Strategic Education, Inc · 3 days ago
Vice President of Information Technology
Minneapolis, MN
Full-time
Hybrid
Director/Executive
$165K/yr - $300K/yr
15+ years expStrategic Education, Inc is a leading organization focused on innovative educational solutions, and they are seeking a Vice President of Information Technology to lead IT functions that support platform/applications engineering and Enterprise capabilities. The role involves establishing strategies, managing budgets, ensuring compliance, and leading large engineering teams to drive digital transformation initiatives.
Education
Responsibilities
Owns and establishes sub-function strategy
Decisions in scope of this role have a significant impact on business results and enterprise practices
Aligning with company goals and OKRs
Preparing and allocating budgets and ensuring tracking of the budgets per plan
Set performance and financial goals and attain them through team direction and management
Assess, evaluate, and report on overall team and individual team member performance through a scorecard review process
Ensure compliance with company policies and local, regional and federal regulations
Build and approve the department’s hiring plan
Guide and support Directors and managers and develop team talent
Prioritizing SaaS and cloud-native solutions over legacy systems
Implementing AI-driven software engineering (Copilot, AI-assisted coding, test automation)
Automating DevSecOps to ensure continuous security and compliance
Designing applications with event-driven and composable architecture (Kafka, Pub/Sub)
Integrating real-time data pipelines for decision-making
Leveraging AI-powered insights for proactive issue resolution
Embedding Zero Trust principles into application security
Ensuring compliance automation with regulatory standards
Providing developer self-service platforms (Internal Developer Portals, Backstage.io)
Automating onboarding, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure as code
Investing in developer productivity and upskilling in AI, cloud, and security
Oversee core enterprise infrastructure operations across SEI globally, ensuring reliability, scalability, and performance
Lead platform engineering efforts to enable reusable, secure, and standardized platform capabilities across business units
Own and drive the enterprise data infrastructure strategy, including data platforms, pipelines, and governance frameworks
Manage identity and access management (IAM) capabilities, ensuring secure and compliant user access across systems
Lead the cloud infrastructure strategy across SEI, including public cloud adoption, hybrid cloud models, and cost optimization
Establish and scale DevSecOps practices, embedding security throughout the development and deployment lifecycle
Define and enforce enterprise-wide technology standards for platforms, infrastructure, and operations to ensure global consistency
Collaborate cross-functionally to drive platform modernization initiatives that align with SEI’s digital transformation goals
Qualification
Required
15+ years in software engineering, with at least 5 years leading large teams
Bachelor's Degree in relevant field required
Must be able to travel occasionally should a business need arise
Ability to work onsite in Corporate or Campus location may be required based on role
If offsite or hybrid role, must have access to work in setting which enables meeting all requirements of the role
This role may require lifting, however reasonable accommodations will be provided in accordance with our ADA policies
Must be able to meet critical thinking and problem solving aspects aligned to job duties
Must be able to work more than 40 hours per week when business needs warrant
Able to access information using a computer
Excellent communication skills and ability to convey complex issues in a concise and clear manner
Displayed business acumen and enterprise awareness
Understanding of the core levers that drive organization success
Vision for enterprise technology modernization
Ability to align IT applications with business growth
Experience leading large, distributed, and AI-enabled engineering teams
Strong stakeholder management and communications capability with C-suite and business leaders
Cloud-native architectures preferably Google Cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP) and SaaS ecosystems
Experience with microservices, API-led development, and event-driven architecture
Deep understanding of AI/ML in software development & automation
Proficiency in DevSecOps, CI/CD, and platform engineering best practices
Expertise in enterprise integration, middleware, and data pipelines
Experience leveraging AI-powered development tools
Strong knowledge of AI-driven observability, self-healing applications
Hands-on experience with hyper-automation (RPA, AI-Ops, ChatOps)
Proven experience in agile transformation at scale
Familiarity with Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), Spotify model, or similar
Ability to drive cultural change towards an experimentation mindset
Deep understanding of Zero Trust, application security, and compliance frameworks
Experience with automated security testing & AI-driven threat modeling
Ability to attract, retain, and upskill top engineering talent
Ability to design and implement sub-function strategies
Work with a global team mindset
Preferred
Advanced degree preferred
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
Life and disability plans
Well-being incentives
Parental leave
Paid time off
Certain paid holidays
Tax saving accounts (FSA, HSA)
401(k) retirement benefit
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Tuition assistance
Entertainment and retail discounts
Company
Strategic Education, Inc
Strategic Education Inc. (NASDAQ: STRA) is dedicated to enabling economic mobility with education.
Founded in 2018Herndon, Virginia, USA
5001-10000 employees
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