Digital Transformation Specialist

• Lead cross-functional teams to rethink and redesign current business practices, combining technology gains and modernized business practices to drive innovation and efficiency
• Provide leadership and strategic direction for digital transformation initiatives that vary in size and complexity.
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior leadership on digital transformation opportunities and challenges.
• Utilize effective influencing and negotiating skills in environments where the role may not directly control resources.
• Deep understanding of current and emerging technologies and how other enterprises use them to drive digital business strategy.

• Develop, plan, and apply advanced change management methodologies to ensure technology adoption success with campus partners.
• Assess stakeholder resistance and overall risk to implementation and devise strategies to mitigate these risks.
• Develop and implement comprehensive communication plans.

• Ability to build, develop, and manage high-performing project teams, providing purpose, direction, and leadership to achieve a defined future state.
• Lead complex projects from requirements definition through deployment, managing schedules, scopes, and implementation plans.
• Analyze project status and adapt by revising the scope or schedule to ensure project objectives are met.
• Ensure adherence to schedules and scopes by assembling project teams, eliciting requirements and use cases, and tracking project milestones.
• Continually assess risk and employ preventive or corrective actions to adhere to schedules.
• Manage third-party resources, including vendors.
• Regularly update senior leadership on project progress.
• Take initiative and make progress with unclear, contradictory, or inconsistent information.
• Adapt and make rational judgments from available information and analysis, making prompt, clear decisions that may involve tough choices or considered risks.

• Demonstrated expertise in leading cross-functional initiatives, including strategic planning, stakeholder engagement, and technology adoption.
• Proven emotional intelligence, including empathy, self-awareness, and the ability to navigate complex interpersonal dynamics.
• Strong relationship management skills, with a track record of influencing diverse stakeholders and fostering collaboration across organizational boundaries.
• Advanced business acumen, including a deep understanding of organizational structures, strategic alignment, and outcome-driven decision-making.
• Demonstrated sound judgment in high-stakes environments, with the ability to make data-informed decisions that balance risk, scope, budget, and timelines.
• Proficiency in risk management, including the ability to proactively identify, assess, and mitigate risks associated with digital transformation and change initiatives.
• Professional certification in project management (e.g., PMP, PRINCE2) and/or agile methodologies (e.g., Scrum MasterProduct Owner,, SAFe).
• Formal training and demonstrated application of change management frameworks (e.g., Prosci, ADKAR, Kotter).
• Experience working in complex, decentralized environments, preferably within higher education or large public institutions.
• Familiarity with emerging technologies (e.g., AI, automation, cloud platforms) and their application in organizational transformation.

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