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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # CIO (Belmont Abbey College/Ellucian Colleague SaaS) - **Company:** Ellucian - **Location:** Belmont, NC, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Software as a Service, Information Technology - **Published:** May 21, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=67e1f484285b2540 ## About the Role Do you have experience in University experience?, * 10+ years of experience in the Information Technology field or equivalent combination of education and experience leading IT strategic initiatives in a college or university environment. * Prior experience serving on campus executive leadership teams including the President. * The successful candidate must have broad direct and relevant knowledge of higher education with the ability to be sensitive and tactful, with high emotional intelligence. * Current knowledge in use and trends of technology in higher education. * Good understanding of Ellucian administrative/academic computing solutions, Ellucian Colleague SaaS preferred, and other third-party systems/solutions connected to the ERP/SIS. * Excellent verbal and written communication skills. * Strong advising, empathizing and influencing abilities. * Ability to travel up to 25%. ## Description Ellucian is seeking to hire a Chief Information Officer (CIO) that will work at Belmont Abbey College. As the CIO, you will be a trusted advisor to the President and other Executive Level Leaders on the advancement of innovative technology strategy, adoption and impact to the college. You will lead both strategic and tactical activities and campus communications to build consensus around the value of collaboration in a private higher education institution and engaging with other CIOs, while ensuring the alignment of Ellucian strategy, processes, and resources to drive the institution's strategic plan. The incumbent must have the ability to challenge conventional thinking with new ideas, approaches, and solutions through personal influence to promote transformation. The position requires professionalism, confidentiality, organization, prioritization, excellent interpersonal skills, strong written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to garner respect and confidence of colleagues through listening, learning, and forging working relationships and synergies across the college. Where you will make an impact * Maintain an exceptionally high level of professionalism, responsiveness, and ongoing proactive collaboration with President and other Executive Leadership Team Members. * Develop and sustain positive relationships with the institution's community, faculty, staff and students. * Establish and direct the strategic and tactical goals, policies, and procedures in the best interest of the institution. * Communicate strategic priorities and implementation plans to internal and external stakeholders. * Drive technology transformation and change within the institution, ensuring the campus is informed, consulted and enabled along the way. * Implement a modern technology governance process. * Communicate governance process, plans, and status updates. * Assess, anticipate, and manage technology projects and recommend appropriate action and resources. * Help translate goals into executable tactics through identifying responsible parties, needed resources, deadlines, and assessments. * Perform other duties as delegated by Executive Leadership on campus. * Serve as an industry and customer expert back into the broader Ellucian departments/divisions. ## Related Videos - [Enabling intelligent logistics automation: home-grown Industrial IoT platform at Austrian Post](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2018-enabling-intelligent-logistics-automation-home-grown-industrial-iot-platform-at-austrian-post) - [Beyond the Hype: Building Trustworthy and Reliable LLM Applications with Guardrails](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1594-beyond-the-hype-building-trustworthy-and-reliable-llm-applications-with-guardrails) - [Coffee with Developers - Maria Apazoglou](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1209-coffee-with-developers-maria-apazoglou) - [It's not easy being green](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/558-it-s-not-easy-being-green) - [Making Teaching Code Less Academic and More Market-Ready - Peter Ruppel](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1911-making-teaching-code-less-academic-and-more-market-ready-peter-ruppel) - [Fleet Management - Reinvented](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/473-fleet-management-reinvented) ## Related Articles - [The Most Popular IT Jobs on the Market](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/376-the-most-popular-it-jobs-on-the-market) - [7 Important Tips That Every Software Developer Should Know](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/101-7-important-tips-that-every-software-developer-should-know) - [Best Coding Boot Camps in Germany](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/237-best-coding-boot-camps-in-germany) - [System change: restart as developer?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/39-system-change-restart-as-developer) - [What’s the Difference between a Junior, Mid, and Senior Developer?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/238-what-s-the-difference-between-a-junior-mid-and-senior-developer) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers)