Chief Information Officer
About The Position
Harvard Business School (HBS) seeks a Chief Information Officer who will help define how the institution transforms amidst all the opportunities and risks in the technological waves here and coming. Technology is no longer simply an operational function. It has become an institutional capability that shapes teaching, research, learning, administration, and engagement with alumni and the global business community. The next CIO will help HBS determine how technologies such as artificial intelligence, enterprise data, digital platforms, and emerging capabilities become enduring strategic assets for the School and how the School models their deployment for higher education and for business more broadly. The successful candidate will inherit an exceptional technology organization and an institution with a long history of innovation. The opportunity is not to build innovation from scratch, but to connect, align, manage, and amplify innovation already occurring across HBS IT, HBS Online, Executive Education, faculty initiatives, Harvard University IT (HUIT), and the School's innovation organizations. This CIO will help Harvard Business School answer a defining question for the coming decade: How should technology shape the future of research, teaching, learning? Success will require a leader who is equally comfortable shaping enterprise strategy, advising senior leadership, building organizational alignment, and helping diverse stakeholders navigate an increasingly technology-enabled future.
Requirements
- 15+ years of information technology experience including executive leadership within a complex technology unit.
- Experience in enterprise technology strategy or large-scale digital transformation.
- Experience with artificial intelligence, enterprise data, digital platforms, cybersecurity, and cloud technologies.
- Leadership across decentralized or highly matrixed organizations.
- Experience building collaboration across multiple organizational units.
- Experience applying design thinking, customer-centered innovation, or comparable human-centered approaches to enterprise transformation.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, business administration, or related field.
Nice To Haves
- Advanced degree preferred.
Responsibilities
- Help define how the institution transforms amidst technological opportunities and risks.
- Determine how technologies such as artificial intelligence, enterprise data, digital platforms, and emerging capabilities become enduring strategic assets.
- Model the deployment of these technologies for higher education and business.
- Connect, align, manage, and amplify innovation occurring across various HBS IT and related organizations.
- Shape the future of research, teaching, and learning through technology.
- Shape enterprise strategy.
- Advise senior leadership.
- Build organizational alignment.
- Help diverse stakeholders navigate an increasingly technology-enabled future.
Benefits
- Generous paid time off including parental leave
- Medical, dental, and vision health insurance coverage starting on day one
- Retirement plans with university contributions
- Wellbeing and mental health resources
- Support for families and caregivers
- Professional development opportunities including tuition assistance and reimbursement
- Commuter benefits, discounts and campus perks
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Executive
