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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Head of Digital Transformation & CIO | Onsite @ Delta College - **Company:** Ellucian - **Location:** Bay City, MI, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Software as a Service, Information Technology - **Published:** August 6, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=e277dfc9d5e8fa8e ## About the Role * 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 Banner 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. * Occasional travel, up to 25%. ## Description Ellucian is seeking to hire a Head of Digital Transformation and CIO that will work at Delta College. As the Head of Digital Transformation/CIO, you will be a trusted advisor to the Vice President of Business and Finance, 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 for higher education initiatives 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. * Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing technology organization by fostering a culture of service excellence, collaboration, accountability, and continuous learning, ensuring your team is equipped to meet the evolving needs of students, faculty, staff, and institutional leadership. * 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 and/or strengthen 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 - [Inside Mercedes-Benz: How CIO Katrin Lehmann is Empowering 5,000 Developers and Driving Digital Change](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1360-inside-mercedes-benz-how-cio-katrin-lehmann-is-empowering-5-000-developers-and-driving-digital-change) - [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) - [Opening Keynote: Civic Coding, A Framework for Democratic Tech](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/963-opening-keynote-civic-coding-a-framework-for-democratic-tech) - [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) ## Related Articles - [Dev Digest 120 - Apple and peers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/455-dev-digest-120-apple-and-peers) - [Best Coding Boot Camps in Germany](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/237-best-coding-boot-camps-in-germany) - [Dev Digest 132 - Binging WADFlix?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/473-dev-digest-132-binging-wadflix) - [Coffee with Developers - Maria Apazoglou - Making AI understandable for all in production](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/475-coffee-with-developers-maria-apazoglou-making-ai-understandable-for-all-in-production) - [Dev Digest 138 - Are you secure about this?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/486-dev-digest-138-are-you-secure-about-this) - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again)