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The Mercatus Center at George Mason University is seeking an experience leader to lead the IT department as the Director of Information Technology by overseeing the core IT functions and innovations. The IT team provides shared services to both the Mercatus Center and the Institute for Humane Studies Center at George Mason University. This is a great opportunity to grow your career by leading a collaborative team focused on maintaining excellent service and delivering new technology to enhance security and operations. The Mercatus Center is not a routine place to work. We are a progressive and modern organization with very flexible work programs and streamlined policies - and we are growing.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Provide leadership and management for the IT team and business partners to motivate, inspire, and engage
- Oversee technology operations including network management, security, service desk support, hardware and software management, enterprise systems, technology project implementations and evaluate projects according to established goals
- Develop and implement technology processes and strategies that support growth, innovation, and efficiency through technology
- Analyze complex business needs presented by the user community and recommend technical solutions
- Drive collaboration between the IT team and business partners in the organizations to establish priorities, identify risks, and increase goal accomplishment
- Identify security vulnerabilities and eliminate them with strategic solutions that increase data safety
Minimum Requirements:
- 8 years of IT experience with 3 years in a leadership capacity
- A bachelor's degree is required; a Master's degree is preferred
- Experience in analysis, implementation, and evaluation of IT systems and their specifications while developing corresponding dashboards, key performance indicators, and metrics that demonstrate progress
- Experience developing and implementing strategies that support growth, innovation, and efficiency
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with technical and non-technical partners
Help Us Grow
Please submit your cover letter and resume, as well as three references, through our online application process. Your cover letter must indicate your interest in the Mercatus Center's mission.
Employee Benefits
Salary is competitive and will be commensurate with experience. In addition, Mercatus provides excellent benefits to all individual employees, including full health and dental coverage, flexible spending accounts, long-term disability and life insurance, a 403(b) retirement savings program, a parking permit, and free credits at George Mason University.
About the Mercatus Center at George Mason University
For over 25 years, the Mercatus Center at George Mason University has been the world's premier university source for market-oriented ideas-bridging the gap between academic ideas and real-world problems. A university-based research center, Mercatus works to advance knowledge about how markets work to improve our lives by training graduate students, conducting research, and applying sound economics to offer solutions to society's most pressing problems.
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