Senior Director, Information Technology At the University of Waterloo, we create and promote a culture where everyone can reach their full potential. As an employee, you get support & opportunities that empower you to advance your career. The University is a welcoming workplace for those of all abilities, interests, and expertise. Time Type: Full time Job Category: IT Infrastructure and Systems Employment Type: Permanent Department: Faculty of Engineering
- Dean of Engineering Office
- Faculty Administration Primary Purpose The Senior Director, Information Technology (SDIT) leads the Faculty of Engineering’s information technology strategy and operations and is accountable for the overall results of Engineering IT. The role translates institutional priorities into innovative, reliable, and service-oriented solutions that support excellence in teaching, learning, research, and administration The SDIT provides strategic leadership and oversight for the Faculty's technology services, infrastructure, and innovation portfolio, including IT support services, enterprise infrastructure and application services, audiovisual and classroom technologies, and research computing. The role ensures technology services are responsive, scalable, and aligned with the Faculty's academic, research, and operational objectives, while fostering strong stakeholder partnerships, operational excellence, and continuous improvement across all technology functions. Reporting directly to the Executive Officer, the SDIT provides strategic and operational leadership for information technology across the Faculty of Engineering. The SDIT is accountable for translating priorities into coordinated technology strategies, initiatives, and services that advance the Faculty’s mission and core values. As the information technology expert,



the SDIT oversees all information technology functions and personnel, ensuring the delivery of reliable, secure, creative, and client-focused technology solutions. The role is responsible for establishing a service-oriented culture grounded in continuous improvement, operational excellence, collaboration, and accountability while aligning technology investments and resources with the Faculty’s strategic objectives. The SDIT leads a diverse portfolio of IT professionals operating within an academic environment, providing direction for technology governance, infrastructure, enterprise applications, information security, research computing support, digital transformation initiatives, and user services. Through strong operational leadership and strategic partnership with academic and administrative leaders, the SDIT enables the Faculty to maintain and enhance its reputation as a world-class leader in engineering education and research. The SDIT fosters effective partnerships with academic, administrative, and external stakeholders to advance the Faculty’s strategic objectives. The role is responsible for bringing critical issues, risks, opportunities, and emerging trends to the attention of leadership, providing informed strategic advice, and driving the evolution and execution of the Faculty’s information technology vision to support innovation, operational excellence, and long-term institutional success.



The SDIT also serves as Engineering’s senior IT liaison to the Chief Information Officer and IST, ensuring Faculty priorities are represented in institutional IT planning and that Engineering’s technology services align with University IT governance, standards and efficiency through shared services. Organizational Leadership Defines, establishes, and continuously evolves a Faculty-wide information technology operating model that supports the strategic priorities and enables excellence in teaching, learning, research, and administration. Provides overall leadership for the Faculty’s information technology organizational structure, ensuring roles, responsibilities, reporting relationships, and service delivery models are clearly defined, strategically aligned, and well positioned to meet current and future business needs. Establishes a cohesive and integrated technology organization by bringing together distributed and centralized IT functions under a common vision, governance framework, service standards, and operating principles. Creates and aligns strategic, governance, standards-setting, and operational activities across all Faculty information technology functions and personnel to ensure the consistent delivery of reliable, secure, scalable, and innovative technology services. Works with Engineering leadership and the Chief Information Officer to align the development and implementation of technology governance structures within Engineering to the institutional IT governance framework, including decision-making processes, policies, and accountability frameworks that support effective prioritization, resource allocation, risk management, and operational excellence. Oversees the organizational design

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