70-22 Director of Information Technology and Project Management

October 11, 2024

Colorado State University


Posting Details
Posting Detail Information

Working Title 70-22 Director of Information Technology and Project Management
Position Location Fort Collins, CO
Is this position eligible for hybrid or remote work? Yes – Hybrid Remote/In-Office
Research Professional Position No
Posting Number 202201823AP
Position Type Admin Professional/ Research Professional
Classification Title Management III
Number of Vacancies 1
Work Hours/Week 40
Proposed Annual Salary Range $150,000-$180,000 Salary is commensurate with experience and qualifications.
Employee Benefits Colorado State University (CSU) is committed to providing employees with a strong and competitive benefits package that supports you, your health, and your family. Visit CSU’s Human Resources website for detailed benefit plan information for permanent full-time and part-time faculty and administrative professional employees in the following University benefit areas: https://hr.colostate.edu/hr-community-and-supervisors/benefits/benefits-eligibility/ & https://hr.colostate.edu/prospective-employees/our-perks/ .
Desired Start Date 01/23/2023
Position End Date (if temporary)
To ensure full consideration, applications must be received by 11:59pm (MT) on 11/28/2022
Description of Work Unit The Office of Engagement and Extension (OEE) was organized in 2006 to advance CSU’s engagement and outreach missions. In addition to CSU Extended Campus, OEE includes CSU Extension, the Colorado Water Center, and a variety of vibrant programs that engage the teaching, research, extension, and service missions of Colorado State University. The Vice President for Engagement and Extension (VPEE) is the principal administrative, academic, and fiscal officer for these divisions, reports to the CSU President, and works closely with the Provost/Executive Vice President. These divisions work collaboratively across all Colleges and offices on campus, and have strong engagement programs throughout Colorado, the Western US and globally. At any given time, OEE’s divisions include over 400 employees. The total of budgets for all divisions is approximately $85 million. OEE is one of the most institutionally comprehensive commitments to engagement and outreach among all land-grant and other universities. Propelled by OEE’s leadership, nationally CSU is a Carnegie Engaged University (2008, 2014), is a member of the Engagement Scholarship Consortium, is an APLU Innovation and Economic Prosperity University (2016), and is highly ranked for its online degree programs. Annually, CSU Extended Campus garners enrollments of over 10,000 learners and CSU Extension delivers approximately 500,000 educational contacts.
Colorado State University, a prestigious Carnegie Doctoral Research Very High University, was established in 1870 and remains inspired by its land-grant heritage and world-class faculty, staff and students. CSU enrolls approximately 33,000 on-campus undergraduate, graduate, and professional students, and is the largest employer in northern Colorado with more than 7,400 faculty and staff. Colorado State University is located 60 miles north of Denver in the beautiful city of Fort Collins.
Position Summary This dynamic and visionary senior leadership position reports to the Vice President for Engagement and Extension. As a member of the leadership team for the Office of Engagement and Extension, the individual in this position will manage the IT and Project Management Office (PMO) teams, and will work closely with campus leaders to support strategic planning, policy development, and decision-making. This position is a 12-month full-time appointment, based in Fort Collins, with the potential for flexible work arrangements, including hybrid work. 
The Director of IT and Project Management for the Office of Engagement and Extension is responsible for all strategic, management, and operational activities related to these areas of responsibility for all of OEE. This position is responsible for supporting the strategic planning of initiatives and tasks that fall under the primary work areas of the OEE IT and Project Management work groups ensuring needs are met for approximately 450 OEE employees located in communities throughout the state of Colorado, with varying levels of IT support and infrastructure at the local level, that are geographically dispersed and hosted in a non-university environment.
The individual in this position participates in the development and implementation of strategic direction for division-wide IT and project management. The Director is responsible for ensuring that the Office of Engagement and Extension receives timely end-user support across domains they oversee. Additionally, the Director provides clear and consistent communications to field staff and campus stakeholders; maintaining an appropriate balance between sustaining activity and innovation; supporting the professional development activity of staff, and providing excellent end-user support.
Required Job Qualifications
  • Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in a relevant field of study
  • Four years of IT leadership in an enterprise information technology environment comprised of multiple cross-functional teams
  • Experience with IT strategic planning
  • Excellent written communication skills
  • Demonstrated project management experience
  • Demonstrated success managing partner relationships
Preferred Job Qualifications
  • Demonstrated experience developing and maintaining short- and long-term enterprise technology infrastructure plans
  • Experience with unified communication technologies/projects in a large organization
  • Experience managing budgets in a large-scale IT operation
  • Experience managing and negotiating vendor contracts and agreements with service providers and regulatory agencies
  • Experience developing technology strategies related to cloud services, virtualization, and network architecture
  • Experience with business continuity planning and disaster recovery
  • Knowledge of PCI and FERPA regulations
  • An understanding of technology-enhanced learning principles and best practices
Diversity Statement Personal or professional commitment to diversity and inclusion as demonstrated by persistent effort, active planning, allocation of resources and/or accountability for diversity and inclusion outcomes.

Essential Duties

Job Duty Category Leadership of OEE resources and staff
Duty/Responsibility
  • Leads the OEE IT team as they develop and maintain IT systems and services that support internal and external stakeholders and facilitate organizational growth and operational excellence.
  • Leads the project management team in their daily operations
  • Develop strategic project plans to implement priorities in collaboration with Vice President for the Office of Engagement and Extension; meet regularly with the Vice President to provide updates on IT, and project management related activities and to identify needs, prioritize work and support stakeholders effectively.
  • Establish metrics that support organizational priorities using key performance indicators that rely on term-based planning cycles.
  • Lead assigned managers and support work group staff with professional development and career advancement opportunities.
  • Demonstrate a commitment to CSU’s Principles of Community by cultivating a culture of transparency, inclusion, collegiality and collaboration among work group staff.
  • Optimize systems and software to monitor IT health.
  • Join OEE division leadership meetings. Serve as a key member of the OEE leadership team who contributes to organizational business planning and organizational development.
Percentage Of Time 40
Job Duty Category Partnership Management
Duty/Responsibility
  • Works collaboratively with a wide range of campus entities, including Division of IT, College IT Directors, Learning Management System (LMS) Steering Committee, and the CSU Data Governance group. Actively engages with the Information Technology Executive Committee Advisory Council (IAC), Facilities Management, and other units as needed in order to ensure OEE is appropriately aligned with campus-based IT policies and priorities.
  • Collaborate closely with other campus IT leaders to understand high-level goals and how these goals can be achieved using IT-related interventions and enhancements. These include a variety of internal leaders in areas such as CSU Professional Education, field operations, program planning, business operations, student support, youth, and community development.
  • Oversee business analysis and polling activity across the division to help norm assessment instruments.
  • Oversee data management planning and implementation work to ensure the division’s data warehouse can be used for data visualization and business intelligence; improve workflow to access campus-based online student data in a way that honors existing data governance policies.
Percentage Of Time 20
Job Duty Category Budget planning
Duty/Responsibility
  • Manages the OEE IT and project management budget, which includes oversight of enterprise-level platforms that support users with Customer Relationship Management, website management, student outreach, analytical reporting, learning management, enrollment management, financial modelling and other important functions.
  • In partnership with assigned managers, the OEE Business Officer, and the OEE Senior Leadership Team, manage assigned annual budget.
  • Gather information from stakeholders on a regular basis to preemptively identify needs that require financial and staffing resources.
  • Support stakeholders with total cost of ownership analysis to help work groups identify costs that contribute to project and program expenses.
Percentage Of Time 10
Job Duty Category Oversight of IT security and privacy
Duty/Responsibility
  • Ensures that the organization appropriately balances IT security and privacy in order to protect the institution while simultaneously facilitating access and supporting ease of use to the greatest extent possible.
  • Adhering to established service levels in relation to server patching, access and authentication guidelines and risk assessment.
  • Oversee incident reporting and communications, and ensure incident response procedures are in alignment with those recommended by the Division of IT Information Security Office.
  • Work closely with the Division of IT Information Security Office to ensure OEE IT security policies align with institutional security policies.
  • Work in partnership with individual Colorado county sites that host technology for OEE staff and programs, ensuring that appropriate security and privacy standards are in place.
Percentage Of Time 10
Job Duty Category Communication & Project Management
Duty/Responsibility
  • Works closely with VP for the Office of Engagement and Extension, OEE Director of Marketing and Communications and other stakeholders to design and manage effective communications.
  • Develops project plans to help structure work appropriately using various project management and business planning frameworks such as Agile, ITIL or Lean.
  • Organizes and leads IT-related meetings and attends relevant campus, CSU System, state, regional, and national meetings focused on IT planning.
  • Provide regular communication to division employees about IT-related updates, capabilities and services.
  • Leverage project management principles and resources to identify opportunities to improve efficiency by automating work or streamlining task workflow using IT tools and infrastructure.
Percentage Of Time 20

Application Details

Special Instructions to Applicants For full consideration, all materials must be RECEIVED no later than 11:59 PM Mountain Time on Monday, November 28, 2022. Please submit the following to apply:

  • Resume
  • Cover letter
  • Special Required Documentation – Statement (no more than 5 pages) of how you meet all applicable “Required” and “Preferred” Job Qualifications. Please respond to each bullet point separately.

All applicants will be contacted approximately 15 working days after the deadline regarding their status. Next steps and interview dates will be shared to those moving forward. Four professional references will be requested of applicants that advance in the interview process.
For questions regarding the application process, contact the Office of Equal Opportunity at (970) 491-5836 or email [email protected] . For questions regarding the job vacancy, responsibilities, and salary, please contact Desiree Bautista at 970-491-2756 or [email protected].
Conditions of Employment Pre-employment Criminal Background Check (required for new hires)
Search Contact Desiree Bautista at 970-491-2756 or [email protected].
EEO Statement Colorado State University is committed to providing an environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based on race, age, creed, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex, gender, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, or pregnancy in its employment, programs, services and activities, and admissions, and, in certain circumstances, marriage to a co-worker. The University will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. Colorado State University is an equal opportunity and equal access institution and affirmative action employer fully committed to achieving a diverse workforce and complies with all Federal and Colorado State laws, regulations, and executive orders regarding non-discrimination and affirmative action. The Office of Equal Opportunity is located in 101 Student Services.
The Title IX Coordinator is the Director of the Office of Title IX Programs and Gender Equity, 123 Student Services Building, Fort Collins, CO 80523-0160, (970) 491-1715, [email protected] .
The Section 504 and ADA Coordinator is the Director of the Office of Equal Opportunity, 101 Student Services Building, Fort Collins, CO 80523-0160, (970) 491-5836, [email protected] .
The Coordinator for any other forms of misconduct prohibited by the University’s Policy on Discrimination and Harassment is the Vice President for Equity, Equal Opportunity and Title IX, 101 Student Services Building, Fort Collins, Co. 80523-0160, (970) 491-5836, [email protected] .
Any person may report sex discrimination under Title IX to the Office of Civil Rights, Department of Education .
Background Check Policy Statement Colorado State University strives to provide a safe study, work, and living environment for its faculty, staff, volunteers and students. To support this environment and comply with applicable laws and regulations, CSU conducts background checks for the finalist before a final offer. The type of background check conducted varies by position and can include, but is not limited to, criminal history, sex offender registry, motor vehicle history, financial history, and/or education verification. Background checks will also be conducted when required by law or contract and when, in the discretion of the University, it is reasonable and prudent to do so.

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