Director of Computing and Information Center

Quick Facts

• Role: Director of the Computing and Information Center (VIC)

• Scope: University-wide enterprise IT and information systems coordination, integration, and development

• Reporting: Directly to the Vice Rector for Information Systems

Description

Lead the next stage of VIC development by converting institutional priorities into a clear strategy for services, technologies, data, and organizational growth. You will modernize the operating and organizational model, build a high-performing leadership team, and implement portfolio/project governance to ensure reliable transition into stable operations. The role also strengthens cybersecurity and operational continuity, improves economic transparency, and drives measurable AI and automation initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Translate VIC priorities into a strategy covering services, technologies, data, and organizational development

• Modernize organizational and operational models: define roles, decision powers, coverage, and responsibilities for services, projects, architecture, security, and economics

• Build a strong leadership team; set performance expectations and evaluation; develop talent and competencies; make personnel decisions transparently

• Introduce a unified work-management system with visibility into tasks, decisions, owners, priorities, deadlines, capacity, dependencies, risks, and results

• Strengthen portfolio and project management with standards, decision gates, quality requirements, acceptance criteria, and dependable go-live into operations

• Clarify and improve economics: credible financial outlook, stabilized operations, and linkage of services/projects to costs, capacity, contractual commitments, benefits, and risks

• Develop partnerships with faculties and university units to improve service quality and ensure predictable intake and transparent prioritization

• Communicate openly and clearly about the status of services, projects, incidents, costs, capacity, key decisions, risks, and corrective actions

• Advance practical AI use by moving experiments into a safe, measurable automation and AI program

• Maintain resilient operations during change: strengthen cybersecurity, risk management, change management, monitoring, continuity, and address technology debt systematically

Requirements

• Master’s degree

• At least 7 years of relevant experience in IT management, information systems, technology services, digital transformation, or large-scale organizational change

• At least 5 years in a leading/senior managerial role

• Documented experience leading a larger specialist or IT unit with direct leadership of managers

• Proven results from organizational/operational transformation (roles, processes, structure, and team competencies)

• Experience with budget responsibility, capacity, suppliers/vendors, contracts, and operational outcomes

• Hands-on portfolio and project management experience, including transitioning projects into stable operations

• Working orientation in enterprise IT, IT services, architecture and integrations, data, cybersecurity, operational risks, and continuity

• Ability to work with autonomous or strong stakeholders with clear ownership, high-quality requirements, and decision accountability

• Integrity, impartiality, resilience, and transparent handling of public funds and sensitive information

Benefits

• Meaningful executive role with impact across the university

• Clear mandate to modernize VIC and direct cooperation with university leadership

• Opportunity to build a strong team, implement professional management, and turn strategy into concrete outcomes

• Expert, inspiring academic environment and collaboration with leading research and technical teams

• Full-time 1.0; compensation governed by the university’s salary regulations

• Fixed-term contract for 1 year, with extension to 3 years after the first year

• Independent, responsible, and creative work in an academic environment, with room for personal growth