Change Manager # 26-25645

$90.00-$93.10 per hour

Columbia, SC

Contract

Duration: 12 Months

Daily Duties / Responsibilities:

• Provide leadership for all departmental operations, research technology infrastructure, and related services.

• Supervise managers, professional, 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 skills (rank in order of importance):

• 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

Required education/certifications:

• Requires a completed bachelor's degree

Preferred skills (rank in order of importance):

• Experience with research cyberinfrastructure, high-performance computing, high-speed storage and networking technologies.

• Experience implementing governance and operational maturity frameworks

• Experience managing organizational change in higher education

Preferred education/certifications:

• Master’s degree in science, technology, or a related field.

• ITIL

• Cloud Infrastructure (AWS/Clienture)

• AI Infrastructure (AWS/Clienture/Google)

• Carpentries Instructor

• Training on HPC Technologies (Slurm, Infiniband)

Location: Hybrid (Columbia, SC) 3 days in the office, 2 days remote.

Candidate Location: Locals to SC, NC, and GA preferred.

About US Tech Solutions:

US Tech Solutions is a global staff augmentation firm providing a wide range of talent on-demand and total workforce solutions. To know more about US Tech Solutions, please visit www.ustechsolutions.com (http://www.ustechsolutionsinc.com/) .

US Tech Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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