Director of Digital Strategies

Description

At Multnomah County Library, our mission is to empower our community to learn and create. More than ever, technology is a critical element of fulfilling this mission. The library is addressing a complex set of parallel challenges: meeting patron expectations of a virtual environment that rivals the Google or Amazon experience; seamlessly incorporating a disparate suite of resources; providing high-touch personal assistance; and serving as a champion to ensure that everyone has the access, tools and skills to succeed in an increasingly connected world. If you want to help the library directly impact the lives of almost one million people in our community, we invite you to join us as our Director of Digital Strategies. The Director of Digital Strategies provides leadership for the library's technology vision and digital strategy, ensuring that we have sustainable and robust information technology that supports innovative and progressive services to our diverse community. In this role, you are responsible for working collaboratively with partners inside and outside the library to plan, define and develop leading edge technology solutions.  Those solutions will align with patron and staff needs, all in support of the library's priorities and strategies and while remaining fiscally prudent. You will work with vendors to acquire equipment, software and services while coordinating activities and collaborating with library staff and the Multnomah County IT team across a broad spectrum of modern and evolving technologies. To be an ideal candidate for this role, you will bring: Demonstrated success aligning people, processes and technology. Excellent leadership, communication, interpersonal and customer relationship skills. Proven experience working with executive management, business partners, stakeholders and staff. Successful track record of quickly building trust, influencing outcomes, and delivering innovation. Work experience in a large, diverse, urban environment. If you're ready to empower a community, we invite you to learn more about this position by clicking on the link below.