Director, IT Governance
NIGHTINGALE EDUCATION LLC SOLE MB•Salt Lake City, UT
•Onsite
About The Position
Establish and manage the governance frameworks, policies, and oversight mechanisms that guide how IT plans, prioritizes, delivers, and measures its work. Reporting to the VP of IT Operations, you’ll bring structure and accountability to the IT organization without owning execution — ensuring the right standards, visibility, and decision-making processes are in place across all IT functions.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree required
- 8+ years in IT governance, risk management, or IT audit
- at least 3 years in a leadership role
- Strong working knowledge of COBIT 2019, ITIL, or equivalent governance frameworks
- Experience building or maturing IT governance programs including policy development, portfolio oversight, and compliance management
- Demonstrated experience managing IT audit relationships and regulatory compliance
- Familiarity with portfolio management and governance tooling (Jira, ServiceNow, or equivalent)
- Understanding of higher education regulatory landscape (FERPA, GLBA, HEOA) preferred
Nice To Haves
- Master’s preferred
- COBIT, CGEIT, CRISC, CISA, or equivalent certifications strongly preferred
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain the IT governance framework aligned with COBIT 2019, defining decision rights, accountability structures, and escalation paths across IT
- Develop and enforce IT policies covering information security, data management, change management, acceptable use, and technology procurement
- Demonstrate the ability to learn, access, and appropriately utilize AI tools and technologies as needed to support job functions and enhance operational effectiveness.
- Manage IT risk identification, assessment, and mitigation tracking across all technology domains including ERP, CRM, data platforms, and AI implementations
- Coordinate IT audit readiness and response, partnering with internal audit, compliance, and external auditors on findings and remediation
- Ensure compliance with FERPA, GLBA, HEOA, and applicable accreditation standards
- Manage the centralized IT project intake and prioritization process, ensuring initiatives are evaluated against strategy, capacity, and resources
- Establish project governance standards including stage gates, status reporting, and risk escalation — monitoring health across IT teams and flagging at-risk work early
- Define IT performance metrics and produce governance reporting that gives the VP and institutional leadership clear visibility into operational health and delivery effectiveness
- Manage vendor governance including evaluation criteria, contract oversight, SLA monitoring, and renewal tracking
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
