Senior Associate Chief Information Officer
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill🇺🇸In-Person$220K–$320K/yri3h ago
Role Snapshot
AI‑generatedThe Senior Associate CIO for Core Services serves as the principal deputy to the Vice Chancellor for Information Technology, providing strategic leadership and operational excellence across all core IT services at UNC Chapel Hill. This newly established role oversees approximately 230 employees and a $40M operating budget, ensuring the University's foundational IT infrastructure remains reliable, secure, and responsive to institutional needs.
Key Responsibilities: Provides day-to-day executive oversight for three divisions (Educational Technologies & Customer Experience, Infrastructure/Operations/Networking & Data Platforms, and Research Computing), managing the realignment of five operational areas under three subordinate leaders. Partners closely with the CIO to implement institutional priorities, advance digital transformation, and ensure ITS operates as a high-performing, service-oriented organization.
Skills & Tools: Strategic IT leadership, organizational management, digital transformation expertise, and executive-level decision-making in complex technology environments. Strong interpersonal and communication skills to partner effectively with senior leadership and manage large teams across multiple operational divisions.
Qualifications: Advanced degree (typically Master's) in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business Administration, or related field with 15+ years of progressive IT leadership experience in higher education or similar complex organizations. Demonstrated success managing large IT budgets, leading organizational change, and overseeing infrastructure and customer-facing technology services.
Location: In-Person
Compensation: $220K–$320K/yr (estimated)
Job Description
This position may be eligible for a hybrid work arrangement that may include a partially remote work location, consistent with System Office policy. UNC Chapel Hill employees are generally required to reside within a reasonable commuting distance of their assigned duty station.
The Senior Associate Chief Information Officer for Core Services (Senior Associate CIO, Core Services) serves as the principal deputy and delegate of the Vice Chancellor for Information Technology and CIO for all institutionally scoped, core information technology services and functions at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
This newly established role provides strategic leadership, operational excellence, and organizational alignment across all ITS Core Services divisions, ensuring that the University's foundational IT services remain reliable, secure, modern, accessible, and responsive to the needs of students, faculty, researchers, clinicians, and staff.
The Senior Associate CIO provides day to day executive oversight for three Assistant Vice Chancellors Educational Technologies & Customer Experience/Engagement (EdTech + CXE), Infrastructure/Operations/Networking & Data Platforms (IO&N + DREAM), and Research Computing (ITS-RC) creating a unified, integrated strategy for mission critical IT services at the nation's leading public research university. The role partners closely with the CIO to implement institutional priorities, advance digital transformation, and ensure that ITS is a high performing, service oriented organization.
Together with the Assistant Vice Chancellors who report to him/her/them, the Senior Associate Chief Information Officer, Core IT Services, will realign these five (5) operational areas under three (3) subordinate leaders, with the corresponding organizations as follows:
EdTech + CXE
IO&N + DREAM
ITS-RC
Accordingly, the Senior Associate CIO, Core Services, will be responsible for a division containing approximately 230 employees and comprising approximately $40M in total operating budget.
The Senior Associate Chief Information Officer for Core Services (Senior Associate CIO, Core Services) serves as the principal deputy and delegate of the Vice Chancellor for Information Technology and CIO for all institutionally scoped, core information technology services and functions at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
This newly established role provides strategic leadership, operational excellence, and organizational alignment across all ITS Core Services divisions, ensuring that the University's foundational IT services remain reliable, secure, modern, accessible, and responsive to the needs of students, faculty, researchers, clinicians, and staff.
The Senior Associate CIO provides day to day executive oversight for three Assistant Vice Chancellors Educational Technologies & Customer Experience/Engagement (EdTech + CXE), Infrastructure/Operations/Networking & Data Platforms (IO&N + DREAM), and Research Computing (ITS-RC) creating a unified, integrated strategy for mission critical IT services at the nation's leading public research university. The role partners closely with the CIO to implement institutional priorities, advance digital transformation, and ensure that ITS is a high performing, service oriented organization.
Together with the Assistant Vice Chancellors who report to him/her/them, the Senior Associate Chief Information Officer, Core IT Services, will realign these five (5) operational areas under three (3) subordinate leaders, with the corresponding organizations as follows:
EdTech + CXE
IO&N + DREAM
ITS-RC
Accordingly, the Senior Associate CIO, Core Services, will be responsible for a division containing approximately 230 employees and comprising approximately $40M in total operating budget.