Assistant Dean for Information Technology, School of Medicine
About the Role
The Assistant Dean for Information Technology is responsible for providing IT organizational leadership to enable delivery of cost-effective and innovative solutions that are aligned with the mission, goals, priorities, and unique needs of the School of Medicine and its affiliated Schools, Centers and Institutes. This includes assessment of programming, policy development, and budget development with oversight and authority to set and change the strategic goals of the IT units or functional areas assigned.
Key responsibilities include serving as lead in the areas of academic, research, educational, and clinical IT domains in planning, innovation, organizational agility, and service delivery to bring alignment between VCU Technology Services and VCU Health IT. The role is also responsible for strategizing research computing technology needs of the School of Medicine and working with leadership across VCU to procure the resources and systems needed to implement these tools.
How to apply
VCU’s Executive Search Team is assisting Virginia Commonwealth University in this search. Application materials should be submitted to the VCU job portal located at the link below:
Contact & submissions
Confidential inquiries, nominations and application materials should be directed to Tanya-Lee Giscombe. Submission of application materials as PDF attachments is strongly encouraged. The search will be conducted with a commitment of confidentiality for candidates until finalists are selected.
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