadership, governing boards, and cabinet-level administration
7. Knowledge of network operations, project management, change management, and enterprise network architecture and engineering
8. Experience supporting audit remediation and risk management initiatives