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Senior Manager,
Information Technology (SMIT) Reporting to the
CFO/Director of Administration & Finance, the Senior
Manager, Information Technology (SMIT) will provide technology
vision and leadership in the development and implementation of
enterprise information technology (IT) and telecommunications
to support all departments working to execute the mission and
achieve the goals of The Seeing Eye. The SMIT will work
to achieve effective and cost beneficial enterprise-wide IT
operations and is responsible for managing the budget for the
IT Department..
For over 80 years, The Seeing Eye has enhanced the
independence, dignity and self-confidence of people who are
blind through the use of Seeing Eye ® dogs—carefully breeding
and training dogs, matching dogs and their blind owners, and
training them to work together as a mutually supportive
team. From its inviting 65-acre campus outside
Morristown, N.J., and a nearby state-of-the-art breeding
station, The Seeing Eye’s 180-member staff matches and trains
about 275 teams of graduates and dog guides each year.
Primary Duties of this Position:
- Providing strategic and tactical planning, development,
evaluation, and coordination of the information and
technology systems.
- Responsible for technology vision and assess new
technologies to determine potential value for the
organization.
- Facilitate communications between staff, management,
vendors, and other technology resources.
- Responsible for the computer operations and management
of all IT infrastructure, including servers, local area
networks, wide-area networks, voice communication, desktop
computing and enterprise and departmental software.
- Oversee design, development and implementation of
internal proprietary software.
- Develop, document and implement best practices with
respect to IT operations, support and system development.
- Oversee, evaluate and maintain system integrity,
security, disaster recovery and back up procedures.
- Supervise the IT Staff.
Requirements:
- Requires a bachelor's degree in Computer Science,
Business Administration or a related field or equivalent
experience. A Master’s degree Computer Science or
Business Administration is highly desirable
- Minimum of 10 years of experience with increasing
responsibilities for management and support information
technology, direct management of IT operations is preferred.
- Significant experience in a not for profit setting is
desirable, specifically in technology and information
systems planning to support operations and fund raising
goals.
- Experience should also include exposure to both shared
and outsourced solutions, as well as support of in-house
information and communication systems in a multi-site
environment.
- Specific experience with project management, financial
management, software development and fund raising
information systems is a
plus.
The ideal
candidate will also have:
- Familiarity with desktop, notebook, handheld, and server
computer hardware; local and wide area network design,
implementation, and operation; operating systems such as
Windows, and Linux; screen readers, other access technology,
and accessibility issues for blind users; Raiser’s Edge
software is a plus.
- Experience in software development and current Software
Development Lifecycle methodologies including: web
application architecture, web page user interface
development, including use of wireframes, business needs and
requirement analysis.
- Experience with enterprise databases and information
systems.
- Knowledge of various office productivity software
programs such as word processing, databases, spreadsheet
programs, and communications software.
- General knowledge of business processes; ability to
analyze and resolve complex issues, both logical and
interpersonal.
- Effective conceptual, analytical, communication and
presentation skills/abilities.
- Ability to think ahead and plan over a long-range time
frame.
- Self-motivator, exercises good judgment, cooperative,
flexible, creative.
- Proven skills in: Negotiating with vendors,
contractors, and others; develop RFPs and evaluate vendor
responses; budget preparation and monitoring; planning,
organizing and change management; communication, management
and leadership.
- Demonstrated ability to: Relate to all levels of
the user community; be a team player that motivates and
educates other team members; facilitate group meetings;
proactively plan, implement and support systems in a complex
environment; set and manage priorities; comprehend complex,
technical subjects; translate technical language to lay
audiences; link and apply complex technologies to business
strategies
Resume with cover letter can be sent to:
Linda Swanson
The Seeing Eye, Inc.
P.O. Box 375
Morristown, NJ 07963-0375
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The Seeing Eye is an Equal Opportunity
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