Director - Information Technology - University

Role- Director - IT

Reporting to- Vice Chancellor

Experience- 10+ years

Location- Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh

The recruited members will play an integral part in the creation and development of the new university and will assist in determining its strategy and direction. The successful candidates will be part of the senior management team reporting to the Vice Chancellor to develop the University's overall strategies, policies and programs.

As a Director IT, the candidate will focus on strategizing/developing plans and budgets for the campus wide information technology infrastructure, networking services and maintenance.

Roles and Responsibilities of the Director- Information Technology, so designated in relation to the authority concerned, shall be-

- Develop and enforce appropriate IT policies and guidelines.

- Responsible for setting up the IT infrastructure and Networks, start the process of implementing cutting-edge Information Technology for the University

- Evaluate campus- current IT related requirements and develop overall roadmap to meet future requirements for continuous improvement.

- Work with departments and units to support their ICT aims and objectives, assist in development of short and long term computing and technology priorities

- Managing entire IT Infrastructure, Budgeting, Vendor Management, Asset Management and Procurement and implementation of multiple system and applications

- Develop IT Strategies and advise management on various business process, meeting and discussing with vendor partners to understand the best in the industry solutions

- Monitoring daily operations to ensure that Infrastructure as a whole provides a high degree of reliability; inspecting Hardware & Network, User Issues, IT Security & Policy and Documentation on a regular basis

- Lead the IT support function for all departments in the campus in troubleshooting system, network and applications related issues.

- Collaborate closely with the other Campuses and the University's IT organization, with the objective of full and seamless integration.

Requirements/Eligibility:

- Master's Degree in any discipline from a recognized University/Institute

- Preference would be given to candidate having at least 10 years of experience in similar profile with a reputed University / Higher Educational Institution

- Preference would be given for candidates from top engineering institutes with global exposure handling large volume of students

- Candidates are expected to have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and must have an intimate knowledge of the higher education landscape in India and internationally

- Candidates with the will to drive the vertical completely by recruiting their own team and set up the policies

Compensation: 28-36 LPA