What are the responsibilities and job description for the Deputy Chief Information Officer, Campus Engagement - Office of the Chief Information Officer position at illinois?
Duties & Responsibilities
University & Campus IT Leadership
- Serve as a senior advisor to the CIO on matters related to campus IT alignment, distributed technology engagement, and shared governance.
- Represent the priorities, perspectives, and operational realities of distributed IT directors in institutional discussions, ensuring their voices inform strategic decisions.
- Provides managerial and supervisory oversight for assigned staff and teams, including responsibility for direction of work, performance management, coaching, and professional development.
- Enhance mutual communication, transparency, and trust between centralized and distributed IT functions.
- Lead the implementation and advancement of several Boldly IT Strategic Plan initiatives, establishing structures that enable shared planning, accountability, and collective impact.
- Partner with college, school, and administrative unit IT leaders to identify opportunities for service integration, shared services, standardization, and cooperative investment.
- Serve on campus committees and advisory groups to provide technology strategy guidance and ensure cross-unit alignment.
- Act as a visible and accessible leader across campus IT communities, fostering a culture of inclusion, respect, and joint ownership.
- Guide and coordinate change management efforts for major IT initiatives, ensuring clear communication, stakeholder engagement, and smooth adoption of new technologies, services, structures, and processes.
Strategic Planning, Prioritization & Governance
- Support the development and formalization of campus-wide IT prioritization processes, including mechanisms for evaluating, sequencing, and aligning initiatives with institutional strategy.
- Develop and sustain governance models and engagement structures that promote shared decision-making and accountability.
- Collaborate with the CIO, Deputy CIOs, and distributed IT leadership to improve capital planning and long-term investment frameworks.
- Monitor emerging campus needs and recommend coordinated responses and shared solutions.
- Establish metrics and feedback mechanisms to evaluate collaboration effectiveness and improve continuous improvement efforts.
Relationship Management & Organizational Influence
- Build and maintain strategic relationships with academic and administrative leadership to understand evolving technology needs.
- Serve as a trusted convener across diverse IT stakeholder groups to address challenges and resolve areas of misalignment.
- Oversee IT engagement functions with key domains and interest areas (research, teaching and learning, etc)
- Promote a culture of professionalism, transparency, and partnership across campus IT functions.
- Communicate strategic direction and outcomes to technical and non-technical audiences, ensuring clarity and shared understanding.
- Cultivate and sustain strategic relationships with national higher education technology peers, professional organizations, and industry partners to advance institutional capabilities, share best practices, and inform campus technology strategy.
- Represent the University of Illinois in peer (e.g., BTAA, Common Solutions Group) and national organizations (e.g., Internet2, EDUCAUSE.)
Other duties as assigned.