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University of Wisconsin-Madison · 4 days ago

Shared Capabilities Director

Madison, WI

Full-time

Hybrid

Director/Executive

$187K/yr - $227K/yr

The University of Wisconsin-Madison is seeking a Shared Capabilities Director to lead the team responsible for providing shared capabilities across the Workday and Enterprise Solutions Team. This role involves developing and implementing strategic plans for enterprise IT functions and ensuring the alignment of resources and effectiveness of technology solutions across various teams.

EducationUniversities

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Responsibilities

May perform manager functions through subordinate managers

Advises institutional or divisional leadership on enterprise information technology operations and business models

Develops operating policies and procedures to comply with regulations, institutional policies, and objectives

Serves as the primary liaison representing the interests to internal and external stakeholders for enterprise IT services

Provide leadership in support of continuous improvement, a customer service focus and the delivery of high quality, secure and reliable services

Develops and audits the budget

Directs strategic information technology planning initiatives and establishes objectives to ensure appropriate use of financial, administrative, and staffing resources in alignment with the strategic plan

Exercises supervisory authority, including hiring, transferring, suspending, promoting, managing conduct and performance, discharging, assigning, rewarding, disciplining, and/or approving hours worked of at least 2.0 full-time equivalent (FTE) employees

Contributes to a culture of open engagement and inclusion. Builds positive relationships with executive leaders, stakeholders, peers, and team members

Qualification

WorkdayStrategic ThinkingProject ManagementOrganizational Change ManagementCross-functional Solution DesignBusiness AcumenCommunicationLeadershipTeamwork

Required

Strategic and Innovative Thinking – Experience in strategy development and developing innovative approaches to meet business objectives. Able to combine strategy with operational needs and relevant details

Communication –Experience in effectively communicating with a wide variety of audiences, presenting effectively in varied settings and modalities

Business and Political Acumen – Experience in developing a solid understanding of how an organization's business objectives are influenced by industry drivers and trends. Experience working with stakeholders who may have diverging interests, understanding how an organization operates and how to effectively navigate within the environment

Management – Experience effectively managing people and resources, successfully achieving outcomes and providing high quality customer service

Organizational context – Familiarity with the complex needs and challenges of a multi-university system that includes a system office and a flagship research university

Preferred

Leadership and Teamwork – Experience leading teams, modelling positive leadership characteristics, and creating an environment that allows the team to succeed. Contributes to a culture of continuous improvement, open engagement and inclusion. Builds positive relationships with executive leaders, stakeholders, peers and team members

Operational context – Experience in one or more of the foundational operational capabilities of the team, including project management functions, organizational change management functions, cross-functional system solution design and configuration, testing, release management, system access architecture and management, system administration and configuration, and prioritization and governance processes

Workday - experience leading a team responsible for the support of Workday