Require DIRECTOR OF COMPUTING & STORAGE in Seattle, WA

Job title: DIRECTOR OF COMPUTING & STORAGE
Company: University of Washington
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DIRECTOR OF COMPUTING & STORAGE

DIRECTOR OF COMPUTING & STORAGE
Req #: 226630
Department: UW INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Appointing Department Web Address:
Job Location: Seattle - Other
Posting Date: 09/08/2023
Closing Info: Open Until Filled
Salary: $12,550 - $17,767 per month
Other Compensation:
Shift: First Shift
Benefits: As a UW employee, you will enjoy generous benefits and work/life programs. For a complete description of our benefits for this position, please visit our website,

As a UW employee, you have a unique opportunity to change lives on our campuses, in our state and around the world. UW employees offer their boundless energy, creative problem solving skills and dedication to build stronger minds and a healthier world. UW is Committed to attracting and retaining a diverse staff, your experiences, perspectives and unique identities will be honored at the University of Washington. Together, our community strives to create and maintain working and learning environments that are inclusive, equitable, and welcoming.

UW Information Technology (UW-IT) is the central information technology organization for the University of Washington, responsible for strategic planning, oversight, and direction of the UW's IT infrastructure, resources, and services. UW-IT provides critical technology support to all three campuses, UW medical centers, and research operations around the world. UW-IT partners with the UW community to enable innovation, learning, discovery, and service.
The UW-IT Infrastructure (ITI) division of UW-IT delivers the technology infrastructure required to sustain UW as a leading research, teaching, learning, and medical institution. These technologies support the UW's core mission at all levels: research, teaching, learning, healthcare, and the necessary underlying administrative and operational functions required to deliver these services.

The Director of Computing and Storage is the Business Service Manager responsible for overseeing the development, maintenance, direction and decisions around UW-IT's missions for Computing and Storage.

Areas of responsibility for this position include:

• Working with strategic research programs across the University and other campus partners

• Developing approaches for building computing and storage capacity and long-term strategic planning

• Partnering with Service Team Leadership, Technology Managers, and Project Managers to ensure appropriate resourcing prioritization

• Making budgetary decisions within an ever-changing environment

• Developing a strategy and roadmap for the future while considering new technologies within computing and storage

• Having delegated budget authority and planning for infrastructure purchases and maintenance.

This position is also responsible for working with the service teams to make recommendations for managing and developing technical staff within UW-IT Infrastructure (ITI), including supervision, technology needs assessment, technology skills planning and development, technical resource allocation among projects and services, team building, professional development, and organizational development. This position will work closely with the ITI AVP/CTO, Directors, Technology Managers, Project Managers, Service Owners, and Service Managers to ensure that all projects and services are optimally staffed for achieving technology project and service goals, while also encouraging the professional development of employees. This includes the facilitation of moving people to new services or projects for alignment towards strategic goals, furthering their professional development, and bringing new perspectives to an effort.

Position Complexities:
The Computing and Storage Director is part of the Infrastructure division leadership team and will participate in planned and future strategic planning efforts.
The Computing and Storage Director is part of the Infrastructure division leadership team and will participate in planned and future strategic planning efforts.
This position builds productive working relationships with staff from all levels of IT Infrastructure and invests in supporting career development for staff. The incumbent adapts to different personalities, cultures, and environments while building trust by being accountable for results.
All work is expected to be of high quality, customer-focused, and accomplished in a professional manner.
This position manages highly technical Service Owners, Principal Architects, and a Technology Manager, who in turn manages the systems & software engineers supporting the universities most crucial technologies.

This position manages subject matter experts who execute complex supplier contracts, and works in concert with the Strategy & Business Operations (SBO) division to ensure that contracts are executed in accordance with SBO established practices. This position also liaises with other UW-IT divisions to align and implement emerging best practices related to workforce development, HR policies, etc.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Science, or Business or discipline-related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Six years of progressively responsible experience in information technology systems engineering, management, or operations.

• Experience managing information technology resources in a complex technical and political landscape with a large heterogeneous distributed computing environment.

• Demonstrated ability to develop and execute multi-year strategic and operational plans.

• Experience leading organizational change in coordination with implementing technical improvements.

• Experience applying business frameworks and philosophies for building a cohesive and effective team that resulted in overall organizational health and function

• Ability to negotiate with and provide consultation to executive leadership, support teams, project managers, service owners/managers, business analysts, and other technical staff.

• Ability to lead a diverse technical team.

• Proven track record of mentoring and advancing staff development and career growth and succession planning.

• Demonstrated ability to set and meet goals, assess resource needs, allocate staff, and communicate status.

• Ability to quickly find common ground and resolve any project or service challenges that arise; is seen as a collaborator and team player; easily secures trust and support of peers and staff.

• High degree of emotional intelligence (self-awareness, self-regulation, empathy, agility, adaptability, and persuasiveness).

• Demonstrated ability to learn quickly and apply new technologies, methodologies, tools, etc

• Excellent oral and written communications skills; committed to provide excellent customer service; skilled at personal interaction abilities.

DESIRED:

• Experience in a research university or other academic institution.

• Knowledge of project management "best practices", group dynamics, team building and facilitation skills

• Experience with ITIL framework, roles and ITSM practices.

• Experience in hiring technical staff.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOLYMENT
Working conditions include typical office environments; may be open environments.
This is a hybrid position with some degree of onsite availability required.
This is an essential position and is required to report to work remotely when UW suspends operations.
This position involves responsibilities and occasional situations where work outside of standard business hours is required to respond to incidents or to meet critical deadlines. May travel on occasion for training and conferences.

Application Process:The application process may include completion of a variety of online assessments to obtain additional information that will be used in the evaluation process.These assessments may include Work Authorization, Cover Letter and/or others. Any assessments that you need to complete will appear on your screen as soon as you select ? to this position?. Once you begin an assessment, it must be completed at that time; if you do not complete the assessment, you will be prompted to do so the next time you access your ?My Jobs? page. If you select to take it later, it will appear on your "My Jobs" page to take when you are ready. Please note that your application will not be reviewed, and you will not be considered for this position until all required assessments have been completed.

Committed to attracting and retaining a diverse staff, the University of Washington will honor your experiences, perspectives and unique identity. Together, our community strives to create and maintain working and learning environments that are inclusive, equitable and welcoming.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.

To request disability accommodation in the application process, contact the Disability Services Office at 206-543-6450 or .

Applicants considered for this position will be required to disclose if they are the subject of any substantiated findings or current investigations related to sexual misconduct at their current employment and past employment. Disclosure is required under
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Location: Seattle, WA

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