Vice President and Vice Provost for Information Technology and Libraries

Brandeis University
Waltham, Massachusetts

Brandeis University seeks a visionary, strategic-minded information leader as Chief Information Officer. This is a highly visible position on the Brandeis senior leadership team and an outstanding opportunity to lead the integrated information resources, libraries, and technology activities of one of the nation’s most distinguished universities.

Reporting to the Executive Vice President/Chief Operating Officer and the Provost, the Vice President and Vice Provost for Information Technology and Libraries/Chief Information Officer (CIO) has responsibility for all information services activities, including technology infrastructure, administrative systems, academic and instructional technology, user support, and university libraries. The CIO heads a 110-person organization through three directors, the Chief Technology Officer, Chief University Librarian, and Chief Information Security Officer. The LTS FY08 annual operating budget is approximately $12 million plus a $4 million capital budget.

The ideal candidate will be a proven information technology leader who brings significant experience in university or research environments and is knowledgeable in the full spectrum of technology issues spanning infrastructure to digital information. Candidates must be adept at collaborating with a broad range of constituencies and managing by influence and possess the maturity and intelligence to operate in a demanding intellectual environment. An undergraduate degree is required; an advanced degree in a relevant field, ideally the Ph.D. is strongly preferred.

A private, nonprofit, coeducational institution, Brandeis University is the only nonsectarian, Jewish-sponsored college or university in the country and a center of open inquiry and teaching. A preeminent undergraduate liberal arts institution within a powerful research university, Brandeis is an active member of the Association of American Universities (AAU) and the youngest institution to earn recognition by Phi Beta Kappa. Brandeis has been consistently ranked among the nation’s top universities since its inception and was 31st in the US News and World Report national university rankings for 2008. The university’s research enterprise is steadily expanding, fueled by a distinguished and highly productive faculty; research awards totaled $49 million in FY07. Brandeis comprises more than 5,000 students, is located on a 235-acre suburban campus nine miles west of Boston, and welcomes a diverse, international community of students, faculty, and staff. For more information, please visit www.brandeis.edu

Brandeis University has retained Isaacson, Miller, a national executive search firm, to assist with this important search. All inquiries, nominations/referrals, and resumes with cover letters, should be sent electronically and in confidence to: Vivian Brocard, Vice President-Elaine Wilmore, Senior Associate, Isaacson, Miller, 334 Boylston Street, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02116,
E-mail: 3582@imsearch.com

Brandeis University is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer
and encourages applications from women and minorities.