Associate Vice Chancellor for IT & Chief Information Officer (4833U) 54733 About Berkeley

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Departmental Overview

Position Overview

The Associate Vice Chancellor for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer (CIO) is the senior-most technology officer at UC Berkeley and is responsible for providing the strategic vision for Information Technology (IT) campus-wide through the oversight of Berkeley IT (bIT) and the collaborative leadership of partner IT organizations in other divisions and schools. Reporting jointly to the Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost (EVCP) and the Vice Chancellor for Administration (VCA) at the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley), the CIO advises campus leadership on IT matters and works with them in shaping UC Berkeley's strategy around IT.

The dual-reporting structure for the CIO reflects the centrality of IT to all aspects of UC Berkeley's academic mission and its business operations. The CIO has both a direct and indirect influence on the education, research, and public service mission of the University. The CIO has, working with the IT community, responsibility for strengthening infrastructure to support education and research, strategically planning ahead to tackle higher education issues through technology, and increasing operational efficiency through data and digital solutions.

CIO & Campus

The next CIO will join Berkeley at a time of continued growth and recovery from the pandemic. At a time of growth in enrollment, research, capital projects, and strategic initiatives, the CIO will lead and collaborate on technology initiatives and investments with enterprise-wide impact. The CIO and their team and partners will support managing enrollment growth in considering enterprise applications upgrades and integrations; support research and instruction in considering data storage and energy needs; and support hybrid environments in teaching and administration.

The next CIO will bring curiosity and passion for the incredible potential of information technology to teaching and research. They must be willing to learn stakeholders' needs and have a passion for supporting UC Berkeley's higher education mission. The CIO will be active in building relationships, listening to diverse stakeholders, advocating for IT through storytelling, and fostering partnerships across the campus. The ability to work collaboratively and across layers is especially important at Berkeley, as IT at Berkeley is federated and matrixed; hence, the CIO must be able to lead incremental change through influence and often without direct authority. To advance and support Berkeley's excellence in research and teaching, the CIO must be highly strategic and possess excellent financial acumen in order to develop a vision and prioritize various implementations and upgrades. There is the opportunity for the CIO to consider external funding opportunities creatively through corporate partnerships and grants.

The visibility of the CIO extends to the role's responsibility and impact on diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging, justice, and access (DEIBJA) values. The CIO is a co-chair on the IT Accessibility Policy Advisory Committee and a co-executive sponsor of the Gender Recognition and Lived Name Policy. The CIO is a leader who can advise executives on IT matters grounded in equity, as well as model and influence culture and values in their organization.

CIO & Executive Leadership

Recognized as an executive for IT, the CIO provides influential leadership, vision, and prioritization in the effective application of systems and technology at the enterprise level and makes related final decisions that ensure the achievement of supporting the campus' missions. The CIO strategically advises campus executives and partners on emerging and critical IT issues, including, but not limited to, how best to support campus researchers, as well as advancing digital integrations, information security, sustainable funding, enterprise systems, student services, and innovation opportunities. The CIO will advise executives on IT priorities and finance/budget to make sound decisions using transparency, data, and the IT Governance structure at Berkeley.

The CIO meets regularly with campus executives, other IT leaders, bIT leadership team, bIT staff, and faculty and students through the Academic Senate Committee on Computing & Information Technology (CIT) and the Student Technology Council (STC). The CIO represents the Berkeley campus in local, UC system-wide, and national meetings and discussions. The CIO convenes the Technology Leadership Council (TLC) which includes both solid and dotted-line reporting relationships from both bIT and campus partner IT organizations.

The CIO sponsors IT committees and collaborates with IT service units as well as administrative and academic leaders across campus. The CIO is the executive sponsor of the One IT initiative, a coordinated program of activities to help build the IT community, allow IT partners across campus to engage with one another, and improve IT services collaboration. On the UC Berkeley campus, there are over 900 staff with IT job titles, and the One IT community also includes staff without IT job titles who work in IT departments and organizations.

Berkeley IT (bIT) consists of 300+ staff of the broader campus IT community, and bIT reports up to the CIO through layered supervision. Within bIT is the Action Team, a group of volunteers (staff and managers across bIT) who works with and on behalf of bIT community members in identifying and removing professional barriers related to inequality and racial trauma.

IT at Berkeley Overview

The Associate Vice Chancellor for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer (CIO) is responsible for the strategic oversight of both the bIT department and the broader campus-wide IT strategy. This includes leading the strategic planning effort for campus IT priorities alongside dedicated Berkeley IT staff and partnering with other departments across campus to provide technical support and services for students, faculty, staff, and alumni.

One IT

Sponsored by the CIO, One IT is an inclusive and diverse community open to all on the Berkeley campus who work in IT organizations, serve as technology specialists, or are passionate about using data, technology, and design. The One IT Program works to connect folks from all areas of IT and IT-adjacent functions across Berkeley to build community, increase collaboration, and improve IT services, coordination, and efficiencies to provide the best possible service to all. One IT has hosted social and networking events to engage and build community that has contributed to collaborations across campus between bIT and decentralized IT units as well as contributed to the work in the campus-wide IT strategy.

The CIO has direct responsibility of bIT. It has dotted-line relationships with Facilities Services IT, Library IT, Research, Teaching, & Learning (RTL) / Chief Academic Technology Officer, University Health Services (UHS) IT, University Development & Alumni Relations (UDAR) Operations; and it has collaborative relationships with IT departments in Berkeley Haas, Berkeley Law, Engineering, Extension, School of Optometry & Vision Science, and Berkeley Lab.

bIT

Berkeley IT consists of over 300 staff in seven units: Business Operations (for bIT), Campus Applications & Data, Campus IT Experience (including Intercollegiate Athletics IT and Student Affairs IT), Campus IT Infrastructure, Information Security Office, People, Performance, and Culture (for bIT), and Strategy and Partnerships (including facilitating a Governance structure). Berkeley IT honors and agrees to uphold the campus Principles of Community. In addition, members of the Berkeley IT community have created and endorsed the following values for the bIT organization to augment and amplify the campus principles:

• We champion diversity. We believe that differences in experience, perspective, and identity enliven and enrich our work, strengthen our solutions and services, and uphold our commitment to access and opportunity for all. We treat each other with respect and actively recognize each other for contributions towards creating a positive, inclusive work environment.
• We act with integrity. We are honest, open, and transparent. We strive to do what is right for each other and the communities we serve. Our actions reflect a high ethical standard and commitment to equity.
• We deliver. We take responsibility for our work and honor our commitments to each other, our customers and our organization by delivering high-quality, timely service.
• We innovate. We conceive new ways of doing things by listening to others' ideas, remaining open-minded, fostering creative solutions, pushing our limits, and continually improving our processes.

To learn more about bIT, please visit the bIT website and review the bIT org chart.

Responsibilities

Chief IT Executive for UC Berkeley

• Supports the Chancellor, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost (EVCP), and Vice Chancellor for Administration (VCA), the other campus Vice Chancellors, Vice Provosts, and Deans in the general management of the campus by leveraging the information technology (IT) community to make the campus's administrative support functions and services more efficient and effective in a distributed computing environment.
• Serves as the senior technology executive on the campus, with responsibility for developing and leading an information technology vision for the campus that facilitates and enhances the research, teaching and learning, and public service missions of the University, in collaboration with faculty, students and staff.
• Provides an information technology perspective on campus-wide management committees. Acts as the executive IT advisor to senior campus leadership.
• Advises campus executives on the trade-offs and options between IT priorities and finance/budget to make sound decisions using transparency, data, and IT governance.
• Advises campus executives and partners on emerging and/or critical IT issues such as but not limited to: support of campus researchers, digital integrations, information security, sustainable funding, enterprise systems, student services, and innovation opportunities.
• Chairs the campus Technology Leadership Council (TLC). The CIO provides information technology leadership, vision, prioritization, planning, coordination and implementation in a timely, cost-effective, and innovative way to enable both the strategic goals and operational needs of the entire campus community. The CIO sponsors IT committees and collaborates with IT service units across campus in support of Berkeley's missions of instruction, research, and public service.
• Builds bridges with campus partners, both IT and non-IT, and leverages resources and partnerships in advancing IT initiatives for the campus.
• With broad curiosity, engages with various and diverse stakeholders, including students, to increase the CIO and IT presence on campus and include students and faculty in collaboration.
• At UC Berkeley, the CIO is an ex officio member of the Academic Senate Computing & Information Technology (CIT) committee and a member of several IT governance committees, including the IT Strategy Committee and the Data Governance Committee. The CIO has delegated responsibility for the UC IT Accessibility Policy and, as such, co-chairs Berkeley's steering committee that oversees the local implementation of that policy.

Leadership of Berkeley IT (bIT)

• Leads and manages, through subordinate management, the operations, staff, and budget of bIT. Through collaboration, motivates and leads IT leaders in developing and achieving functional goals.
• Proactively assesses the talent within the campus-wide IT community, including its ability to drive excellence in delivering IT capability to stakeholders. Assesses, develops and motivates leaders and talent, ensuring a high-performance team that is respected by all stakeholders.
• Provides leadership on professional development programs and activities, as well as diversity, equity, and inclusion strategies and programs for bIT and One IT.
• Leads and manages, through direct reports, all central computing and communication activities including special information technology projects and implementations. Berkeley IT (bIT) consists of various departments and has over 300+ staff.

One IT Engagement & Leadership

• Executive sponsorship of the One IT initiative: builds IT community, allows IT partners across campus to engage with one another, and improves IT services coordination.
• Builds an environment that ensures the campus-wide IT community is attuned to faculty and student technology needs, whether through the TLC, One IT, or other outreach activities.
• Leads and facilitates open and collaborative discussion of campus IT plans and policies at all levels of the campus administration, including information officers in academic, research, and administrative units.

IT & Policy Executive Leadership

• Develops and promotes standards and guidelines for the deployment of computing, information, collaboration, and networking technologies throughout campus.
• Builds an enterprise-level IT environment through the use of professional technology-acquisition practices.
• Leads through subordinate management the efforts to formulate, implement, and operate an effective computer network security plan and the information privacy risk assessment function for the campus.
• Develops campus policies on the appropriate uses of information technology, including digital information, electronic communications, networks, and computers.

External Representation & Leadership Development

• Represents UC Berkeley on the University of California systemwide information technology planning and operational task forces and committees such as the University of California Information Technology Leadership Council (ITLC).
• As appropriate, plays a role in national organizations and initiatives as appropriate (e.g., Educause, Internet 2, CENIC, Common Solutions Group, etc.).

Required Qualifications

IT Executive Leadership & Expertise

• Significant years of progressive responsibility growth and experiences leading and managing an information technology organization with diverse services and programs that have a broad and large user base.
• Broad curiosity about information technology in higher education and ability to proactively engage with a diverse user base.
• Proven leadership abilities in a complex and/or decentralized environment with various stakeholders in order to achieve support of and move forward IT projects & initiatives through relationship building, motivation, influence, and transparency. Strong community and consensus builder to leverage partnerships and resources.
• Expertise in and a passion for keeping current on emerging trends, paradigms, and issues in computing, information, technology. Ability to integrate and apply them into a strategic vision for computing and to optimize technology to a sustained advantage in the advancement of the organization's mission. Experienced in sourcing strategies and vendor management.
• Expert analytical and strategic thinking skills to understand key institutional drivers.
• Demonstrated integrity and strong work ethic as well as possess high professional standards that are motivating to their team and others.

Organizational & People Leadership

• Demonstrated commitment to the values of diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging, justice, and access (DEIBJA). Proven experience and success in leading initiatives or programs advancing these values.
• Strong management ability to lead, assess, and support professional staff, to motivate subordinate management to develop and achieve goals in alignment with the mission.
• Focused on staff development opportunities. Ability to listen to and engage with all levels of staff both technical and non-technical.
• Skilled in organizational management and development. Strong and visionary organizational leadership to improve cohesion, culture, and effectiveness of their organization and the stakeholder community.
• Strong financial acumen and sound budgetary judgment; proven ability to manage fiduciary responsibilities of a large and complex budget process.

Collaboration & Communication / Storytelling

• Ability to build strong relationships and to establish trust, and to work with dynamic and diverse members of the campus community including faculty, students, and staff.
• Expert collaboration skills to work with partners, stakeholders, and user communities on creating and implementing tactical and strategic plans across areas with varying priorities.
• Advanced listening and communication (written, verbal, and presentation) skills for influencing and facilitating sustained change. Strong communication abilities to advocate for IT and translate between technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Highly developed diplomacy and conflict resolution skills and political acumen.
• Strong and proactive customer service, user experience, and change management skills to influence and motivate the organization to adopt changes, improvements, and solutions in technology and business processes.

Strategic & Implementation Success

• Strong project and process orientation and management skills, ensuring objectives, timelines, and resources align. Expert capabilities to follow through and implement at a senior and wide-impacting level.
• Possess strategic planning & implementation skills and successes.
• Strong change management and leadership skills, and the ability to apply them to implement new systems and redesign work. The ability to optimize technology to a sustainable advantage in the advancement of the organization's mission.

Education & Training Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in related area and / or equivalent experience / training.
• Advanced degree preferred.
• Typically 10 years or more of experience managing an Information technology organization preferred.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience and expertise in leading and managing academic (teaching/learning) and research technologies and deep understanding of the user needs in a research intensive university.
• Knowledge of and experience with the organizational environment of public higher education to understand clients' priorities, issues, motivations and constraints.
• Knowledge and expertise in major enterprise systems and a wide spectrum of technologies used in higher education and their opportunities & challenges. Expertise in enterprise and complex student information systems.
• Proven success in leading and managing large and complex enterprise wide technology upgrades, implementations, operations and/or other projects.
• Experienced in business continuity and disaster planning.
• Experienced in governance structure for IT and/or shared governance decision-making.
• Advanced degree in related area preferred. Demonstrates ability to carry out extremely complex assignments requiring expert knowledge of key business principles and practices.

Salary & Benefits

For information on the comprehensive benefits package offered by the University, please visit the University of California's https://www.google.com/url?q=http://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/compensation-and-benefits/index.html&source=gmail&ust=1674324686328000&usg=AOvVaw2GpIWYW1GodaOMhx7gsK4r' href='https://apptrkr.com/get_redirect.php?id=4328815&targetURL=http://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/compensation-and-benefits/index.html' style='font-variant-ligatures:normal; text-align:start; white-space:pre-wrap; color:blue; text-decoration:underline' target='_blank'>Compensation & Benefits website.

Under California law, the University of California, Berkeley is required to provide a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role and should not offer a salary outside of the range posted in this job announcement. This range takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to experience, skills, knowledge, abilities, education, licensure and certifications, analysis of internal equity, and other business and organizational needs. It is not typical for an individual to be offered a salary at or near the top of the range for a position. Salary offers are determined based on final candidate qualifications and experience.

The budgeted annual salary range that the University reasonably expects to pay for this position is $332,000 - 432,000.

The full salary range associated to the position classification is $204,300 - 459,700.

How to Apply

To apply for the hiring team's official consideration, please submit your diversity statement and upload your cover letter and resume via this system.

Application review will begin early/mid July. The position is open until filled.

This search is being supported by Berkeley Executive Search: hr.berkeley.edu/BES. Please feel free to email us at executivesearch@berkeley.edu if you have general questions.

Diversity Statement

Please include, as part of your application a brief (1-2 paragraph) statement on your contributions to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in your professional experience.

Advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion are fundamental to our UC Berkeley Principles of Community, which states that 'every member of the UC Berkeley community has a role in sustaining a safe, caring, and humane environment in which these values can thrive.'

Conviction History Background

This is a designated position requiring fingerprinting and a background check due to the nature of the job responsibilities. Berkeley does hire people with conviction histories and reviews information received in the context of the job responsibilities. The University reserves the right to make employment contingent upon successful completion of the background check.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. For more information about your rights as an applicant, please see the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission poster.



For the complete University of California nondiscrimination and affirmative action policy, please see the University of California Discrimination, Harassment, and Affirmative Action in the Workplace policy.





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