Job Description

Working/Functional Title

Assistant Director of Health Technology

Position Summary

The Office of Health Science (OHS) Technology team at Michigan State University (MSU) is seeking a dedicated and innovative Assistant Director of Health Technology Security, Infrastructure and Operations. This role is pivotal in supporting academic, clinical, and research missions for the health sciences, including Human Medicine, Osteopathic Medicine, Nursing, and the Office of Health Science. This position will oversee the day-to-day operations of several teams, ensuring the effective support of OHS IT Security, Infrastructure and operations.

Key Responsibilities:

-Develop and implement comprehensive security strategies.
-Oversee IT infrastructure design, implementation, and maintenance.
-Optimize IT operations for performance and cost-efficiency.
-Manage a budget exceeding $10MM annually.
-Coordinate vendor relationships and contracted services.
-Lead and mentor IT teams.
-Engage with stakeholders to identify and prioritize business opportunities.
-Ensure strategic alignment between IT and business plans.

Why Join Us:

Be part of a leading health sciences technology team.
Work in a collaborative and innovative environment.
Contribute to impactful projects that support academic, clinical, and research missions.

Michigan State University (MSU) is ranked #30 among public universities and #63 overall in U.S. News & World Report’s America’s Best Colleges 2025. Located in East Lansing, three miles east of the state’s capitol, the MSU community includes more than 12,000 faculty, academic and support staff, as well as over 51,000 students. MSU offers an extensive benefits package to its employees including health care, prescription, and dental coverage, and a base retirement program with a University matching contribution, as well as basic life insurance. In addition, MSU offers educational benefits including a course fee courtesy program and educational assistance.

MSU Information Technology provides the primary leadership for strategic, financial, and policy initiatives affecting information technology (IT) across MSU. MSU IT offers technology resources that support MSU’s mission of providing education, conducting research, and advancing engagement.

Minimum Requirements

Knowledge equivalent to that which normally would be acquired by completing a four-year college degree program; more than eight years of related and progressively more responsible or expansive work experience including at least three of the following: project management, applications design and programming, data center operations, systems programming, database administration, office automation, production analysis, client computing, consulting services, financial management, long range planning and data security; and management; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Desired Qualifications

Relevant security certifications (CISSP, CISM, CISA) preferred.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, disability or protected veteran status.

Required Application Materials

Resume and cover letter

Special Instructions

Please submit three professional references 

Work Hours

STANDARD 8-5

Website

Bidding eligibility ends March 25, 2025 at 11:55 P.M.

About Michigan State University

Spartans work every day to advance the common good in uncommon ways.Together, we tackle some of the world?s toughest problems to find solutions that make life better?from alternative energy to better food safety to breakthrough medical and environmental applications achieved through rare isotope research.We teach. We explore and we discover. We collaborate and lead. We innovate, inspire, and empower. We achieve our potential and create circumstances that help our students and others achieve theirs.We're good at it, and we've been at it for more than 150 years.The nation?s pioneer land-grant university, MSU began as a bold experiment that democratized higher education and helped bring science and innovation into everyday life. The revolutionary concept became a model for the nation.Today, MSU is one of the top research universities in the world?on one of the biggest, greenest campuses in the nation. Home to nationally ranked and recognized academic, residential college, and service-learning programs, we?re a diverse community of dedicated students and scholars, athletes and artists, scientists and leaders.In ways both practical and profound, we work to create a stronger, more sustainable, and more hopeful future for all.

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