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Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania – a flourishing, diverse educational community dedicated to the highest academic standards – seeks a dynamic, collaborative, and bold leader to be its next Chief Information Officer and Constance A. Jones Director of Libraries (CIO & Director). Reporting directly to Bryn Mawr’s president, the CIO & Director of Libraries will ensure that the College’s integrated IT/library organization continues to advance a culture of innovation, inclusiveness, and excellence and that it is positioned and resourced to play a central role in the success of Bryn Mawr faculty, students, and staff, and indeed of the College itself.
The CIO & Director oversees the merged Library & Information Technology Services (LITS) organization, including 8 direct reports and 75 total professional staff, and an overall budget of more than $17M. Bryn Mawr also benefits from long-standing library and IT “Tri-College” partnerships with Haverford College and Swarthmore College, collaborations the CIO & Director will be responsible for shepherding. This new leader will provide cohesive leadership across both the library and IT functions at Bryn Mawr, supporting their ongoing collaboration and ensuring their unique needs are addressed within a strategic vision of the College’s information and technology resource. They will function as an integral part of the President’s senior staff, ensuring that technology and library investments and priorities align with overall institutional goals, contributing to effective decision-making by the leadership team, and bringing a clear grasp of the College’s opportunities, risks, and challenges to the leadership and staff of LITS.
Strategic priorities for this role include managing change as Bryn Mawr reexamines what “library” means in the 21st century, in terms of technology as well as physical spaces and collections; shepherding LITS’ existing collaborative culture while working with all campus constituencies to ensure IT needs are being met; co-sponsoring the upcoming Workday implementation, ensuring the ERP is designed, resourced, and executed to yield measurable gains in efficiency and comprehensive resource planning; and collaborating with the new Director of Information Security to advance IT and data security practices across campus.
The Chief Information Officer and Director of Libraries will be a creative, collaborative, and
empathetic leader who will bring vision, energy, and a capacity for innovation to their work. They will invest themselves in Bryn Mawr’s community and will proactively and energetically engage its commitment to equity, inclusion, and anti-racism.
Preferred Qualifications
• Experience developing or leading technology-based services and infrastructure in an
integrated library and technology organization supporting an education institution;
familiarity with the opportunities, challenges, resource needs, and values of an academic
library and an academic IT organization.
Required Qualifications
• At least eight years of management experience in library and/or information technology
• An understanding of best practices and emerging solutions in the management of library
resources
• A strategic understanding of the technologies relevant to collaboration, communication,
research, teaching and learning, and resource management such as digital networks,
multimedia applications, distributed computing, hardware and software infrastructure, and
cloud-based services – along with demonstrated ability to provide leadership and direction
strategic choices and investments in them
• Broad knowledge of legal issues and risks relating to cyber security, privacy, and data
stewardship
• Demonstrated experience in strategic planning and implementation
• Excellent leadership and personnel development skills
• Ability to communicate concisely and effectively in multiple media and with a broad array of
audiences
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with a wide range of
constituencies who have varying degrees of domain expertise in library or technology
• Participation in national organizations relevant to the work of LITS; commitment to fostering
staff participation in same; a record of bringing new ideas to the organization from
engagement with such communities
Required Qualification
• An undergraduate degree from an accredited institution
Bryn Mawr is a distinguished women’s college located on a beautiful residential campus just outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Since its founding in 1885 as the only Sister school that granted the PhD to women, Bryn Mawr retains its unique roots as a liberal arts institution with extremely high research productivity. Two distinctive coed graduate schools and a post-baccalaureate premedical program enrich the College community and offer opportunities for advanced study. The College is a leader in academic innovation, with a particular focus on putting learning into action through research, fieldwork, community and social justice engagement, and internships. Bryn Mawr further expands students’ options to learn and explore through long-standing partnerships with Haverford and Swarthmore Colleges and the University of Pennsylvania, as well as through the cultural and social resources of Philadelphia.
Bryn Mawr College is an equal opportunity employer. Applications are considered without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, age or disability.
Position Overview
Company
Bryn Mawr College
Location
Bryn Mawr, PA
Job Type
Full time
Salary
$210,000-$250,000 annually
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Position Details
Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania – a flourishing, diverse educational community dedicated to the highest academic standards – seeks a dynamic, collaborative, and bold leader to be its next Chief Information Officer and Constance A. Jones Director of Libraries (CIO & Director). Reporting directly to Bryn Mawr’s president, the CIO & Director of Libraries will ensure that the College’s integrated IT/library organization continues to advance a culture of innovation, inclusiveness, and excellence and that it is positioned and resourced to play a central role in the success of Bryn Mawr faculty, students, and staff, and indeed of the College itself.
The CIO & Director oversees the merged Library & Information Technology Services (LITS) organization, including 8 direct reports and 75 total professional staff, and an overall budget of more than $17M. Bryn Mawr also benefits from long-standing library and IT “Tri-College” partnerships with Haverford College and Swarthmore College, collaborations the CIO & Director will be responsible for shepherding. This new leader will provide cohesive leadership across both the library and IT functions at Bryn Mawr, supporting their ongoing collaboration and ensuring their unique needs are addressed within a strategic vision of the College’s information and technology resource. They will function as an integral part of the President’s senior staff, ensuring that technology and library investments and priorities align with overall institutional goals, contributing to effective decision-making by the leadership team, and bringing a clear grasp of the College’s opportunities, risks, and challenges to the leadership and staff of LITS.
Strategic priorities for this role include managing change as Bryn Mawr reexamines what “library” means in the 21st century, in terms of technology as well as physical spaces and collections; shepherding LITS’ existing collaborative culture while working with all campus constituencies to ensure IT needs are being met; co-sponsoring the upcoming Workday implementation, ensuring the ERP is designed, resourced, and executed to yield measurable gains in efficiency and comprehensive resource planning; and collaborating with the new Director of Information Security to advance IT and data security practices across campus.
The Chief Information Officer and Director of Libraries will be a creative, collaborative, and
empathetic leader who will bring vision, energy, and a capacity for innovation to their work. They will invest themselves in Bryn Mawr’s community and will proactively and energetically engage its commitment to equity, inclusion, and anti-racism.
Preferred Qualifications
• Experience developing or leading technology-based services and infrastructure in an
integrated library and technology organization supporting an education institution;
familiarity with the opportunities, challenges, resource needs, and values of an academic
library and an academic IT organization.
Required Qualifications
• At least eight years of management experience in library and/or information technology
• An understanding of best practices and emerging solutions in the management of library
resources
• A strategic understanding of the technologies relevant to collaboration, communication,
research, teaching and learning, and resource management such as digital networks,
multimedia applications, distributed computing, hardware and software infrastructure, and
cloud-based services – along with demonstrated ability to provide leadership and direction
strategic choices and investments in them
• Broad knowledge of legal issues and risks relating to cyber security, privacy, and data
stewardship
• Demonstrated experience in strategic planning and implementation
• Excellent leadership and personnel development skills
• Ability to communicate concisely and effectively in multiple media and with a broad array of
audiences
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with a wide range of
constituencies who have varying degrees of domain expertise in library or technology
• Participation in national organizations relevant to the work of LITS; commitment to fostering
staff participation in same; a record of bringing new ideas to the organization from
engagement with such communities
Required Qualification
• An undergraduate degree from an accredited institution
Bryn Mawr is a distinguished women’s college located on a beautiful residential campus just outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Since its founding in 1885 as the only Sister school that granted the PhD to women, Bryn Mawr retains its unique roots as a liberal arts institution with extremely high research productivity. Two distinctive coed graduate schools and a post-baccalaureate premedical program enrich the College community and offer opportunities for advanced study. The College is a leader in academic innovation, with a particular focus on putting learning into action through research, fieldwork, community and social justice engagement, and internships. Bryn Mawr further expands students’ options to learn and explore through long-standing partnerships with Haverford and Swarthmore Colleges and the University of Pennsylvania, as well as through the cultural and social resources of Philadelphia.
Bryn Mawr College is an equal opportunity employer. Applications are considered without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, age or disability.
