UMass Chan Medical School · 2 weeks ago
Director, Enterprise Student Information Systems (PeopleSoft and other SaaS)
Worcester, MA
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
5+ years expUMass Chan Medical School is responsible for strategic planning and implementation of institutional software for academic operations. The Director will lead the academic development team, manage academic technology initiatives, and ensure the availability of appropriate systems for students, faculty, and staff.
EducationHigher EducationMedical
Hiring Manager
Anna T.
Responsibilities
Develop goals around Academic Technology at the Medical School. Socialize and gain adoption of those goals across the various constituents
Promote the collaboration tools for the academic mission across the five UMass campuses through education and community building
Ensure that the appropriate academic systems are available for students, faculty and staff at UMass Chan
Lead the evolution, installation, maintenance, configuration, and customization of the academic infrastructure and facilitate the strategic needs of the academic community
Develop recommendations for creating a collaborative environment for end user services, infrastructure access and the evaluation of new technologies/products
Manage and lead the academic development team supporting Student Information Systems and integrations, ensuring effective team management and delivery
Facilitate accommodations and solutions for the academic community related to IT services and infrastructure utilization that are outside of standard School practices
Lead the Academic Technology governance process for managing the delivery of academic based requests
Develop the model for providing the sustainable support required for academic initiatives at a campus-wide level, as well as the ability to support the individual departments in the administration and support of their local environments
Coordinate and provide resource to activities in support of UMMS' three graduate schools and academic offices
Assist or lead in the coordination of optimizing academic processes and automating academic systems [identification, build and acquisition]
Provide consultation to UMass students and faculty in the utilization of local support environments and academic tools for education
Provide technical resource for quality assurance, debugging/tuning and in the software development architectures for the three UMass schools and academic offices
Conduct and manage technology education programs, workshops and conferences
Develop and manage sustainable budget models for academic initiatives
Coordinate support services and models for current and future services
Encourage that department based academic IT systems meet all university, state and federal requirements for data sharing, integrity, security and business continuity
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Level Degree in Information Systems Management or Computer Science related majors
5 years of management/supervisory experience in large IT organization with at least 4 in the field of academic/research IT and 3 years in an Academic Medical Center
Demonstrated strategic thinking abilities and an enterprise-wide perspective, effective negotiator and consensus builder in an academic setting and will have a collaborative leadership style with excellent interpersonal, written and oral communication skills
Strong project management skills
Excellent written and verbal communication skills with technical and non-technical users
Strong interpersonal and consensus-building skills
Ability to lead, manage, and deal with ambiguity in a dynamic and growing research community
Preferred
Master's Level Degree or equivalent
Masters in Computers Engineering or Computer Science, MBA or equivalent degree(s), with proven experience in providing solutions in a academic environment
Demonstrate data proficiency and prior experience managing development teams
In-depth understanding of PeopleSoft Campus Solutions
Company
UMass Chan Medical School
Massachusetts’ first and only public academic health sciences center is made up of three graduate schools.
5001-10000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2023 (2)
2022 (1)
2021 (1)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$13.6MKey Investors
Centers for Disease Control and PreventionCommonwealth of Massachusetts
2025-11-18Grant· $2M
2024-04-03Grant· $11.6M
Leadership Team
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Marc Uknis
Adjunct Associate Professor Of Surgery, Microbiology & Applied Physiology
Michael Collins
Chancellor
Recent News
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