DPP is seeking an
Interim Director of Research Computing for our client in Columbia, SC.
Work Location: Hybrid in Columbia, SC; 3 days/week onsite
Duration: 6 months
Terms: W2 Contract
Candidate Location: Must be a SC, NC, GA resident or willing to relocate to SC prior to starting the role
Position Summary: - Stabilizing departmental operations while maintaining continuity of critical IT services and customer engagement.
- Conducting an inventory of current research technology infrastructure, services, operational procedures, active/anticipated projects, and budget needs/requests.
- Establishing or aligning operational procedures with divisional standards and practices for customer engagement, including leveraging the service desk ticketing system for managing support requests, client communications, task/project tracking, reporting analytics.
- Establishing governance, communication, and decision-making processes that support long-term success.
- Documenting organizational recommendations, strategic priorities, lifecycle budgets, professional development needs, and transition plans for the incoming permanent Director.
- Recruiting, mentoring, and preparing team members where appropriate to support long-term organizational success.
- Success will be measured by demonstrable improvements in organizational culture, employee accountability, operational performance, customer satisfaction, governance maturity, and departmental readiness for permanent executive leadership.
Responsibilities: - Provide leadership for all departmental operations, research technology infrastructure, and related services.
- Supervise managers, professionals, and student staff.
- Establish performance expectations and monitor organizational outcomes.
- Make timely operational and resource allocation decisions.
- Lead organizational change initiatives and culture transformation efforts.
- Evaluate organizational effectiveness and recommend structural improvements.
- Develop and monitor departmental priorities and performance metrics in collaboration with executive leadership.
- Coordinate departmental budgets and strategic resource allocation in collaboration with executive leadership.
- Ensure compliance with university policies, security standards, audit requirements, and regulatory obligations.
- Remove organizational obstacles that inhibit productivity, innovation, and collaboration.
- Provide executive-level reports and recommendations to executive leadership.
- Develop succession planning and transition documentation for permanent leadership.
Required Qualifications: - 8+ years of experience leading organizational transformation, change management, and service delivery optimization.
- 8+ years of experience leading large, complex technology projects.
- 8+ years of experience with personnel management, coaching, and performance accountability.
- Requires a completed bachelor's degree.
Preferred Qualifications: - Experience with research cyberinfrastructure, high-performance computing, high-speed storage and networking technologies.
- Experience implementing governance and operational maturity frameworks.
- Experience managing organizational changes in higher education.
- Master’s degree in science, technology, or a related field.
- ITIL experience.
- Familiar with Cloud Infrastructure (AWS/Azure).
- AI Inftrastructure (AWS/Azure/Google) experience.
- Background as a Carpentries Instructor.
- Training in HPC Technologies (Slurm, Infiniband).
Authorized US Worker - US Citizens and those authorized to work in the US are encouraged to apply. We are unable to sponsor at this time.
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