ecosystem. This pivotal role focuses on the lifecycle management, optimization, and continuous modernization of our core Enterprise Resource

Planning (ERP) platform, Ellucian Colleague alongside all integrated third-party systems.

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.

ecosystem. This pivotal role focuses on the lifecycle management, optimization, and continuous modernization of our core Enterprise Resource

Planning (ERP) platform, Ellucian Colleague alongside all integrated third-party systems.

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.