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Rowan University is searching for a Senior Director of Information Services, overseeing core business applications, software development and
administration, and the migration of the University’s application stack to use cloud computing resources. Reporting to the Associate Vice
President of Information Resources & Technology, the Senior Director will be responsible for the operations, maintenance, and enhancement of
business applications and supporting application infrastructure. The Senior Director will be a core member of the team expected to expected
to help strategically plan and lead the University’s migration to the cloud.

Senior Director of Information Services

Rowan University is searching for a Senior Director of Information Services, overseeing core business applications, software development
and administration, and the migration of the University’s application stack to use cloud computing resources. Reporting to the Associate
Vice President of Information Resources & Technology, the Senior Director will be responsible for the operations, maintenance, and
enhancement of business applications and supporting application infrastructure. The Senior Director will be a core member of the team
expected to help strategically plan and lead the University’s migration to the cloud.

Core responsibilities include:

• Lead and oversee the activities of the teams focused on software development, application upgrades, and other business application
  customizations.
• Devise and refine policies regarding application support, system improvement, and data governance and
  security.
• Advocate for and drive adoption of modern software development methods, including Agile processes, CI/CD practices, and
  DevOps principles.
• Fill the principal role in enterprise data architecture and application integration strategy.
• Identify
  opportunities for increased efficiency using new tools or methodologies.
• Provide leadership on enterprise-wide projects dealing
  with business applications and institutional data.
• Engage and build sustaining, collaborative relationships with key leaders within
  various business, academic, and operational units across the University.
• Liaise with Information Security regarding security of
  enterprise business applications and adherence to data security policies and procedures.
• Liaise with Data Governance regarding
  proper retention and use of institutional and confidential data.
• Liaise with Support Center leadership to ensure business
  applications are properly documented and sufficient training materials are developed as new functionality is developed.
• Liaise with
  the Change Advisory Board, providing notification when updates to the environment or new functionality are planned.
• Liaise with the
  IT Acquisition Process committees to ensure proposed application purchases adhere to University standards.
• Lead software
  development best practices, policies, and procedures to ensure continual improvement goals are achieved.
• Liaise with functional
  offices regarding change requests, focusing on increasing productivity and reducing costs.
• Manage departmental budgets, forecasting
  software, training, and resource demands.
• Act as a point of contact for various software vendors.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline or equivalent experience.
• 5 years of experience in software development or
  application administration.
• Experience using Amazon Web Services such as EC2, EBS, Lamda, Dynamo and S3 or equivalents.
• Knowledge of professional software engineering best practices for the full software development life cycle.
• Excellent verbal
  and written communication skills.
• Excellent organizational and leadership skills.
• Strong analytical skills with excellent
  problem-solving abilities.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience with Agile software development and leading
  agile, cross-discipline teams.
• Hands-on experience with developing and using cloud computing resources.
• Demonstrated
  ability to context switch and bridge the linguistic gap between technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience with developing
  and presenting strategic planning materials.
• Experience with management by objective strategies, such as objectives and key results
  (OKR).
• Experience with ITSM support models and best practices.

Rowan University is searching for a Senior Director of
Information Services, overseeing core business applications, software development and administration, and the migration of the University’s
application stack to use cloud computing resources. Reporting to the Associate Vice President of Information Resources & Technology, the
Senior Director will be responsible for the operations, maintenance, and enhancement of business applications and supporting application
infrastructure. The Senior Director will be a core member of the team expected to help strategically plan and lead the University’s
migration to the cloud.

Core responsibilities include:

• Lead and oversee the activities of the teams focused on software
  development, application upgrades, and other business application customizations.
• Devise and refine policies regarding application
  support, system improvement, and data governance and security.
• Advocate for and drive adoption of modern software development
  methods, including Agile processes, CI/CD practices, and DevOps principles.
• Fill the principal role in enterprise data architecture
  and application integration strategy.
• Identify opportunities for increased efficiency using new tools or methodologies.
• Provide leadership on enterprise-wide projects dealing with business applications and institutional data.
• Engage and build
  sustaining, collaborative relationships with key leaders within various business, academic, and operational units across the
  University.
• Liaise with Information Security regarding security of enterprise business applications and adherence to data security
  policies and procedures.
• Liaise with Data Governance regarding proper retention and use of institutional and confidential
  data.
• Liaise with Support Center leadership to ensure business applications are properly documented and sufficient training
  materials are developed as new functionality is developed.
• Liaise with the Change Advisory Board, providing notification when
  updates to the environment or new functionality are planned.
• Liaise with the IT Acquisition Process committees to ensure proposed
  application purchases adhere to University standards.
• Lead software development best practices, policies, and procedures to ensure
  continual improvement goals are achieved.
• Liaise with functional offices regarding change requests, focusing on increasing
  productivity and reducing costs.
• Manage departmental budgets, forecasting software, training, and resource demands.
• Act as
  a point of contact for various software vendors.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline or
  equivalent experience.
• 5 years of experience in software development or application administration.
• Experience using
  Amazon Web Services such as EC2, EBS, Lamda, Dynamo and S3 or equivalents.
• Knowledge of professional software engineering best
  practices for the full software development life cycle.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent
  organizational and leadership skills.
• Strong analytical skills with excellent problem solving abilities.

Preferred
qualifications:

• Experience with Agile software development and leading agile, cross-discipline teams.
• Hands-on
  experience with developing and using cloud computing resources.
• Demonstrated ability to context switch and bridge the linguistic
  gap between technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience with developing and presenting strategic planning materials.
• Experience with management by objective strategies, such as objectives and key results (OKR).
• Experience with ITSM support
  models and best practices.