Research IT Director

• Provide leadership for departmental operations, research technology infrastructure, and related IT services.
• Lead organizational transformation, change management, and culture improvement initiatives.
• Supervise managers, professional staff, and student employees.
• Establish performance expectations, accountability measures, and operational metrics.
• Assess current research technology infrastructure, services, active projects, procedures, and budget requirements.
• Develop and improve governance, communication, decision-making, and operational processes.
• Coordinate departmental budgets and strategic resource allocation with executive leadership.
• Identify and remove organizational barriers affecting productivity, innovation, and collaboration.
• Ensure compliance with university policies, information security standards, audit requirements, and regulatory obligations.
• Prepare executive-level reports, strategic recommendations, lifecycle budgets, and transition documentation.
• Recruit, mentor, coach, and develop team members.
• Develop succession planning and prepare the organization for transition to permanent leadership.

This is a senior leadership assignment focused on stabilizing departmental operations, improving organizational effectiveness, strengthening governance and accountability, and preparing the department for long-term permanent leadership., * 8+ years of experience leading organizational transformation, change management, and service-delivery optimization.

• 8+ years of experience leading large and complex technology projects.
• 8+ years of experience in personnel management, coaching, staff development, and performance accountability.
• Demonstrated ability to lead through significant organizational and cultural change.
• Strong executive communication, decision-making, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Experience managing technology operations, budgets, priorities, and resource allocation.
• Completed Bachelor’s degree required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with research cyberinfrastructure and High-Performance Computing (HPC).
• Knowledge of high-speed storage and networking technologies.
• Experience implementing IT governance and operational maturity frameworks.
• Previous experience managing organizational change within higher education.
• Master’s degree in science, technology, or a related discipline.
• ITIL certification or experience.
• AWS and/or Azure cloud infrastructure experience.
• AI infrastructure exposure across AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Experience with HPC technologies such as Slurm and InfiniBand.
• Carpentries Instructor experience or certification., * Organizational Transformation: 10 years (Required)
• Change management: 10 years (Required)
• High-Performance Computing: 5 years (Required)

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Vision insurance

ND Global Consulting Services is seeking an experienced Interim Director of Research Computing to provide transitional and transformational leadership for the Research Computing team within the University of South Carolina’s Division of IT.