Deputy Director

Job Posting Title:

Deputy Director

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Hiring Department:

Academic Information Systems

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Position Open To:

All Applicants

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Weekly Scheduled Hours:

40

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FLSA Status:

Exempt

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Earliest Start Date:

Immediately

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Position Duration:

Expected to Continue

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Location:

AUSTIN, TX

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Job Details:

General Notes

This position is eligible for remote/flexible working arrangements.

Academic Information Systems (AIS) is a dynamic information technology organization that provides business process automation and application systems to the academic core of the University. Our organization is embarking on an exciting journey to modernize the student and academic systems in support of the UT’s goal to become the world's highest-impact public research university.  

We are seeking collaborative, curious and dedicated individuals to join our team. We are dedicated to professional career growth for team members by matching their skills and interests to the wide variety of projects and systems we support. We encourage work/life balance and offer flexible work arrangements, including the ability to work remotely.

UT Austin provides an outstanding benefits package, including but not limited to: 

• Competitive health benefits (employee premiums covered at 100%, family premiums at 50%) 
• Voluntary vision, dental, life, and disability insurance options 
• Generous paid vacation, sick time, and holidays 
• Defined benefit retirement plan with 8.25% employer matching funds 
• Additional voluntary retirement programs 
• Flexible spending account options for medical and childcare expenses 
• Robust free training through LinkedIn Learning plus professional conference opportunities 
• Tuition assistance 
• Expansive employee discount program, including athletics tickets 
• Free rides on all UT Shuttle and CapMetro buses with staff ID card 

For more details, please see https://hr.utexas.edu/prospective/benefits and https://hr.utexas.edu/current/services/my-total-rewards 

This position requires you to maintain internet service and a mobile phone with voice and data plans to be used when required for work. Remote work for individuals who reside outside of Texas but within the US and its territories will be considered and is subject to Central Office approval. 

Must be eligible to work in the United States on a full-time basis for any employer.

Purpose

Provide leadership, strategic guidance, and overall management for Student Services within Academic Information Systems, which includes responsibility for operational support, reporting, and driving critical projects.

Responsibilities

• Participates in Academic Information Systems’ leadership team, actively collaborating on how to achieve the unit’s mission. Collaborates in development of vision, strategy, and roadmaps to support university-wide needs. Considers long-term consequences and implications of actions and decisions for the university. Understands how business needs, data needs and technology opportunities intersect, and uses that knowledge to influence strategy and make decisions to advance the mission and goals of the Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost and the university as a whole. 
• Builds effective relationships inside and outside of the organization. Models service orientation toward stakeholders and partners. Effectively relates to others by collaborating and cooperating, even with those holding divergent and/or opposing views and goals. Models respect for people by seeking and including different thinking styles, cultures and backgrounds. Provides consulting expertise to campus stakeholders. Participates in and leads cross-departmental task forces, committees, and other groups to address problems or issues that span the enterprise. 
• Ensures current and future organizational talent needs are met by recruiting, hiring, developing, coaching and mentoring team members. Creates a high performance and team-oriented culture by monitoring, guiding and evaluating others. Fosters learning orientation, self-management, and agile methodologies among team members. Motivates teams by actively recognizing and rewarding their efforts.
• Makes budget and resource recommendations. Manages critical projects as needed. Supports continuous improvement and works with client areas and AIS leadership and staff to recognize opportunities better realize business value and to simplify organizational processes, improve information availability, and cre