Associate Vice President of Information Technology

Description

The Kansas State University Foundation (KSU Foundation) is partnering with Wendy Wilsker and Paul Dennis from Boyden Executive Search in the recruitment of the Associate Vice President of Information Technology. For more information and to review the job description, please click here . Please direct all applications, inquiries, and nominations to Paul Dennis, Executive Search Consultant, at [email protected] .

Compensation: $190,000 - $210,000 annually

Regular, Full-Time, Exempt

Location: Manhattan, KS (onsite only)

Our Promise to You

• •Competitive health, dental, life insurance, plus voluntary benefits including company paid HSA contributions
• •403(b) retirement plan with 10% company contribution
• •Paid leave for holidays, vacation, wellness, personal, parental, and volunteer
• •Tuition and certification assistance and a $300 annual reimbursement wellness program
• •A work environment that embraces flexibility inside of a framework
• •Mission-driven work that changes the lives of people around the world
• •View more benefits on our website or click here !

Technology is critical to advancing organizational impact. As the Associate Vice President of Information Technology, you will provide strategic leadership for the organization's technology function, ensuring technology investments, services, and capabilities support organizational priorities and long-term success. This position collaborates with leaders across the organization to identify opportunities, strengthen operations, and ensure technology delivers measurable organizational value. The AVP helps the organization leverage technology to improve effectiveness, efficiency, and decision-making while ensuring technology resources remain secure, reliable, scalable, and financially responsible.

What You'll Do

• •Direct technology strategy, operations, infrastructure, and service delivery to ensure technology services are secure, reliable, cost-effective, and aligned with organizational needs.
• •Lead cybersecurity, privacy, and technology risk management programs to protect organizational information assets and ensure resilient, compliant technology operations through effective governance, security controls, incident response, disaster recovery, and business continuity planning.
• •Oversee the governance, prioritization, and execution of the technology project portfolio, aligning initiatives with organizational priorities, managing resources and risks, and driving successful implementation and adoption.
• •Advance data governance, data quality, integrations, analytics, and reporting capabilities to ensure accurate, secure, and reliable information that supports decision-making, compliance, and operational effectiveness.
• •Drive process improvement and automation initiatives by redesigning workflows and leveraging technology solutions that improve efficiency, scalability, user adoption, and organizational performance.
• •Lead the organization’s artificial intelligence strategy and digital readiness efforts, establishing governance, evaluating emerging technologies, identifying practical use cases, and driving the responsible adoption of AI-enabled solutions that enhance organizational effectiveness, innovation, and decision-making.
• •Manage technology vendor relationships, contracts, licensing, renewals, and service agreements to ensure technology investments are cost-effective, contractually compliant, secure, well-supported, and aligned with organizational objectives.
• •Manage the technology team, including recruitment, performance management, and coaching. Responsible for fostering a positive, high-performing team culture by setting clear expectations, providing meaningful feedback, and supporting individual and team success.

Requirements

• •Bachelor's degree in information technology, computer science, cybersecurity, information systems, or a related field
• •10+ years of enterprise technology experience spanning strategy, cybersecurity, infrastructure, enterprise systems, data management, automation, and vendor management
• •8+ years of leadership experience managing individual contributors and leaders of people, with a demonstrated ability to inspire teams while providing and receiving feedback
• •Demonstrated success leading complex technology initiatives and organizational change
• •Ability to communicate technical, financial, contractual, and risk considerations to diverse stakeholders

Preferred Qualifications

• •PMP certification
• •Experience with Microsoft technologies, Salesforce or similar CRM platforms, and cloud-based systems
• •Experience establishing governance frameworks, service management programs, technology adoption strategies, or AI capabilities
• •Experience in higher education, nonprofit, fundraising, donor management, or other relationship-driven environments

If you are a forward-thinking technology executive who enjoys building strong partnerships, leading through change, and using technology to create organizational impact, we encourage you to apply!