Associate Vice President of Information Technology

Kansas State University Foundation • Manhattan, KS

2d • $190,000 - $210,000 • Onsite

About The Position

The Associate Vice President of Information Technology provides strategic leadership for the organization's technology function, ensuring technology investments, services, and capabilities support organizational priorities and long-term success. The role collaborates with leaders across the organization to identify opportunities, strengthen operations, and ensure technology delivers measurable organizational value. The AVP helps the organization use technology to improve effectiveness, efficiency, and decision-making while ensuring technology resources remain secure, reliable, scalable, and financially responsible.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in information technology, computer science, cybersecurity, information systems, or a related field.
• At least 10 years of enterprise technology experience spanning strategy, cybersecurity, infrastructure, enterprise systems, data management, automation, and vendor management.
• At least 8 years of leadership experience managing individual contributors and leaders of people, with demonstrated ability to inspire teams and provide and receive feedback.
• Demonstrated success leading complex technology initiatives and organizational change.
• Ability to communicate technical, financial, contractual, and risk considerations to diverse stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

• PMP certification.
• Experience with Microsoft technologies, Salesforce or similar CRM platforms, and cloud-based systems.
• Experience establishing governance frameworks, service management programs, technology adoption strategies, or AI capabilities.
• Experience in higher education, nonprofit, fundraising, donor management, or other relationship-driven environments.

Responsibilities

• Direct technology strategy, operations, infrastructure, and service delivery, ensuring services are secure, reliable, cost-effective, and aligned with organizational needs.
• Lead cybersecurity, privacy, and technology risk management programs, including governance, security controls, incident response, disaster recovery, and business continuity planning.
• Oversee governance, prioritization, and execution of the technology project portfolio, aligning initiatives with organizational priorities, managing resources and risks, and driving implementation and adoption.
• Advance data governance, data quality, integrations, analytics, and reporting capabilities to provide accurate, secure, and reliable information for decision-making, compliance, and operational effectiveness.
• Drive process improvement and automation by redesigning workflows and applying technology solutions to improve efficiency, scalability, user adoption, and organizational performance.
• Lead the organization's artificial intelligence strategy and digital readiness, establishing governance, evaluating emerging technologies, identifying practical use cases, and guiding responsible adoption of AI-enabled solutions.
• Manage technology vendor relationships, contracts, licensing, renewals, and service agreements to ensure investments are cost-effective, compliant, secure, well-supported, and aligned with organizational objectives.
• Manage the technology team, including recruitment, performance management, and coaching, and foster a positive, high-performing team culture through clear expectations, meaningful feedback, and support for individual and team success.

Benefits

• Competitive health, dental, and life insurance, plus voluntary benefits including company-paid HSA contributions.
• 403(b) retirement plan with a 10% company contribution.
• Paid leave for holidays, vacation, wellness, personal, parental, and volunteer time.
• Tuition and certification assistance.
• $300 annual wellness program reimbursement.
• A work environment that embraces flexibility within a framework.
• Mission-driven work that changes the lives of people around the world.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive