Senior Technical Manager

Description

The Senior Technical Manager for Emerging Information Technologies for Libraries Information Technology Services (LITS) reports to the Director of Libraries Information Technology Services and is a key member of the Libraries IT Services management team. The Senior Technical Manager will also serve as a project coordinator on selected minor projects and project manager on larger IT projects that involve IT staff and other departments in the Division of Libraries. The Senior Technical Manager will also manage special projects involving data gathering, analysis and research on current and emerging Library discovery systems and the technologies that support them, technology tools and solutions relevant to supporting the operations and functions of a large academic research library. In close collaboration with managers and supervisors in LITS the Senior Technical Manager will be responsible to document and analyze current operational workflow and processes of LITS services and to initiate business and technology process improvement in Libraries IT services units. These activities will support the creation and development of a strategic planning roadmap for LITS and its operations and services.

New York University Libraries: Libraries at New York University serve the school’s 40,000 students and faculty and contain more than 5 million volumes. The Libraries supports NYU’s vision to become the first true Global Network University by collaborating and providing services to our global academic centers and “portal campuses” in Abu Dhabi and Shanghai.   New York University Libraries is a member of the Association of Research Libraries, the OCLC Research Library Partnership, and the HathiTrust. The Libraries participates in a variety of consortia and collaborates closely with Columbia University Libraries and the New York Public Library through the Manhattan Research Library Consortium. For the NYU Libraries Mission and Strategic Plan go to http://library.nyu.edu/about/Strategic_Plan.pdf.

Salary/Benefits: Salary commensurate with experience and background.

To Apply: Interested candidates are requested to submit a letter of application that specifically states how background and experiences are relevant to the position responsibilities and qualifications; current resume; and the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of three references.

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We accept online applications only.  NYU offers a generous benefit package including 22 days of vacation annually.