The Director leads a dedicated team of
business analysts, developers, and administrators to deliver high-quality, customer-focused technology solutions across academic and
administrative departments. The ideal candidate is a dynamic, collaborative leader with deep functional and technical expertise in higher
education operations.

Key Responsibilities

1.
ERP & Strategy Management

• Drive application roadmaps: Define and execute
  the long-term application strategy and modernization roadmaps, focusing heavily on adopting Ellucian
  Colleague SaaS functionalities.
• Manage release cycles: Coordinate the
  testing, planning, and deployment of Colleague patches and software releases to ensure minimal disruption to university operations.
• Mitigate technical debt: Evaluate all sub-modules and code modifications to avoid technical
  debt and eliminate unnecessary system customizations.

2. System Integration &
Analytics

• Oversee API ecosystems: Lead the technical architecture and
  maintenance of integration tools, using Ellucian Ethos to
  connect the ERP with third-party software like LMS (Canvas) and CRMs.
• Support data
  governance: Partner with stakeholders to implement strict data standards, ensuring data integrity, security, and compliance across
  administrative systems.
• Enhance reporting systems: Oversee data reporting
  infrastructure leveraging tools like Entrinsik Informer, Argos, or Ellucian Insights to drive university business analytics.

3. Team Leadership & Governance

• Mentor
  technical talent: Direct, recruit, and foster professional development for a team of database administrators, system programmers,
  and business analysts.
• Establish IT governance: Prioritize functional system requests,
  enhancements, and workflow automations alongside university leadership teams.
• Manage vendor
  relations: Act as the primary liaison to software providers, keeping track of licensing compliance, support contracts, and service
  level agreements.

Qualifications

Required Minimum Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's degree in
  Information Technology, Computer Science, Business Administration, or a closely related field.
• Leadership: Minimum of 5 years of progressively responsible IT experience, including at least 3 years in a direct management
  or leadership role.
• ERP Domain Expertise: At least 3 years of hands-on experience
  supporting and administering an Ellucian Colleague environment within a Higher Education
  institution.
• Technical Knowledge: Proven understanding of higher education operational
  frameworks (e.g., Financial Aid, Admissions, Student Records, and Human Resources).

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced Degree: Master’s degree in a
  technical or business management field.
• Advanced Ellucian Stack: Experience migrating
  legacy architectures to Colleague SaaS or managing environments built on Ellucian Experience,
  Self-Service, and Ethos.
• Legacy and Modern Tooling: Proficiency or familiarity with
  Envision, Unidata, Colleague Studio, WebAPI, or SQL databases.
• Reporting Architecture:
  Prior success designing reporting ecosystems using Informer or Ellucian ODS/Insights.

The Director leads a dedicated team of
business analysts, developers, and administrators to deliver high-quality, customer-focused technology solutions across academic and
administrative departments. The ideal candidate is a dynamic, collaborative leader with deep functional and technical expertise in higher
education operations.

Key Responsibilities

1.
ERP & Strategy Management

• Drive application roadmaps: Define and execute
  the long-term application strategy and modernization roadmaps, focusing heavily on adopting Ellucian
  Colleague SaaS functionalities.
• Manage release cycles: Coordinate the
  testing, planning, and deployment of Colleague patches and software releases to ensure minimal disruption to university operations.
• Mitigate technical debt: Evaluate all sub-modules and code modifications to avoid technical
  debt and eliminate unnecessary system customizations.

2. System Integration &
Analytics

• Oversee API ecosystems: Lead the technical architecture and
  maintenance of integration tools, using Ellucian Ethos to
  connect the ERP with third-party software like LMS (Canvas) and CRMs.
• Support data
  governance: Partner with stakeholders to implement strict data standards, ensuring data integrity, security, and compliance across
  administrative systems.
• Enhance reporting systems: Oversee data reporting
  infrastructure leveraging tools like Entrinsik Informer, Argos, or Ellucian Insights to drive university business analytics.

3. Team Leadership & Governance

• Mentor
  technical talent: Direct, recruit, and foster professional development for a team of database administrators, system programmers,
  and business analysts.
• Establish IT governance: Prioritize functional system requests,
  enhancements, and workflow automations alongside university leadership teams.
• Manage vendor
  relations: Act as the primary liaison to software providers, keeping track of licensing compliance, support contracts, and service
  level agreements.

Qualifications

Required Minimum Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's degree in
  Information Technology, Computer Science, Business Administration, or a closely related field.
• Leadership: Minimum of 5 years of progressively responsible IT experience, including at least 3 years in a direct management
  or leadership role.
• ERP Domain Expertise: At least 3 years of hands-on experience
  supporting and administering an Ellucian Colleague environment within a Higher Education
  institution.
• Technical Knowledge: Proven understanding of higher education operational
  frameworks (e.g., Financial Aid, Admissions, Student Records, and Human Resources).

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced Degree: Master’s degree in a
  technical or business management field.
• Advanced Ellucian Stack: Experience migrating
  legacy architectures to Colleague SaaS or managing environments built on Ellucian Experience,
  Self-Service, and Ethos.
• Legacy and Modern Tooling: Proficiency or familiarity with
  Envision, Unidata, Colleague Studio, WebAPI, or SQL databases.
• Reporting Architecture:
  Prior success designing reporting ecosystems using Informer or Ellucian ODS/Insights.