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UCF Information Technology:
UCF IT powers one of the largest and fastest-growing universities in the nation, supporting more than 70,000 students and a university community of over 13,000 employees. As the technology backbone behind teaching, research, healthcare, and operations across UCF's colleges and campuses, UCF IT drives the infrastructure, security, and innovation that keep the university running - and is now leading UCF's charge into enterprise AI adoption. To learn more about our mission and impact, visit our website.
The Opportunity:
The Senior Director, Infrastructure and Artificial Intelligence Integration will lead one of UCF's most exciting technology frontiers: building the enterprise infrastructure, integrations, and platforms that make artificial intelligence practical, scalable, secure, and transformative across the university. This role will turn bold AI ideas into real institutional capability by connecting cloud, data, applications, automation, collaboration tools, and intelligent agents into a cohesive ecosystem that empowers faculty, researchers, clinicians, students, and staff. As a senior technology leader, this position will shape how UCF designs, deploys, governs, and scales AI-enabled services - accelerating innovation while ensuring the university has the reliable, resilient, and future-ready technology foundation needed to lead in an AI-driven world.
Responsibilities:
Artificial Intelligence Strategy and Adoption:
the infrastructure, integrations, and processes necessary to support UCF's enterprise AI Strategy. Demonstrate institutional value and measurable outcomes for UCF customers. Scale transformational AI opportunities across academics, research, student services, healthcare, and administration. Partner with university leaders to move AI initiatives from experimentation to enterprise-scale deployment. Support investment decisions related to generative AI, intelligent agents, automation, copilots, and advanced analytics.
Enterprise Technology Strategy:
Establish strategic roadmaps, architecture, and sustainable funding models for enterprise infrastructure, cloud, data center services. Establish strategic roadmaps, architecture, and sustainable funding models for unified communications, collaboration and productivity suites, enterprise applications, and digital workplace technologies.
Executive Leadership and Stakeholder Engagement:
Drive excellence in customer service across technology programs. Present technology roadmaps, investment priorities, and AI adoption plans to executive leadership and governing boards. Establish team priorities, performance objectives, and investment strategies. Oversee vendor partnerships, licensing, service portfolios, and strategic technology contracts for cloud, communications, collaboration, applications, and AI platforms.
Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree and 9 years of relevant experience including 4+ years of leadership experience; or High School Diploma (or equivalent) and 13+ years of relevant work experience in lieu of degree including 4+ years of leadership experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience pursuant to Fla. Stat. 112.219(6).
Preferred Qualifications:
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Business Administration, Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field. Fifteen or more years of progressively responsible ...For full information see follow application link. As an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, UCF encourages all qualified applicants to apply, including women, veterans, individuals with disabilities, and members of traditionally underrepresented populations. UCF's Equal Opportunity Statement can be viewed at: http://eeo.ucf.edu/documents/PresidentsStatement.pdf. As a Florida public university, UCF makes all application materials and selection procedures available to the public upon request.
